Bombing of Bremen in World War II
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 U-bootbunker Valentin, a U-boat shelter built on the River Weser, after RAF bombing March 1945. |
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World War II Bombs over Bremen |
The Bombing of Bremen in World War II by the British Royal Air Force and US Eighth Air Force targeted strategic targets in the state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which had heavy anti-aircraft artillery but only 35 fighter aircraft in the area. In addition to Wesermünde/Bremerhaven, targets were also in Farge and Vegesack. Bremen also included concentration camps such as Bremen-Farge and Bremen-Vegesack. The city of Bremen was captured in April 1945.
In the 1939-45 period the RAF dropped 12,831 long tons of bombs on Bremen.
Bremen-Oslebshausen railway station
Bremer Vulkan shipyard
DeSchiMAG (AG Weser) shipyard
Focke-Wulf aircraft factory
Borgward motor transport plants
Korff AG oil refinery
Norddeutsche Hütte AG steel mill
Valentin submarine pens, - protective shelters built for building U-boats
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