Very few Spanish monuments were destroyed by bombardments be it Nationalist or Republicans. But the destruction by left-wing militias was horrendous and it began the very day Alfonso XIII left the throne (1931).
For Guernica. Contemporary Basque press told of 80 killed. Later the number were grossly inflated for propaganda purposes. Hint: The Guernica tree (were Spanish kings swear to respect Basque liberties) wasn’t even damaged.
For Victor Hugo, I am surprised ypu don’t know that by the time he died Proust hadn’t still eaten his first madeleine so yours is not a valid answer to French literature hasn’t produced anything meaningful after “In search of the lost time”.
For American inculture given the incredible vulgarity in French TV and your own ignorance (cf Victor Hugo and Proust) plus the high number of world class american music formations when French tell of American inculture it reminds me of those French who after (Rommel’s words) “running to surrender” told of American cowardice.
For ‘true’ historians. I suppose you mean people like one of my history professors who told Red Army’s poor performance against Finland was part of Stalin’s devishly cunning plan to incite Germany to war. What I have detailed on submarines in Spain requires more common sesnse and knowledge about basic strategy and logistics than being an expert on ancient Greece.
For submarines. First the 1940 Spanish Navy still had submarines and had had them since before the civil war. So 1940 Spain _had_ submarine bases. Anyway you don’t need high tech installations just for refuelling and providing them with new torpedoes. It is nice if yolu can provide them with a bomb proof shelter but it is not a requirement (bomb shelters could have been funded by Germany), Geramn surface ships in France didn’t jhave them and they weren’t wiped out by the Allied air Forces. And that even in 1944 when these were much more powerful.
