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Operation Bowler was an air attack on Venice harbour by Allied aircraft on 21 March 1945, as part of the Italian campaign in World War II. It was led by Acting Wing Commander, later Group Captain, George Westlake of the Royal Air Force. [1]
The first bombardment of Venice by Austro-Hungarian naval aircraft four hours after Italy declared war (illustration by H. R. Schulze, 1915) Air and naval actions started shortly after the Italian Kingdom entered the war on the Allied side on 24 May 1915.
The building is located in Venice, Italy. The explosion resulted in killing the night watchman, 49-year-old Franco Battaggliarin, who died instantly from the explosion. The police reported that they received an anonymous call claiming that the bomb was planted by Ordine Nero. [17] On 10 August 1983, a bomb was planted on Milan-Palermo train.
Milan police headquarters bombing: on May 17, 1973, a grenade attack by the anarchist Gianfranco Bertoli killed four people and injured fifty-two others. Piazza della Loggia bombing: on May 28, 1974, a bomb exploded in Brescia, killing eight people. Padova MSI headquarter attack: on June 17, 1974, the Brigate Rosse killed two Missini supporters.
The Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, codenamed Operation Grapeshot, was the final Allied attack during the Italian Campaign in the final stages of the Second World War. [6] The attack in the Lombard Plain by the 15th Allied Army Group started on 6 April 1945 and ended on 2 May with the surrender of all Axis forces in Italy .
The attack was carried out with a Fiat Fiorino packed with 227 kilograms of explosives, parked near the Torre dei Pulci, between the Uffizi museum and the Arno River. The tower was the seat of the Accademia dei Georgofili. The large explosion caused the death of five people and forty-eight other people were injured by the blast. [1]
Milanese victory, Venice loses Bassa Bresciana Occidentale: The French army joined the battle since the autumn. 1453, August 15: Ghedi, Lombardy: Wars in Lombardy and Milanese War of Succession: Jacopo Piccinino — Milanese–Mantuan army under Francesco Sforza: Milanese victory, Venice loses Bassa Bresciana Orientale: 1453, October 16 - 19 ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Rome and Vienna airport attacks Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict Aftermath in a fast food restaurant in the Leonardo da Vinci International Airport after the attack Locations of the incidents in Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria Location Fiumicino, Italy Schwechat, Austria Date 27 December 1985 9: ...