Battle of the Ruhr - Wikipedia
The Battle of the Ruhr (5 March – 31 July 1943) was a strategic bombing campaign against the Ruhr Area in Nazi Germany carried out by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. The Ruhr was the main centre of German heavy industry with coke plants, steelworks, armaments factories and ten synthetic oil plants.
Dortmund - Wikipedia
The city then became one of Germany's most important coal, steel, and beer centres; as a consequence, it was one of the most heavily bombed cities in Germany during World War II. The devastating bombing raids of 12 March 1945 destroyed 98% of buildings in the inner city centre.
The bombing of Dortmund - Legion Magazine
2020年10月7日 · In just 14 minutes around 8:30 p.m., hundreds of Allied bombers dropped their payloads on Dortmund. Only five aircraft were lost, prompting reprimands to the Luftwaffe that there was no excuse for such a failure. Two of the crews were Canadian, victims of flak; one crew bailed out from their flaming aircraft, the second crash-landed with the ...
Battle of the Ruhr - World History Encyclopedia
2024年4月15日 · The Battle of the Ruhr or the Ruhr Air Offensive (March-July 1943) was a sustained bombing campaign by the British and the United States air forces against the industrial heartland of Germany during the Second World War (1939-45).
Dortmund in WW2 History | World War II Database
2020年11月7日 · 208 British bombers (142 Wellington, 34 Hampden, 20 Stirling, 8 Halifax, and 4 Manchester) attacked Dortmund, Germany, damaging 6 buildings and killing 4 civilians. 9 bombers were lost in this attack.
Ruhr pocket - Wikipedia
The Ruhr pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of World War II in Europe, in the Ruhr Area of Germany. Some 317,000 German troops were taken prisoner along with 24 generals.
Death in the West: The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket
In 1945, all these advantages came together in the greatest American victory of World War II. The battle of the Ruhr Pocket has never won the attention it deserves, but it was something rare in military history.
Allied Bombing of Germany - World History Encyclopedia
2024年4月18日 · 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.
The Bombing of Residential Areas of the Hanseatic city of Dortmund …
The most terrible attack took place on March 12, 1945 when 1,069 bombers dropped nearly 5,000 tons of explosives over Dortmund. For 43 minutes, the earth trembled and the buildings and homes could be heard creaking and collapsing all around, while the smoke clouds finally seeped into the cellars and shelters, choking the terrified people ...
Bomb Damage Dortmund | Trolley Mission - Aerial View and …
2020年2月27日 · In total 4,851 tonnes of bombs were dropped through Dortmund city. This was a record to a single target in the whole of World War II. The Allied ground advance into Germany reached Dortmund in April 1945. The US 95th Infantry Division attacked the city on 12 April 1945 against the German defense.