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The Battle of Berlin (November 1943 to March 1944) was a bombing campaign against Berlin by RAF Bomber Command, along with raids on other German cities to keep German defences dispersed and which was a part of the bombing of Berlin during the strategic bombing of Germany in the Second World War.
The Reformation Church in Moabit, damaged in the night of 22–23 November 1943. The first raid of the battle occurred on 18–19 November 1943. Berlin was the main target, and was attacked by 440 Avro Lancasters aided by four Mosquitos. The city was under cloud and the damage was not severe.
Battle of Berlin (air): November 1943 – March 1944; Western Allied invasion of France: June 1944–March 1945 Operation Overlord: June–August 1944 Operation Tonga;
23 June 1943 RAF reconnaissance photo of Peenemünde Test Stand VII. ... The "Battle of Berlin" aerial campaign bombing began ... Mission 894 attacking Berlin (1,329 ...
When the Soviet offensive resumed on 16 April, two Soviet fronts (army groups) attacked Berlin from the east and south, while a third overran German forces positioned north of Berlin. Before the main battle in Berlin commenced, the Red Army encircled the city after successful battles of the Seelow Heights and Halbe.
Between 18 November 1943 and 31 March 1944, RAF Bomber Command fought the Battle of Berlin, a campaign of 16 major raids on the German capital, interspersed with many other major and minor raids across Germany to reduce the predictability of the British operations.
The Eastern Front was a theatre of World War II which primarily involved combat between the nations and allies of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.Combat in the Eastern Front began with the two powers remaining peaceful towards each other, with the annexation of countries such as Albania and portions of Poland by Germany and its allies, and the annexation of Finland and the rest of Poland by ...
Helmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling (2 November 1891 – 17 November 1955) was a German general during the Second World War.He was the last commander of the Berlin Defence Area during the Battle of Berlin, led the defence of the city against Soviet forces and finally surrendered just before the end of World War II in Europe.
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