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Operation Hurricane was a 24-hour bombing operation to "demonstrate to the enemy in Germany generally the overwhelming superiority of the Allied Air Forces in this theatre" (in the directive to Harris ACO RAF Bomber Command) [4] and "cause mass panic and disorginazation [] in the Ruhr, disrupt frontline communications and demonstrate the futility of resistance" (in the words of the Official ...
In October 1944, Duisburg became the main target in Operation Hurricane a joint RAF Bomber Command and USAAF Eighth Air Force operation. [2]On 14 October 1944 just after daybreak, RAF Bomber Command sent "1,013 aircraft ... to [bomb] Duisburg with RAF fighters providing an escort. 957 bombers dropped [... 3,574 long tons (3,631 t)] of high explosive and [... 820 long tons (830 t)] of ...
Operation Hurricane foresaw Duisburg as the main goal for the RAF's thousand or so bombers, and Cologne for the USAAF's 1,200 or so bombers. A further 233 RAF bombers were detailed for Braunschweig, which had about 150,000 inhabitants in October 1944. Planning for the attack on Braunschweig was finalized by 15 August 1944.
Operation Hurricane was the first test of a British atomic device. A plutonium implosion device was detonated on 3 October 1952 in Main Bay, Trimouille Island, in the Montebello Islands in Western Australia. With the success of Operation Hurricane, the United Kingdom became the third nuclear power, after the United States and the Soviet Union.
It took place near the village of Osuchy in the Solska Forest on 25–26 June 1944 during the German anti-partisan Operation Sturmwind II (Operation Hurricane II). The battle ended with the defeat of the local resistance forces that suffered heavy casualties. [1]
14 October 1944 VIII Bomber Command: Mission 677: As part of Operation Hurricane (1944) a round-the-clock bombing operation, PFF attacks were made on Cologne marshaling yards at Gereon, Gremberg, and Eifeltor; as well as Euskirchen 22 mi (35 km) outside Cologne. [27] 1944-10-15 The 486 BG bombed Cologne. [28] 17 October 1944: 8th AF [f]
The hurricane brought death, destroyed homes and belongings, and caused. August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and ...
Bombing of Braunschweig (15 October 1944) ... Operation Hurricane (1944) Operation Hydra (1943) K. Kammhuber Line; Bombing of Kassel in World War II; Kassel Mission;