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The Swedish wars on Bremen were fought between the Swedish Empire and the Hanseatic town of Bremen in 1654 and 1666. Bremen claimed to be subject to the Holy Roman Emperor, maintaining Imperial immediacy, while Sweden claimed Bremen to be a mediatised part of her dominions of Bremen-Verden, themselves territories immediately beneath the emperor ...
The Bombing of Bremen in World War II by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and US Eighth Air Force involved both indiscriminate "area bombing" and, as capacity improved, more targeted raids upon the city's military-industrial facilities.
DateAir ForceNotes17-18 May 194024 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bombers ...21-22 December 1940RAFNo. 15 Squadron RAF used converted ...1941-01-01 1-2, 2–3, 3–4 January ...RAF141 aircraft bombed the aircraft factory ...1941-03-12 12-13 March 1941RAFWhile the Allied armies in the south marched to the Alps, the 21st Army Group drove north and northeast. The right-wing of the British Second Army reached the Elbe southeast of Hamburg on 19 April. Its left fought for a week to capture Bremen, which fell on 26 April.
Jan 23, 2024 · An August 17, 1943, raid on Bremen, Germany, exemplifies the high-stress circumstances.
- Meilan Solly
The US Army’s 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne, USS Indianapolis, after delivering the atomic bomb to Tinian, or the 1st Marine Division at Guadalcanal, are examples of military units experiencing exceptional hardship but being treated with sympathetic yet reverent tones.
Apr 18, 2024 · The Allied strategic bombing of Germany during World War II (1939-45) involved British and U.S. bomber planes attacking industrial cities, factories, railways, airfields, and dams. Over 600,000 civilians died as a consequence.
Mission Summary. ON THIS DAY…JUNE 25,1943. At 0300 hours across Thorpe Abbotts, nineteen crews were awakened for their #1 combat mission. This day would mark the first official combat mission of the 100th Bomb Group, flying as part of the 402nd Provisional Combat Wing, attached to the 4th Bombardment Wing under the command of Curtis LeMay.
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