Painting the Embassy roof with a Union Flag, Madrid
British Embassy staff painting their roof the colours of the Union Jack, in an attempt to signify their neutral presence to Nationalist bombers during the Spanish Civil War, Madrid. The Spanish Civil War, which started in 1936 between the Republican Government and the Nationalist Rebels, featured some of the earliest heavy bombing of civilian areas
Picture No
10217955
Media ID
46005040
Size
5200px x 4433px
(3.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Illustrated London News', 14 November 1936, page 853 and also in The Sphere', 19 September 1936, page 459
Date
1936
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