On This Day: U.S. begins daytime bombing of Berlin in WWII
On March 6, 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers flying from Britain began the first daytime attacks on Berlin.
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Dresden marks 80th anniversary of World War II Allied bombing
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Fact check: Myths about Dresden 1945 victim numbers debunked
Even 80 years after the bombing of Dresden in World War II, the debate about the number of victims persists. Behind this is often the attempt to instrumentalize the air raids for particular ...
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Morality, courage at core of wartime novel
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King George VI and the Queen Mother narrowly escaped death in the bombing of Buckingham Palace during the Blitz - but the man who supplied 'inside information' to the Nazis was ...
Six bombs landed on Buckingham Palace that day, making it the most successful direct bombing raid the Germans ever ... the German ambassador in Lisbon to Berlin reads: '[The Duke of Windsor ...