 The Nationalists also persecuted Basques, as they strove to eradicate Basque culture.According to Basque sources, some 22,000 Basques were murdered by Nationalists immediately after the Civil War.The Nationalist side conducted aerial bombing of cities in Republican territory, carried out mainly by the Luftwaffe volunteers of the Condor Legion and the Italian air force volunteers of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie