Condor Legion

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Luftwaffe formation military unit

The Condor Legion was a unit of German air and ground forces sent by Nazi Germany to support Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War, notorious for its bombing of civilian targets such as Guernica and for testing tactics later used in World War II.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
German Condor Legion	3
Condor Legion air units	1
Condor Legion operations in Spanish Civil War	1
German Condor Legion (support role)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Luftwaffe formation ⓘ military unit ⓘ
allegiance	Adolf Hitler ⓘ
commander	Hugo Sperrle ⓘ Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen ⓘ surface form: Wolfram von Richthofen
conflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbanded	1939 ⓘ
endTime	1939 ⓘ
engagedIn	Siege of Madrid ⓘ surface form: Battle of Madrid Battle of the Ebro ⓘ bombing of Durango ⓘ Bombing of Guernica ⓘ surface form: bombing of Guernica
garrison	Salamanca ⓘ
hasPart	air units ⓘ anti-aircraft units ⓘ armored units ⓘ ground units ⓘ
ideology	Nazism ⓘ anti-communism ⓘ
languageOfCommand	German ⓘ
legacy	influence on World War II air strategy ⓘ
motto	Wir kämpfen gegen den Bolschewismus ⓘ
notableFor	Bombing of Guernica ⓘ surface form: bombing of Guernica bombing of civilian targets ⓘ development of Blitzkrieg tactics ⓘ testing of aerial warfare tactics ⓘ
operatedBy	Luftwaffe ⓘ
operationalArea	Basque Country ⓘ northern Spain ⓘ
opposed	Second Spanish Republic ⓘ surface form: Spanish Republic
partOf	Bundeswehr ⓘ surface form: German Armed Forces
perpetratorOf	war crimes against civilians ⓘ
returnedTo	Germany ⓘ
startTime	1936 ⓘ
supports	Francisco Franco ⓘ Nationalist faction in Spanish Civil War ⓘ
symbol	condor emblem ⓘ
trainingRole	combat experience for German pilots ⓘ testing ground for Luftwaffe tactics ⓘ
uses	Heinkel He 111 ⓘ surface form: Heinkel He 111 aircraft Junkers Ju 52 aircraft ⓘ Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ surface form: Junkers Ju 87 Stuka aircraft Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ surface form: Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft Panzer I tanks ⓘ carpet bombing tactics ⓘ close air support tactics ⓘ dive bombing tactics ⓘ terror bombing strategy ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Ebro → airPowerUsedBy → Condor Legion ⓘ

Corpo Truppe Volontarie → alliedWith → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Condor Legion

Battle of Jarama → belligerent → Condor Legion ⓘ

Bombing of Guernica → belligerent → Condor Legion ⓘ

Guernica → bombedBy → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Condor Legion

Siege of Madrid → hasParticipant → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Condor Legion

Catalonia Offensive → involvedForce → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Condor Legion (support role)

Battle of Brunete → involvedMilitaryUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

Battle of Jarama → involvedUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Condor Legion air units

Central front of the Spanish Civil War → involves → Condor Legion ⓘ

Hugo Sperrle → memberOf → Condor Legion ⓘ

Werner Mölders → militaryUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

Spanish Civil War → notableUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

Werner Mölders → participatedIn → Condor Legion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Condor Legion operations in Spanish Civil War

Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma → servedInUnit → Condor Legion ⓘ

Aragon Offensive → supportedBy → Condor Legion ⓘ

Panzer I tanks → usedBy → Condor Legion ⓘ

subject surface form: Panzer I