Z6
Theodor Riedel Destroyer
Commissioned 2 July 1937
On 8 July 1937, Franco sends reinforcements to the Brunete
front. With this the Brunete offensive achieves one of it
main goals, the relief of the Basque army, giving the Republican
troops in the north the possibility of reorganising their
resistance. Franco sends 31 battalions, 7 batteries of artillery
and the entire Condor Legion around 70 planes and several
motorised units. The Condor Legion uses their new and improved
Messerschmitts
Bf 109's and
Heinkel
He 111's, superior to the Russian planes.
Adolf
Hitler opened the Exhibition of German Art on 18 July
1937, but was outraged at some of the paintings, submitted
for his approval, which he declared to be too modernist for
display.
On 19 July 1937, In Munich, Germany, the Exhibition of Degenerate
Art opened, containing some 650 exhibits confiscated from
museums, galleries and public buildings by a committee set
up by Joseph
Goebbels. The Exhibition, opened by Adolf Ziegler, was
an instant success with over two million visitors in the first
four months; after which it went on tour around Germany.
On 19 July 1937, The Republican army retreats at Brunete,
overwhelmed by the Nationalist forces. Until today the Republic,
at terrible cost, held the bulge they created in taking Brunete.
During this period, the Nationalists concentrated overwhelming
artillery and air power on the bulge, drawing upon supplies
that had been accumulated for the Santander offensive; the
Republican had no uncommitted reserves of men or weapons upon
which to draw. Hundreds of retreating Republican soldiers,
whose lives could have been saved by retreating while the
Republican air force was still able to limit the freedom of
the Condor Legion, die under the machine gun fire of
Heinkel
He 111's and
Messerschmitts
Bf 109's. Gerda Taro, companion of Robert Capa, is heavily
injured by an accident during the retreat.
On 30 July 1937,
Dornier
Do 18 flying boat Aeolus was seriously damaged during
an ocean landing and was lost.
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