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Western Cardiff was the worst hit area, particularly Canton and Riverside, where 116 people were killed, an estimated 50 of which were killed in one street in Riverside, De Burgh Street. The 10-hour air raid had started at 18:37 and Grangetown was the first area to be hit by 100 German aircraft. [1] [5]
A bombing range and more lately a missile range centered in the south near Las Cruces, an area in the north part of the range was acquired during World War II and used for the Trinity test. An area near the Trinity site is designated the Permanent High Explosive Test Site (PHETS) and was used in the 1980s to host very large ANFO blasts for ...
The remains of German town of Wesel after intensive Allied area bombing in 1945 near the end of World War II (a destruction percentage of 97% of all buildings). The aerial bombing of cities is an optional element of strategic bombing , which became widespread in warfare during World War I .
Health disasters in Germany (1 C, 5 P) M. Man-made disasters in Germany (9 C, 3 P) N. Natural disasters in Germany (2 C, 8 P) Disasters in North Rhine-Westphalia (2 P)
Bombing of Wilhelmshaven in World War II, 8 July 1941 sees the first operational deployment of the B-17, when three B-17s of 90 Sqn took off from RAF Polebrook; the first USAAF B-17 landed at RAF Prestwick on 1 July 1942; on 27 January 1943 it saw the first USAAF attack over Germany; Bombing of Wuppertal in World War II; the raid on 29–30 May ...
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Britain and Germany were the worst hit, with eleven people killed as rain and gusts of up to 99 mph (159 km/h) with sustained windspeeds of up to 73 mph (117 km/h) swept the UK. Thirteen people were killed in Germany, with the weather station on top of the Brocken in the Saxony-Anhaltian Harz mountain range recording wind speeds of up to 195 km ...
In Fortune's first-ever ranking of Europe's top 500 corporations by annual revenue, Germany stands out with the highest representation, boasting a total of 80 companies in the rankings.