Bombing of Lübeck in World War II

When

29 Mar 1942

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

53.87° N, 10.68° E

Description

1942 event of World War II

Placed at the middle of the 2 places Wikidata lists.

During World War II, the city of Lübeck was the first German city to be attacked in substantial numbers by the Royal Air Force. The attack on the night of 28 March 1942 created a firestorm that caused severe damage to the historic centre, with bombs destroying three of the main churches and large parts of the built-up area. It led to the retaliatory "Baedeker" raids on historic British cities.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bombing of Lübeck: The port city of Lübeck is the first German city attacked in substantial numbers by the British Royal Air Force”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Lübeck wird als erste deutsche Großstadt von der Royal Air Force mit einem Flächenbombardement angegriffen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bombardement de Lübeck par la Royal Air Force”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page