61 German cities were attacked by Bomber Command between 1939 and 1945 containing a combined population of 25 million inhabitants; 3.6 million homes were destroyed (20% of the total) 7.5 million.. Now here are some statistics that I translated from a german website Infrastruktur und Gesellschaft im zerstörten Deutschland. *1945: •Half of the living space was bombed. •streets,roads and bridges couldn't be used anymore. • millions of people weren't able to use gas, water and electricity for quite a long time In the Soviet Union, German forces were stretched across 2,500 miles (4,000 km). They had lost their air superiority when Allied bombing raids on German cities forced the withdrawal of large numbers of fighter planes. British and American bombings reached a high point in midsummer when a raid on Hamburg killed 40,000 of its inhabitants. Similar air raids killed hundreds of thousands of German civilians and leveled large areas of most German cities By January 1945, between 85% and 90% of the buildings had been completely destroyed; this includes up to 10% as a result of the September 1939 campaign and following combat, up to 15% during the earlier Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 25% during the Uprising, and 40% due to systematic German demolition of city after the uprising. [failed verification These raids caused immense devastation and loss of life in Berlin. The November 22 1943 raid killed 2,000 Berliners and rendered 175,000 homeless. The following night, 1,000 were killed and 100,000 made homeless
German MIA, Italian Campaign 1943 - 11.30.44: 97,154: German WIA, Italian Campaign 1943 - 11.30.44: 163,600: German KIA, Campaigns in the West 6.06.44 - 11.30.44: 66,266: German MIA, Campaigns in the West 6.06.44 - 11.30.44: 338,933: German WIA, Campaigns in the West 6.06.44 - 11.30.44: 399,860: German KIA, Home Front 1939 - 11.30.44: 64,05 During WW2 France was the second country most bombed by the Allies after Germany. It took seven times the tonnage of Allied bombs that the UK took from Nazi Germany. Roughly 75,000 tonnes of bombs were dropped on the UK (including Hitler's V missiles). In France, it's in the order of 518,000 tonnes It was destroyed in an Allied bombing in 1943, and although the idea of the interactive art that used cast off objects to make something striking, much as he did with his collage work, was.
The blast of World War II. World War II was the most destructive war in history. Estimates of those killed vary from 35 million to 60 million. The total for Europe alone was 15 million to 20 million—more than twice as many as in World War I We may consider including Ravensburg and Wiesbaden, although this last one endured a raid that destroyed up to the 18% of the buildings, maybe a bit too much for this compilation. The same for Stralsund; we had considered this beautiful Hanseatic city, but even though if the historical center has been restored, it was seriously damaged by Alliend bombing in 1944 Estimates of the total number of dead in Berlin from air raids range from 20,000 to 50,000. When the Soviets (who were the first occupying power) arrived in Berlin, they saw a city devastated by the air raids and street fighting. It was described as a Geisterstadt (ghost town)
POLAND has demanded Germany pay compensation for unleashing a savage bloodbath in their country during World War Two. Polish MPs claim the unpaid bill could be as much as £777billion because of. Statistics for German World War II military casualties are divergent. The wartime military casualty figures compiled by German High Command, up until January 31, 1945, are often cited by military historians when covering individual campaigns in the war.A recent study by German historian Rüdiger Overmans found that the German military casualties were 5.3 million, including 900,000 men. Esslingen. Just 15km outside of Stuttgart is the half-timbered medieval town of Esslingen, an easy day trip from Stuttgart, which saw some destruction but not as much as its neighboring city. Some 60 houses were completely destroyed, 75, heavily damaged and a plethora more only slightly damaged Many parts of Germany were completely or majoritarily destroyed by Allied Bombing Raids or the invasion forces in 1944 and 1945. Most notably, Dresden was firebombed a such strong way that it has.
Dresden bombing: Composite images show the Second World War ruin of German city compared to present. Dresden was destroyed in the war that ended in September 194 The wrecked Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, with a destroyed German military vehicle in the foreground, at the end of World War II. AP Photo Read mor
A German 88mm anti-tank gun captured and destroyed by New Zealand troops near El Alamein. July 17, 1942. -New Technology (1943-45): It is often said that the Germans relied too heavily on the idea that a new generation of Wonder Weapons would win them the war The Invasion of Poland, also known as September campaign (Polish: Kampania wrześniowa), 1939 defensive war (Polish: Wojna obronna 1939 roku) and Poland campaign (German: Überfall auf Polen, Polenfeldzug), was an attack on the Second Polish Republic by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II.The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the. Those terms might have included the transfer of much, if not all, of the oil-rich Caucasus region to Germany in exchange for the return of their all-important capitol city to Soviet control
I am well aware that the German invasion of the Soviet Union, as depicted on maps like these, showed large German gains in 1941, and subsequently on the road to Stalingrad in 1942.. My understanding, however, was that these gains were mainly in the Baltic States, Belorussia, and the Ukraine, and that only a little of Russia proper (as we might define it today) was occupied by the Germans. I thought it might be a good idea to discuss the destruction of towns and cities in WW2. People use the word flattened pretty randomly and it is often a misconception. Bombing can of course destroy buildings, but most often roofs, blowing out windows, etc. Especially the bombs that the Allies.
Of Germany, 1940-1945 It is therefore not so surprising that the plan to destroy Hamburg in 1943 was code-named Operation Gomorrah, Harris's version of 'Shock and Awe'. Keith Lowe's Inferno tells a story that is well-known in outline, if less familiar in the detail. He. Even though much of it was not actually made by Jews, it was still, to Hitler, subversive-Jewish-Bolshevik in sensibility and intent and corrosive to the moral fiber of Germany The country lost 25 million during the german occupation, and was in complete destruction, wealthy and isolated from troubles america was on its way to dominate the world with the atomic bomb, the soviets newer invaded before the WW2 for a world domination, they wanted to be left alone and not bother anyone too much. After WW2 soviet union had. German aircraft destroyed only 11 of their tanks. In the Ardennes offensive, the Germans lost 101 tanks from the 16th December of 1944 to the 16th January of 1945, (39 were abandoned), This article only includes conventional bombs and rocked used by aircraft in ww2 By the time of the German invasion in1941, much gaugeconversion work still had to be done by the Soviet Union. This was afortunate factor forthe Germans in the north as they thus had fewer rail lines to convert in theBaltics. Germany did not possess enough qualified personnel to manage the Sovietrail systemeffectively
Land vehicles, both armored and unarmored played a very important role during WW2. One of the more interesting points is the cost of various primary battle tanks. For every one Tiger tank, Germany COULD have built two Panthers or three PzIVs. Many historians will point out that for the cost, it would have been much On the night of November 14th 1940, the Luftwaffe attacked Coventry. The bombing of Coventry was seen as the biggest test of British resolve up to this stage of the Blitz. Known as 'Operation Moonlight Sonata', over 400 bombers attacked Coventry that night and in the early morning of November 15th 1940. Coventry was
The agony that German women suffered at the end of WW2 remains under-reported in non-German Western media and the victims have not received any compensation. The figure of 190,000 is very modest. Australian war correspondent Osmar White accompanied since 1944 3rd US Army General Patton and his diaries recorded the impressions and all the information Germany How a church in Germany posthumously reinstated a gay clergyman. The Immanuel church building is one of the few that was not destroyed during WW2. Discovered more by luck than judgment The Liberation of Paris (French: Libération de Paris) was a military battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been occupied by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Second Compiègne Armistice on 22 June 1940, after which the Wehrmacht occupied northern and western France
By March 1945, the Third Reich consisted of Germany proper, a few territories in central Europe, northern Italy, Denmark, Norway and some of Holland. The proverbial writing on the wall was that the Allies would soon win the war — Germany was just not powerful enough to stop them. Yet Hitler persisted in his belief that the war could still be won One of the most puzzling decisions of WW2: Ian Kershaw on why Hitler declared war on America Oshima, that Germany and Japan should jointly destroy both the Soviet Union and the USA. He had already, in fact, briefly envisaged establishing bases on the Azores from where long-range bombers could attack the east coast of America It seems that AT Guns and StuGs were much more responsible for tank losses than the Panzers. What is truly surprising is just how high the figure is for SPGs. This British study suggests that nearly 1/4 of Allied Tank losses in the ETO were caused by StuGs and other German SPGs. German's Panzers only seemed to be the cause of 14.5% of tank. The German Threat to Britain in World War Two. By Dan Cruickshank Last updated 2011-06-2 While Allied bombers had destroyed the centers of most German cities, many smaller towns escaped destruction. Courtesy of US Army. In the seven months that American GIs fought on German soil, they formed their initial impressions of Germany, a country most soldiers previously knew only through wartime propaganda and interactions with captured German soldiers
The library was destroyed again directly after Nazi-Germany's invasion of Belgium in the next world war and rebuilt brick by brick after the war as a sign of Leuven's resilience and spirit. Today, the library is a modern humanities library, the main one in a complex of 24 university libraries and learning centres, which attracts both students and tourists Please SUPPORT my work on Patreon: https://bit.ly/2LT6opZ Visit my 2ND CHANNEL: https://bit.ly/2ILbyX8 Facebook: https://bit.ly/2INA7yt Twitter: https://b.. Seventy years ago an RAF bomber raid destroyed important German dams. At the time many argued it was only a propaganda victory. It was much more than that, writes historian Dan Snow
Maps reveal how Japan's cities were destroyed during World War II Essay on incendiary bombings awarded 2012 Best Paper Prize by the Journal of Historical Geography By Alison Bert, DMA Posted on 18 March 2013 David Fedman was doing research at Stanford University's Branner Library when he stumbled across some maps that left him confounded German Self-Propelled Artillery Guns of the Second World War . By Craig Moore. One towed artillery gun required a team of six horses and nine men. WW2 German engineers came up with the idea of mounting an artillery gun on top of a tank chassis. This new technology reduced the amount of resources required to deploy one artillery gun Germany wasn't on the verge of a nuclear weapon, or even salvaging its reputation as a leader in the physics community by making a nuclear power station. It had nothing. The discovery at once shows how close, and yet how far, Nazi Germany was from its nuclear ambitions Much of the German Ardennes Offensive, named Battle of the Bulge by the Allies, also took place in Belgium. Can you tell me please which canal had at least 2 of its' bridges destroyed during WW2, it was about 9-10 Kms from DePanne, and prevented my father from rejoining his Unit to go to Dunkerque. He had to walk. Thank you. Norma GOUGH. 4
If one counts Tiger tanks versus the number of enemy tanks claimed destroyed by Tiger tanks, Tiger tanks killed 11.52 tanks for every one of their own destroyed in battle To understand how the war in 1939 between Poland and Germany, and consequently WW2, unfolded, it is not sufficient to look at - and accept - the widely-held view that peace-loving and weak little Poland was attacked by an ever-marauding National Socialist Germany. Rather, one must look much deeper into history
Allied tank destroyed by Axis during Second Mondial War: American Sherman, Soviet T-34, T-26, T-28, Brithish Matilda, French Char B1 and KV-2, KV-1, IS-2, Pe.. WW2: History's most savage and devastating war. A timeline of the most destructive global conflict in history, from the ferocious attacks Nazi Germany unleashed across Europe, to the atomic bombs. For the American GIs entering the heart of Germany, April 1945 was a month filled with some of the most brutal fighting of the war, when the horrors of the Nazi regime were finally revealed to the world. Members of XIX Corps, the 90th Division, the 11th Armored Division's Combat Command B, and the 45th Infantry Division, among others, witnessed atrocities committed against their own and. Operation Chattanooga: Allied aircraft destroyed German rail and other transportation targets. 22 Apr 1944 The RAF used of the new liquid incendiary device, J-Bomb, for the first time against Brunswick, Germany. 24 Apr 1944 British bombers attacked München, Germany
Germany had two different ideas of how it would occupy countries. In Western, Northern, and Central Europe, Germany set economic policies which would make it rich. During the war, these policies brought as much as 40% of total German income. In the East, the war with the Soviet Union meant Germany could not use the land to gain resources All of the Danube bridges and more than 32 thousand buildings had been destroyed in the siege of Budapest. During the World War II, Budapest had been destroyed in a huge amount. The Danube's gem had been bombed by the allies and the red army's siege had made a terrible destruction in February. T In World War Two (WW2) the British Royal Air Force (RAF) knew that if the Moehne, and two other Dams - the Eder and Sorpe - were destroyed, the subsequent release of millions of tons of water would cause substantial damage to the land, buildings and infrastructure below it, as well as hurting the German WW2 economy overall
The German war plans. In a reversal of the Schlieffen Plan, which Germany adopted in approaching France in 1914, the German command decided to push into France through the Luxembourg Ardennes, ignoring the Maginot Line and enacting Mannstein's Sichelsnitt (sickle-cut) plan German tanks were considered superbly engineered vehicles, but the Mark V Panther tank took 150,000 man-hours to build. The Tiger, with over 26,000 parts, took over 300,000 man-hours. German tank production was also hurt by the large number of variations or models After World War II, the German state was utterly destroyed. It was split in four parts, and to top it all, coming face to face with the scale of the atrocities their government and armies committed through public events like the Nürnberg trials A well researched and written article. Thankyou. As Germany was the testbed but sexual depravity, Russia was for socialism, to be unleashed on the west. Interesting how both happened after WW2, a war needed in order to allow both to happen. I agree with everything you say in this perceptive comment, but you made one mistake. Probably a typo About 80% of Berlin's city center was destroyed in the 2nd World War. The damage caused in the war is still visible everywhere in the city, once you know what to look for, it actually becomes hard to not to see them. In this series of articles called 'Scars of the War' I would lik
The US plan to completely destroy Germany after World War II. Blake Stilwell. Posted On May 19, 2020 13:01:37 It's one of those bizarre twists of history that might have changed the world as we know it, if not just for a small tweak WW2: Why did the Allies power and wealth. What is so astonishing is that, at the start of the war, neither Britain nor the United States had much of an army and both had comparatively but their vast numbers won battle after battle for the Red Army, which is what ultimately destroyed Nazi Germany. In the end, Stalin is. Messerschmitt, Germany's famous World War ii manufacturer that built much of the fighting aircraft behind Germany's Luftwaffe, is also active and prospering today, although under a different name. Like Krupp, much of Messerschmitt's infrastructure was destroyed in the war. Further, Messerschmitt was even forbidden to produce aircraft
Burning ruins of destroyed after WW2 historical buildings. Illustration By DMG Vision / Shutterstock Among those who witnessed the destructive power of parachute bombs on London that same night was novelist Graham Greene, who had been working as an air raid warden during the Second World War before his recruitment into MI6 The last days of Auschwitz, which was opened by the Nazis in Oswiecim, Poland, in 1940, were marked by chaos, cowardice and an attempt to destroy what was once one of Nazi Germany's most. Coordinates. Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich until 1943 and Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country which they transformed into a dictatorship.Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government
Exactly 70 years ago, the eastern German city of Dresden was virtually destroyed within one night in an attack that killed 25,000. The morning after having been bombed by Allied forces, the city's. From Sodom and Gomorrah, consumed by fire and brimstone in the Old Testament, to Babylon and Ctesiphon, ruined and swallowed by the sands after their empires collapsed, we can safely say that the rise and fall of cities has been a constant in history.Thankfully, not all these stories were made to be discouraging: Gathered here for you are 10 cities once destroyed by the hand of man or natural. German-occupied Ukraine and the Baltic States had large areas of land growing Russian dandelion, around 20,000 hectares not destroyed by the enemy, but little came of it in terms of final product: the Nazi conquerors ordered peasants on collective farms to maintain fields of kok-saghyz, and soon ratcheted up the pressure
Germany had an endless supply of Uranium from mines in western Czechoslovakia at Jac-y-more (then Joachimsthal). So much that it was exported to Japan following a request to the Germans in July 1943 from General Kawashima in Korea where the Japanese had their own nuclear project In conflicts, adversaries aim for victory by using both direct and indirect forces to break the enemy's will to resist. During WWII, Allied forces used strategic bombing and radio propaganda to undermine German morale. This column compares German domestic resistance to the Nazi regime, based on treason trial records, with the monthly volume of bombing and the locations of BB After reunification in 1990, Germany undertook the extensive reconstruction of the inner city as a moral and political objective, unveiling new works at various stages with much fanfare in an effort still ongoing in the 21st century. Dresden has returned to much of its former grandeur as a centre for art and culture