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| Picture No | 10217955 |
| Date | 1936 |
| Description | Painting the Embassy roof with a Union Flag, Madrid |
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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, 1936. 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.
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| Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 14 November 1936, page 853 and also in 'The Sphere', 19 September 1936, page 459 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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