Martin Antonenko
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The First US Bombs Fall On Germany...!
On January 27, 1943, 55 US-American "B-24" bombers...
...of the 369th and 306th US bomber squadrons launched an attack on the German city of Wilhelmshaven in broad daylight...:
Your destination are the Kriegsmarine facilities in and around the city's harbor and the sea locks...;:
The damages in the heavily flak-defended city...
... remain low...:
Due to the many bunkers that exist in the city, nobody dies!
City residents, especially children, collect fragments of bombs as "souvenirs"...:
... or proudly be photographed next to duds...:
Something else is more important:
It is the first attack on German territory; the US-Americans have agreed a common strategy with the British, the so-called "Combined Bomber Offensive"!
From now on, the British will target a different German city by night and the Americans by day until the end of the war - Wilhelmshaven will also target more than a dozen times!
The fury of war and the horror that the Nazis brought to the world returns to Germany on January 27, 1943.
On the last day of the war there will be practically nothing left of Wilhelmshaven...:
On January 27, 1943, 55 US-American "B-24" bombers...
...of the 369th and 306th US bomber squadrons launched an attack on the German city of Wilhelmshaven in broad daylight...:
Your destination are the Kriegsmarine facilities in and around the city's harbor and the sea locks...;:
The damages in the heavily flak-defended city...
... remain low...:
Due to the many bunkers that exist in the city, nobody dies!
City residents, especially children, collect fragments of bombs as "souvenirs"...:
... or proudly be photographed next to duds...:
Something else is more important:
It is the first attack on German territory; the US-Americans have agreed a common strategy with the British, the so-called "Combined Bomber Offensive"!
From now on, the British will target a different German city by night and the Americans by day until the end of the war - Wilhelmshaven will also target more than a dozen times!
The fury of war and the horror that the Nazis brought to the world returns to Germany on January 27, 1943.
On the last day of the war there will be practically nothing left of Wilhelmshaven...:
