31 Mar 1937
- Bombers of the German Condor Legion in Spain, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Freiherr von Richthofen, bombed the mountain strongholds of the Republicans, not easily reached by artillery, and battered the key village of Ochandiano before it was quickly taken by the Army of Navarre. In the same region, the Spanish Nationalist forces, commanded by General Emilio Mola y Vidal, began an offensive against Basque forces in Vizcaya with the intention of capturing the Basque stronghold of Bilbao. ww2dbase [The Spanish Civil War | AC]
- Georg von Küchler stepped down as the deputy president of the military court system. ww2dbase [Georg von Küchler | CPC]
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