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Bombing of Berlin in World War II

Aftermath of the bombings

Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany, was attacked with 363 air raids during the Second World War.[1]

It was bombed by the RAF Bomber Command between 1940 and 1945, by the USAAF Eighth Air Force between 1943 and 1945, and the French Air Force between 1944 and 1945 as part of the Allied campaign of strategic bombing of Germany.

It was also attacked by aircraft of the Red Air Force, in particular in 1945 as Soviet forces closed on the city. British bombers dropped 45,517 tons of bombs,[2] while American aircraft dropped 23,000 tons.

As the bombings continued more and more people left the city. By May 1945, 1.7 million people (40% of the population) had fled.[3]

Bombing Of Berlin In World War II Media

  • People in London look at a map illustrating how the RAF is striking back at Germany during 1940

  • A work party clears rubble from an air raid on Berlin, 13 October 1940

  • The Reformation Church in Moabit, damaged in the night of 22–23 November 1943

  • A USAAF B-17 "Miss Donna Mae II" is damaged by a mis-timed bomb release over Museum Island, Berlin in May 1944. All 11 airmen were killed.

  • Bombing of Berlin in July 1944

  • A film shot by the US Air Force in July 1945, showing the destruction in central Berlin

  • The Zoo flak tower, April 1942

References

  1. ↑ Taylor, Chapter "Thunderclap and Yalta" Page 216
  2. ↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1945/1945%20-%201571.html
  3. ↑ Richard Overy, The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe 1940–1945 (2014), pp 301, 304
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