Sowerbutt recalled: "I was there for Guernica in Spain. It was my side that did it, but the suddenness. I’ve seen a few bodies in my time, but it was all over in a few minutes. Hundreds dead, buildings destroyed, flattened, much of the town gone.
"Choking dust, smoke, burning and the stench of heat. You couldn’t breathe the air, Polly, it was so hot. Here and there in the piles of rubble, women and children screaming and begging for help.” http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Lemon-Surrender-1940-ebook/dp/B008USR7FA
"Choking dust, smoke, burning and the stench of heat. You couldn’t breathe the air, Polly, it was so hot. Here and there in the piles of rubble, women and children screaming and begging for help.” http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Lemon-Surrender-1940-ebook/dp/B008USR7FA
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