Condor Legion

Condor Legion
Condor Legion
Legion Condor
	Standard of the Condor Legion
Active	July 1936 – March 1939
Country	Nazi Germany
Allegiance	Nationalist Spain
Engagements	Spanish Civil War
Decorations	Spanish Cross
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Hugo Sperrle; Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma; Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen
Insignia
Wing roundel
Fuselage roundel
Fin flash
Aircraft flown
Attack	Henschel Hs 123; Junkers Ju 87;
Bomber	Junkers Ju 86; Heinkel He 111; Dornier Do 17;
Fighter	Heinkel He 51; Heinkel He 112; Messerschmitt Bf 109;
Reconnaissance	Heinkel He 70
Transport	Junkers Ju 52

The Condor Legion (German: Legion Condor) was a unit of military personnel^{[nb 1]} from the air force and army of Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht which served with the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War. The legion developed methods of strategic bombing that were used widely during the Second World War. The bombing of Guernica was the Condor Legion's most infamous operation. Hugo Sperrle commanded the unit's aircraft formations, and Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma commanded the ground element.

^ Schüler-Springorum 2010, p. 109.

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[FOOTNOTESchüler-Springorum2010109-1] Schüler-Springorum 2010, p. 109.

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