What the records say
- When
- 26 Jun 1941
- Kind
- Military operation
- Deaths
- 32
- Coordinates
- 48.72° N, 21.25° E
- Description
- 1941 aerial bombing of the city of Kassa
Bombing of Kassa
1941 airstrike in Hungary (today Košice, Slovakia)
The bombing of Kassa took place on 26 June 1941, when still unidentified aircraft conducted an airstrike on the city of Kassa, then part of Hungary, today Košice in Slovakia. This attack became the pretext for the government of Hungary to declare war on the Soviet Union the next day, 27 June.
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