Kassel World War II bombings | |||||
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Part of Strategic bombing campaign in Europe | |||||
Two people observing fires ravaging the Bettenhausen district after bombing | |||||
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United States United Kingdom | Nazi Germany | ||||
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Carl Spaatz (May 1942 – ) Arthur Harris (1941–) |
Gauleiters, Karl Weinrich, Karl Gerland |
The Kassel World War II bombings were a set of Allied strategic bombing attacks which took place from February 1942 to March 1945. In a single deadliest raid on 22–23 October 1943, 150,000 inhabitants were bombed-out,[citation needed] at least 6,000 people died,[citation needed] the vast majority of the city center was destroyed, and the fire of the most severe air raid burned for seven days. The US First Army captured Kassel on 3 April 1945, where only 50,000 inhabitants remained, versus 236,000 in 1939.[citation needed]
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Targets
As well as being the capital of the provinces of Hesse-Nassau and Kurhessen, Kassel had some important targets:
- Fieseler aircraft facility
- Henschel & Sohn facilities, maker of the Tiger I and King Tiger heavy tanks
- The Henschel & Sohn firm's locomotive plant
- engine plant
- motor transport plant
- railway works
- Military HQs at Wehrkreis IX, and Bereich Hauptsitz Kassel
- Central Germany HQ, highway & railway construction
- Regional Supreme Court
Bombing raids
Date | Target | |
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17/18 February 1942 | [specify] | |
27/28 August 1942 | Henschel | |
8/9 September 1942 | [specify] | |
2/3 October 1943 | [specify] | |
3/4 October 1943 | [specify] | |
22/23 October 1943 | city centre | |
18/19 March 1944 | [specify] | |
30/31 March 1944 | [specify] | |
27/28 September 1944 | [specify] | |
28 September 1944 | Henschel motor transport plant | |
3/4 October 1944 | [specify] | |
15/16 October 1944 | [specify] | |
9/10 November 1944 | [specify] | |
27/28 December 1944 | [specify] | |
6/7 January 1945 | [specify] | |
18/19 January 1945 | [specify] | |
21/22 January 1945 | [specify] | |
2/3 March 1945 | [specify] | |
8/9 March 1945 | [specify] | |
18/19 March 1945 | [specify] | |
20/21 March 1945 | [specify] |
See also
References
- ^
- ^ Popa, Opritsa D. (2003). Bibliophiles and bibliothieves : the search for the Hildebrandslied and the Willehalm Codex. Berlin: de Gruyter. p. 12. ISBN 3-11-017730-7.
- ^ Bomber Command October 1943 Archived March 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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1942: January Archived 2009-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, March Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, April Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, May Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, June Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, July Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, August Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, September Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, October Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, November Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, December Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
1943: January Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, March Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, April Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, May Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, June Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, July Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, August Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, September Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, October Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, November Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, December Archived 2006-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
1944: January Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 2014-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, March Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, April Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, May Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, June Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, July Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, August Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, September Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, October Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, November Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, December Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
1945: January Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 2013-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, March Archived 2013-06-02 at the Wayback Machine, April Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, May Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, June Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, July Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, August Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, September Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
Sources
- Werner Dettmar: Die Zerstörung Kassels im Oktober 1943. Hesse, Fuldabrück 1983, ISBN 3-924259-00-3
- Gebhard Aders: Bombenkrieg/Strategien der Zerstörung. licoverlag 2004