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The Battle of Frankfurt was a three-day battle for control of Frankfurt am Main during World War II. The 5th Infantry Division conducted the main attack while the 6th Armored Division provided support. The city was defended by the LXXX Corps of the Seventh Army.
Deutsche Börse headquartered in Frankfurt. 1994 – European Monetary Institute headquartered in Frankfurt. [24] 1995 Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange founded. Petra Roth becomes mayor. 1996 – City website online (approximate date). [32] 1998 – European Central Bank headquartered in Frankfurt. 1999 – Main Tower built. 2000 Museum ...
Bomb damage near Frankfurt Cathedral included 2 bridges (May 1945). The old City of Frankfurt in 1942 before its destruction. Bombing of Frankfurt am Main by the Allies of World War II killed about 5,500 residents and destroyed the largest half-timbered historical city centre in Germany (the Eighth Air Force dropped 12,197 tons of explosives on the city).
During World War II, Frankfurt was the location of a Nazi prison for underage girls with several forced labour camps, [3] a camp for Sinti and Romani people (see Romani Holocaust), [4] the Dulag Luft West transit camp for Allied prisoners of war, [5] and a subcamp of the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. [6]
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