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Up to 104 aircraft shot down. Up to 40,000 people killed. The Allied bombing of Hamburg during World War II included numerous attacks on civilians and civic infrastructure. As a large city and industrial centre, Hamburg 's shipyards, U-boat pens, and the Hamburg-Harburg area oil refineries were attacked throughout the war.
Aug 17, 2019 · On the Soviet side, some seven million soldiers died in action, with another 3.6 million dying in German POW camps. The Germans lost four million soldiers in action, and another 370000 to the ...
Dresden viewed from the Rathaus (city hall) in 1945, showing destruction. 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 World War II. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of ...
Feb 2, 2024 · Number of military and civilian deaths per country in the First World War 1914-1918. Published by. Aaron O'Neill , Feb 2, 2024. The First World War saw the mobilization of more than 65 million ...
The Invasion of Poland, [e] also known as the September Campaign, [f] Polish Campaign, [g] War of Poland of 1939, [h] and Polish Defensive War of 1939 [i] [13] (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union; which marked the beginning of World War II. [14]
Estimated Battle Casualties, Normandy Invasion, World War II A comparison of the estimated battle casualties of the Normandy Invasion, broken down by country. The estimated battle casualties for Germany included 30,000 killed, 80,000 wounded, and 210,000 missing. More than 70 percent of missing were eventually reported as captured.
At least 2,000 dead. [30] World War II (1939–1945) involved sustained strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory. Strategic bombing as a military strategy is distinct both from close air support of ground forces and from tactical air power. [31]
