bombing of Bucharest in World War II

When

1944

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

44.41° N, 26.10° E

Description

1944 aerial bombing of a city

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

The Bucharest World War II bombings were primarily Allied bombings of railroad targets and those of the Oil Campaign of World War II, but included a bombing by Nazi Germany after the 1944 coup d'état. Bucharest stored and distributed much of Ploiești's refined oil products.

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