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Hanau, Germany was bombed by British bombers (277 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitos of Nos 1 and 8 Groups) on 19 March 1945 during World War II, a few days before it was taken by the US Army. 85% of the city was destroyed. Hanau lost its old monuments, and the medieval section of the city was levelled.
Durch einen alliierten Fliegerangriff wurde Hanau am 19. März 1945 in Schutt und Asche gelegt. Nur 20 Minuten dauerte der Nachtangriff, der die historische Innenstadt auslöschte und rund 2.500 Menschen das Leben kostete.
Hanau, once the seat of the Counts of Hanau, lost much of its architectural heritage in World War II, such as its City Palace. A British air raid in 1945 created a firestorm, killing one sixth of the remaining population and destroying 98 percent of the old city and 80 percent of the city overall.
8 sie 2023 · Hanau, Germany was bombed by British bombers (277 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitos of Nos 1 and 8 Groups) on 19 March 1945 during World War II, a few days before it was taken by the US Army. 85% of the city was destroyed.
By early 1945, after months of relentless attacks, the strategic bombing campaign wrecked Germany’s transportation system and reduced its oil production to a trickle. This destruction left the Wehrmacht (German Army) severely weakened from lack of supplies and fuel.
Hanau, outside of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, had a Jewish population in 1933 of less than 500 out of a general population of 40,655. Antisemitism was rampant in Hanau throughout the period of Nazi rule, with a murderous pogrom taking place against the Jews on the morning of November 10, 1938.
Hanau bombing mission on December 12, 1944 of the 392nd Bomb Group stationed in Wendling England during WWII.
