Blitz. German bombers dropped 1,540 tons of high explosives and 12,500 incendiaries. The dockyards and city centre were almost completely destroyed during the blitz of 1941. Example: Würzburg was very heavily bombed on March 16 1945 (3 mins video in German, maybe geo fenced): Erfurt, with Erfurt Gotha and Weimar listed as limited damage. Weimar pic.twitter.com/6dSbuKRmTu, — HISTORY UK (@HISTORYUK) November 5, 2018. Thanks for the interesting information. In the final days of World War II, the castle was damaged by fire and in 1951, despite the protests of . Architectural model of Frankfurt's old city destroyed in WW II (Historisches Museum Frankfurt). Grimma. In 1938, Kirchner killed himself. The only attack on a mainland American military site during World . Contents. The result of all these attacks was to render homeless some 7.500.000 German civilians. The Castle was partly destroyed by artillery bombardment in 1945, at the end of World War Il. The attack of 28 March 1942 created a firestorm that caused severe damage to the historic centre. More than just a book on the strategy and outcome of American bombing in World War II, Wings of Judgment tells about choices in war, decisions that determined whether hundreds of thousands of people lived or died and whether famous cities ... Over 400 people were killed, and more than 19,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed. about WHS for the users of this site. As early as 1942, 45,732 tons of bombs were dropped on Germany by the RAF, and even at that early stage, only 4% of them were aimed at industrial targets or ports! Warehouse blocks A, B, C, J, K, M, and the eastern part of block O were almost completely destroyed. A new mosque has been erected in its place. The worst B-29 mission, against Tokyo on May 25, 1945, cost 26 Superfortresses, 5.6 percent of the 464 dispatched from the Marianas.. On average, 6,600 American servicemen died per month during WWII, about 220 a day. Besides that, the ravages of war were gentle to Heidelberg and only on March 29, 1945, when the German troops were leaving the city, they destroyed three of the arches of the Alte Brücke (Old Bridge) to prevent the Allies from crossing the river. German bomber planes would fly above cities and attempt to destroy factories contributing to the war effort. Well, Stuttgart has both examples downtown, there had been two, one was rebuilt, the other was not. The bombing was . True, Laboe is a poignant place. Restoration work began after World War II and has continued with success" (AB eval)). He finds out a couple of rather surprising things. I partially disagree that distance played a role. Schloss Brünninghausen in Dortmund dated from 1483 and lasted until bombing destroyed it in the Second World War. The complete World War II bomb census maps--unique graphic representations of one of the pivotal events of the century Over 400 people were killed, and more than 19,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed. Eisenach This week has been a good one for finding bombs.