Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II
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Bomb damage near Frankfurt Cathedral included 2 bridges (May 1945).
Bombing of Frankfurt am Main by the Allies of World War II killed about 5,500 residents and destroyed the largest[specify] medieval city centre in Germany (the Eighth Air Force dropped 12,197 tons of explosives on the city).
In the 1939-45 period the Royal Air Force (RAF) dropped 15,696 long tons of bombs on Frankfurt.[1]
Post-war reconstruction generally used modern architecture, and a few landmark buildings were rebuilt in a simple historical style. The 1st building rebuilt was the 1789 Paulskirche (English: St. Paul's Church).
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1944-12-22/23 1945-01-08/09 |
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[when?] | The Municipal Library was hit during an air raid, destroying its Cairo Genizah document collection and lists of the collection.[6] |
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References[]
- ^ "Is the Bomber Obsolescent?". Flight Global. 9 August 1945. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Royal Air Force Bomber Command, Campaign Diary October 1943". Official RAF Website. 2005-04-06. Archived from the original on 2005-05-10. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
- ^ Mission 24: Frankfurt, Germany, January 29, 1944, "Forts Blast Frankfurt; Kassel Hit" - retrieved 9-5-2008
- ^ Jump up to: a b Miller, Edgar "Ed" C. "...My Combat Missions..." Sirinet.net/~lgarris. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ "Devil's Ball: B-17G-10-BO 42-31238: 351st Bomb Group, 511th Bomb Squadron". USAAF. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Goitein, S.D. (2000). Economic Foundations. A Mediterranean Society: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza. I. University of California Press. p. 5.
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