Deutschland Incident (1937)
- Deutschland Incident (1937)
The Deutschland incident of 1937 occurred in May of that year, during the Spanish Civil War.
On May 29, 1937, the Republican air force attacked Nationalist air bases and the port of Ibiza. The German pocket battleship "Deutschland", which was part of the International Non-Intervention Committee Patrol entered the area of the port to threaten the Republican planes. Two Russian pilots, Captain Anton Progrorin and Lieutenant Vassily Schmidt, dropped their bombs on the Deutschland, causing severe damage on the ship and killing 31 sailors.
The following day German forces bombed the Republican held city of Almería to repress Republican air attacks on the "Deutschland". Because of the Deutschland incident, Germany and Italy left the meetings of the Non-intervention committee. The German pocket battleship "Admiral Scheer" shelled the port and the city of Almería with 200 shells, causing 19 deaths, 55 wounded, and destroying 35 buildings. [http://www.ibiza-hotels.com/history/] German and Italian warships were concentrated in the Mediterranean Sea next to Spain, and were starting to take a more active role in the supporting of Nationalist forces.
See also
* [http://www.ibiza-hotels.com/history/ account, plus list of KM casualties]
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