Munich 1945: Last major bombing demands hundreds of victims

Munich 1945: Last major bombing demands hundreds of victims

Dachau, Deutschland - On January 7, 1945, the last major air raid on Munich occurred, carried out by the British Bomber Command. At that time, the city was already badly disturbed. The first attack started around 8 p.m., followed by a second attack at 9:45 p.m. In total, the attack demanded 505 lives and injured 988 others. Concentration camp prisoners in Dachau were also able to observe the attack.

According to a report by Mercury has been the time frame of the air strikes on Munich since 1940 Attacks from 1942. There were a total of 74 attacks on Munich until the end of the war, which demanded 6,632 deaths. These attacks not only added massive damage and high number of victims of victims, but also other German cities such as Hamburg, Pforzheim and Dresden. The British strategy of the so -called "moral bombing" aimed to demoralize the civilian population and to spark fire storms in the cities.

historical data on the air strikes

The air strikes on Munich began on March 10, 1940 with a first attack in which only luminous bombs were thrown off. This was followed by several other attacks that caused ever greater destruction and demanded increasing number of victims. A distinctive attack took place on April 24, 1944, in which over 400 RAF bombers flew across the city and demanded 139 human lives. The destruction was so serious that 80 % of the district was devastated, which led to 70,000 homeless citizens.

Overall, the attacks on Munich were part of a broad military strategy that was supposed to tighten the war with a focus on the civilian population and infrastructures in the cities. According to Wikipedia -transmitted by West-Ost-Medien