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The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World War II. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons ...
Central Italy was left untouched for the first three years of war, but from 1943 onwards it was heavily bombed by USAAF, with heavy damage (usually due to inaccuracy in bombing) to a number of cities, including Livorno (57% of the city was destroyed or damaged, over 500 people were killed in June 1943), Civitavecchia, Grosseto, Terni (1,077 ...
See: Bombing of Milan in World War II. Turin: Italy: June 1940 – April 1945 2,069 [7] –2,199 [8] RAF Bomber Command, USAAF: See: Bombing of Turin in World War II. Palermo: Italy: June 1940 – August 1943 2,123 [9] RAF, USAAF: See: Bombing of Palermo in World War II. London: United Kingdom: 7 September 1940 – May 1941 40,000-43,000 ...
The Army Air Forces in World War II (7 vols 1948–1958; rpr. 1985), official US Army Air Force history; Davis, Richard G. "Bombing Strategy Shifts, 1944–45", Air Power History 39 (1989) 33–45; Futrell, Robert Frank. Ideas, concepts, doctrine: A history of basic thinking in the United States Air Force, 1907–1964 (2 vols 1974) Grayling ...
In German military history, Bandenbekämpfung (lit. ' "bandit-fighting" or "combating of bandits"; English equivalent of "anti-partisan operations" '), also referred to as Nazi security warfare during World War II, refers to the concept and military doctrine of countering resistance or insurrection in the rear area during wartime with extreme ...
The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat [nb 18] during World War II, taking place from September 1939 to May 1945.The Allied powers (including the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and France) fought the Axis powers (including Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy) on both sides of the continent in the Western and Eastern fronts.
The diary of the young runner describes day-to-day life and survival of both civilians and soldiers. It was published in English by the Militaria press in Budapest in 2005, under the title Boy Soldier. Joseph Szentkiralyi, who had worked in the United States prior to World War II, had been deported to Hungary as an enemy alien after the war began.
The use of foreign forced labour and slavery in Germany and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented scale. [68] It was a vital part of the German economic exploitation of conquered territories. It also contributed to the mass extermination of populations in German-occupied Europe.