PIERWSZY SOWIECKI MASOWY NALOT NA WROCŁAW
7 X 1944 R. I NIEMIECKA OBRONA POWIETRZNA MIASTA
THE FIRST SOVIET MASS AIR RAID ON WROCŁAW (7 OCTOBER, 1944)
AND THE GERMAN AIR DEFENCE OF THE CITY
Author(s): Radosław SzewczykSubject(s): WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: air raid; Long-Range Aviation; anti-aircraft defence; bombardment;
Summary/Abstract: The approach of the Red Army to the pre-war borders of the Third Reich in1944 brought its eastern regions into the reach of Soviet Long-Range Aviation. As a result,on 7 October, 1944, 196 Soviet bombers appeared over Breslau (Wrocław) and attackedthe city with 210.9 tonnes of bombs. It was the first mass air raid on the capital of LowerSilesia.
Journal: Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka
- Issue Year: 79/2024
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 137-160
- Page Count: 24
- Language: Polish
