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Bombing of Frankfurt am Main by the Allies of World War II killed about 5,500 residents and destroyed the largest half-timbered historical city centre in Germany (the Eighth Air Force dropped 12,197 tons of explosives on the city).
In the 1939–45 period the Royal Air Force (RAF) dropped 15,696 long tons of bombs on Frankfurt.[1]
Post-war reconstruction generally used modern architecture, and a few landmark buildings were rebuilt in a simple historical style. The 1st building rebuilt was the 1789 Paulskirche (St. Paul's Church).[citation needed]
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1944-12-22/23 1945-01-08/09 |
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[when?] | The Municipal Library was hit during an air raid, destroying its Cairo Genizah document collection and lists of the collection.[7] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Is the Bomber Obsolescent?". Flight Global. 9 August 1945. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Royal Air Force Bomber Command, Campaign Diary October 1943". Official RAF Website. 6 April 2005. Archived from the original on 10 May 2005. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Mission 24: Frankfurt, Germany, January 29, 1944, "Forts Blast Frankfurt; Kassel Hit" – Retrieved 9 May 2008
- ^ a b Miller, Edgar "Ed" C. "...My Combat Missions..." Sirinet.net/~lgarris. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ http://www.303rdbg.com/missions.html
- ^ "Devil's Ball: B-17G-10-BO 42-31238: 351st Bomb Group, 511th Bomb Squadron". USAAF. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Goitein, S.D. (2000). Economic Foundations. A Mediterranean Society: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza. Vol. I. University of California Press. p. 5.