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... 117 KB (14,142 words) - 21:44, 26 April 2024 |
occurred in 1988, when Dresden twinned with the Dutch city of Rotterdam. The Coventry Blitz and Rotterdam Blitz bombardments by the German Luftwaffe... 145 KB (13,135 words) - 14:58, 17 April 2024 |
The Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle took place around the city of Dresden in modern-day... 20 KB (1,683 words) - 04:22, 18 March 2024 |
The Trench (Dix) (category CS1 German-language sources (de)) Kölnische Zeitung [de] in on 7 December 1923: "In the cold, sallow, ghostly light of dawn…a trench appears into which a devastating bombardment has just descended... 12 KB (1,703 words) - 14:02, 10 April 2024 |
SMS Dresden ("His Majesty's Ship Dresden") was a German light cruiser built for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). The lead ship of her class, she... 40 KB (4,774 words) - 21:39, 7 April 2024 |
the Great 200km 125miles 20 19 18 17 Dresden 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 Prague 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The siege of Dresden took place in July 1760 during the Third... 7 KB (319 words) - 10:29, 20 March 2024 |
Battle of Bautzen (1945) (redirect from Drive on Dresden) Weisser Schöps and Neisse. Their pursuit of retreating German forces toward Dresden threatened to cut off additional forces in the Muskauer Forst region. On... 36 KB (3,664 words) - 15:47, 26 April 2024 |
of the inner city, symbolising the flight formations during the bombardment of Dresden 1945— appropriate to the context of the military museum that has... 29 KB (3,931 words) - 09:15, 31 May 2022 |
Carpet bombing (redirect from Saturation bombardment) Carpet bombing, also known as saturation bombing, is a large area bombardment done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected... 27 KB (3,309 words) - 23:36, 20 April 2024 |
Strategic bombing (redirect from Strategic bombardment) SHAEF press conference on 16 February 1945, two days after the bombing of Dresden, British Air Commodore Colin McKay Grierson replied to a question by one... 69 KB (8,940 words) - 18:17, 21 March 2024 |
Arthur Harris (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)) against the German infrastructure and population, including the Bombing of Dresden. Harris's orders from the war cabinet to focus on area bombing over precision... 58 KB (6,693 words) - 22:26, 25 April 2024 |
Israel–Hamas war (category CS1 German-language sources (de)) its territory, the Israeli military embarked on an extensive aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip followed by a large-scale ground invasion beginning... 586 KB (56,546 words) - 02:23, 29 April 2024 |
Aerial bombing of cities (redirect from Aerial bombardment of cities) World War II and is still practiced today. The development of aerial bombardment marked an increased capacity of armed forces to deliver ordnance from... 73 KB (7,586 words) - 15:03, 23 April 2024 |
The bombing of the Gaza Strip is an ongoing aerial bombardment campaign on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Air Force during the Israel–Hamas war. During... 88 KB (6,911 words) - 15:13, 28 April 2024 |
pilots have voiced their regret many times. The history of the 398th Bombardment Group based at RAF Nuthampstead, which carried out the raid, indicates... 7 KB (874 words) - 06:53, 27 March 2024 |
Bombing of Guernica (category CS1 German-language sources (de)) 2024. http://www.dresden-1945.de/ Dresden 1945 "Press Release : Survivors of the Bombing of Guernica and Dresden" (PDF). Dresden-1945.de. Archived from... 65 KB (8,319 words) - 22:07, 25 April 2024 |
Battle of Copenhagen (1807) (section Bombardment) Second Battle of Copenhagen (or the Bombardment of Copenhagen) (16 August – 7 September 1807) was a British bombardment of the Danish capital, Copenhagen... 38 KB (4,507 words) - 22:04, 22 February 2024 |
to the documents in the archives of Dresden] (1865) and in Karl Friedrich Vitzthum von Eckstädt [de] Maurice de Saxe (Leipzig, 1861). A biography in... 20 KB (2,179 words) - 17:13, 9 February 2024 |
Strategic bombing during World War II (category CS1 German-language sources (de)) at the outset of World War II did not specifically forbid the aerial bombardment of cities – despite the prior occurrence of such bombing during World... 190 KB (22,411 words) - 11:36, 11 April 2024 |
German bombing of Rotterdam (category CS1 German-language sources (de)) In 1940, Rotterdam was subjected to heavy aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe during the German invasion of the Netherlands during the Second World War... 41 KB (5,017 words) - 16:53, 11 April 2024 |
Christian Gottlob Heyne (category CS1 German-language sources (de)) Wittenberg, but the Prussian invasion drove him out in 1760. The bombardment of Dresden, on 18 July 1760, destroyed all his possessions, including an almost... 10 KB (1,134 words) - 22:05, 24 February 2024 |
Firestorm (category CS1 German-language sources (de)) targeted explosives, such as in the aerial firebombings of London, Hamburg, Dresden, and Tokyo, and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. A firestorm is created... 62 KB (6,945 words) - 07:07, 22 January 2024 |
residential buildings in Krefeld some of which survived World War II bombardments. The success of the family's silk business has been attributed to the... 10 KB (1,231 words) - 11:29, 28 April 2024 |
Swedes (details) – Dutch/Danes under de Ruyter defeat Swedes and liberate Nyborg 1661 – French naval bombardment of Algiers 1669 December – Battle of... 184 KB (19,890 words) - 23:49, 27 April 2024 |
Michaël Denard (category Male actors from Dresden) actor. Born in Dresden on 5 November 1944 to a German mother and French father, Denard lived as a baby in his hometown during its bombardment. He began dancing... 5 KB (337 words) - 03:47, 4 December 2023 |
Brussels (redirect from Région de Bruxelles-Capitale) Brussel [ˈbrʏsəl] ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of... 257 KB (22,255 words) - 18:03, 19 April 2024 |