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[20] Andrew Kehoe: 44 July 4, 1940 Bombing 2 2 New York City, New York: Two New York City policemen were killed and two critically wounded while examining a bomb they had found at the British Pavilion at the World's Fair. [citation needed] Unknown 45 1940–1956 Bombing 0 10 New York City, New York
1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; Subcategories. ... Attacks on buildings and structures in the 1940s (4 C, 78 P) M. 1940s mass shootings (13 C)
Nevertheless, 458 heavy bombers and 27 P-51s reached the city and the bombardment killed 3,960 Japanese and destroyed 3.15 square miles (8.2 km2) of buildings. A force of 409 B-29s attacked Osaka again on 7 June; during this attack 2.21 square miles (5.7 km2) of buildings were burnt out and the Americans did not suffer any losses.
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The most concentrated attacks were on the nights of 7/8 and 8/9 May 1941, resulting in just under 400 deaths, and another large-scale attack took place in July 1941 with 143 fatalities. The city spent more than 1,000 hours under alert during raids from 19 June 1940 to 1945, with almost 1,200 people in the city killed as a result of the bombing.
Attacks on religious buildings and structures during World War II (3 C, 35 P) Pages in category "Attacks on buildings and structures in the 1940s" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total.
The Halfaya Pass attack failed, Point 206 was captured and only one of three attacks on Hafid Ridge had any success. At the end of 15 June, 48 British tanks remained operational. On 16 June, a German counter-attack forced back the British on the western flank but was repulsed in the centre.
The Kassel World War II bombings were a set of Allied strategic bombing attacks which took place from February 1942 to March 1945. In a single deadliest raid on 22–23 October 1943, 150,000 inhabitants were bombed-out, [citation needed] at least 6,000 people died, [citation needed] the vast majority of the city center was destroyed, and the fire of the most severe air raid burned for seven days.