The Allied capture of Le Havre from its German garrison on 12 September 1944 was preceded by a week of air raids which, though militarily quite inef- fective, destroyed most of the city and killed between 1500 and 2000 French civilians.
Operation Astonia was the codename for an Allied attack on the German-held Channel port of Le Havre in France, during the Second World War.
The city of Le Havre, on the English Channel in Normandy, was severely bombed during the Second World War. The destroyed area was rebuilt according to the ...
On 14 June 1944, over 200 Lancaster bomber bombed the port of Le Havre: 22 of the planes were loaded with Tallboy bombs (12,000 pound armour-piercing) and were ...
Initially, railroad yards were heavily bombed, but when it became apparent that damage was being rapidly repaired, tactics were changed to "bridge busting." ...
A photographic record of the storm of iron & fire; Le Havre 1944
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Sep 5, 2015 · Le Havre Normandy before and after the Allied bombing of September 1944 ... bombed French towns and killed French civilians by the thousands.
Sep 6, 2019 · 75 years ago, the British forces started bombing Le Havre in Normandy. These bombings killed thousands of French civilians and destroyed 85% of ...
Jun 5, 2014 · The most disturbing example is the bombing of Le Havre in September 1944. Nearly all of the city was reduced to ash and 5,000 French men, women ...
The bombings also destroyed 96% of Tilly-la-Campagne (Calvados), 95% of Vire (Calvados), 88% of Villers-Bocage (Calvados), 82% of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), 77% ...
