Military operation
Open on the mapBombing of Stalingrad in World War II
23 Aug 1942 – 22 Nov 1942 · 48.71° N, 44.51° E
What the records say
- When
- 23 Aug 1942 – 22 Nov 1942
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 48.71° N, 44.51° E
- Description
- air campaign during Second world war
Bombing of Stalingrad
WW II bombings of the city today namned Volgograd
The bombing of Stalingrad occurred during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II, when the Soviet city and industrial centre on the river Volga was bombed heavily by the German Luftwaffe. German land forces comprising the 6th Army had advanced to the suburbs of Stalingrad by August 1942. The city was firebombed with 1,000 tons of high explosives and incendiaries in 1,600 sorties on 23 August.
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