Editing Badajoz (section)

=== Spanish Civil War ===
{{Main|Battle of Badajoz (1936)|Massacre of Badajoz}}
The [[Spanish Civil War]] in Badajoz in the 1930s was a gruesome affair.{{Sfn|Ring|Salkin|La Boda|1995|p=74}} During the war, Badajoz was taken by the Nationalists in the [[Battle of Badajoz (1936)|Battle of Badajoz]]. Infamously, several thousand of the town's inhabitants, both men and women, were taken to the town's [[bullring]] after the battle and after machine guns were set up on the barriers around the ring, an indiscriminate slaughter began. On 14 August 1936, hundreds of Republicans were shot at the Plaza de Toros.{{sfn|Kern|1995|p=179}} In the course of the night, another 1,200 were brought in. Overall it is estimated that over 4,000 people were murdered by the Nationalists after the battle.{{sfn|Preston|2012|p=318}} Even those who tried to cross the Portuguese border were captured and sent back to Badajoz.{{Sfn|Ring|Salkin|La Boda|1995|p=74}} The troops who committed the killings at Badajoz were under the command of general [[Juan Yagüe]], who, after the civil war, was appointed Minister of Aviation by [[Francisco Franco|Franco]]. For the actions of his troops at Badajoz, Yagüe was popularly known as the "Butcher of Badajoz".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SPyague.htm |title=Share on print Juan Yague |access-date=8 August 2013 |publisher=Spartacus Educational |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802212701/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SPyague.htm |archive-date=August 2, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref>
[[File:Plano de Badajoz 1873.jpeg|thumb|right|A city planning map of Badajoz in 1873 (Spanish edition)]]