Air bombing of great cities again became a live issue in Spain's dreary and deathly civil war last week as Barcelona, the Leftist Capital in which the Rightists claim there are "180 purely military objectives," suffered four big raids within 33 hours. Casualties announced: 200 dead and wounded. Since the original heavy bombing of Barcelona (at which time many observers thought the modern "Douhet Theory" of demoralizing, unrestricted air warfare was being applied for the first time) Rightist Air Force Commander General Alfredo Kindelan has written an article entitled Clipped Wings. In this, General Kindelan boldly grumbled against his...
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