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Würzburg WWII bombings attacked targets such as marshalling yards and the city centre.

Würzburg WWII bombings
Date Result
1944-06-21 8 bombers hit town centre (42 dead)
1945-02-4 2-3 Mosquito targeted the town centre (10 dead)

1945-02-5 4-6 Mosquito targeted the town centre (6 dead)

1945-02-12 4 Mosquito targeted the town centre

1945-02-19 6 aircraft hit town centre (112 dead)

1945-02-23 Mission 843: 37 B-17s destroyed Würzburg main station (171 dead).

1945-03-03 31-42 Mosquito targeted the town centre (86 dead)
1945-03-16 circa 21.30 hours (CET) 225 Lancaster and 11 Mosquito Pathfinder targeted the town centre and released 1,127 tons of bombs (including around 370,000 incendiaries) in 17 minutes. "Some ... like Würzburg or Pforzheim were primarily selected because they were easy for the bombers to find and destroy. Because they had a medieval centre, they were expected to be particularly vulnerable to fire attack" (author Detlef Siebert). The raid destroyed the episcopal palace, the historic fortress and the major churches; the baroque city center was irrecoverably damaged, and the Würzburg Residencemarker was badly damaged (ca. 3000 dead, 2000 missed).
1945-03-18 fighter destroy military installations
1945-03-22 mission 906: 8 B-24s hit Würzburg as secondary target

1945-03-31 9th USAAF (tactical airforce): A-20s, A-26s and B-26s hit storage depots and small marshalling yards at Würzburg.

1945-04-06 surrender of the city


References

  1. Detlef Siebert British Bombing Strategy in World War Two Page 4 BBC 1 August 2001
  2. Geoff Walden Würzburg During the War


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