Operation Carthage

Wann

21. März 1945

Art

Militäroperation

Koordinaten

55.68° N, 12.56° E

Description

air raid on Gestapo Copenhagen 1945

1945 British air raid on Copenhagen, Nazi-occupied Denmark, during WWII

Operation Carthage, on 21 March 1945, was a British air raid on Copenhagen, Denmark during the Second World War which caused significant collateral damage. The target of the raid was the Shellhus, used as Gestapo headquarters in the city centre. It was used for the storage of dossiers and the torture of Danish citizens during interrogations.

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