Bombing of Frampol occurred during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. On 13 September, the town of Frampol with a population of 4,000 was bombed by...
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Frampol [ˈframpɔl] is a town in Poland, in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship. It has 1,431 inhabitants (December 2021), and lies in eastern Lesser Poland...
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The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during...
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in World War II Bombing of Frampol in World War II Bombing of Wieluń in World War II Bombing of Warsaw in World War II Aerial bombing of cities Roerich...
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strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory. Strategic bombing as a military...
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United States Strategic Bombing Survey (June 1946). "U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey: The Effects of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki". Nuclear...
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Similar reasons for bombing a defenseless small town are given by historian Norman Davies for the bombing of Frampol two weeks later: "Frampol was chosen partly...
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The bombing of Kobe (Kōbe dai-kūshū) on March 16 and 17, 1945, was part of the strategic bombing air raids on Japan campaign waged by the United States...
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Bombing of Frampol was the war's first area bombardment 20 September: The first recorded RAF "kill" of the Second World War is the shooting down of a...
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seaborne, small-scale air raid on Tokyo in April 1942. Strategic bombing and urban area bombing began in 1944 after the long-range B-29 Superfortress bomber...
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61–62 United States Strategic Bombing Survey 1946, p. 19 Zimm 2011, pp. 330–341 Owen, RAdm USN, Thomas B. (1989). Memories of the War Years. Vol. I. Washington:...
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military significance was gradually abandoned in favour of "area bombing", the large-scale bombing of German cities to destroy housing and civilian infrastructure...
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Timeline of Białystok Timeline of Gdańsk Timeline of Kraków Timeline of Łódź Timeline of Poznań Timeline of Szczecin Timeline of Warsaw Timeline of Wrocław...
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staff of Luftflotte 2 in Berlin. Instead of a precision bombing, a carpet bombing by Heinkel He 111 bombers was carried out, with only a Gruppe of Stukas...
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were killed in the Luftwaffe's terror bombing operations, including the bombing of Frampol and Wieluń, bombing of Sulejów. Massive air raids were conducted...
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after the last Allied bombing raid) by the defending Italian forces. The first bombing raid was on July 19, 1943, when 690 aircraft of the United States Army...
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If so, the bombs were dropped 350 meters short of the target. Dutch newspapers reported the bombing at the time, but the major bombing of Rotterdam a...
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1942, there were six bombings that resulted from a change in the Allies' bombing strategy. The Allies changed from strategic bombing that primarily targeted...
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The bombing of Warsaw in World War II started with the aerial bombing campaign of Warsaw by the German Luftwaffe during the siege of Warsaw in the invasion...
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Prague was a single bomber of the French Air Force in April 1940, but it dropped propaganda leaflets, not bombs. The first bombing mission was flown by the...
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German bombing of Belgrade, or Operation Retribution (German: Unternehmen Strafgericht), also known as Operation Punishment, was the April 1941 German...
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extremely poor, as was bombing accuracy if the target city (let alone the actual military target) could be found. Consequently bombing operations were very...
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related to Darwin bombings. Library resources about Bombing of Darwin Resources in your library Resources in other libraries Bombing of Darwin, Northern...
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The Bombing of Singapore (1944–1945) was a military campaign conducted by the Allied air forces during World War II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)...
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The bombing of Osaka (大阪大空襲, Ōsaka daikūshū) during the Pacific War was part of the strategic bombing air raids on Japan campaign waged by the United...
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bombing of Yawata (Yahata kūshū) on the night of 15–16 June 1944 marked the beginning of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) strategic bombing campaign...
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However, the first bombing of the Republic of Ireland had taken place several months earlier, on 26 August 1940, when the Luftwaffe bombed Campile, County...
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occurred on June 12, 1943, when a firestorm was ignited through targeted bombing by the British Royal Air Force, largely destroying the historical city...
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huge raid, with 160 acres destroyed Bombing of Hamburg in World War II Bombings of Heilbronn in World War II Bombing of Karlsruhe, on 2 September 1942, the...
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of aerial bombing by the Soviet air force and the German Luftwaffe. The first bombings by Luftwaffe occurred during the Summer War of 1941 as part of...
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