Bombing of Kassel in World War II
| Kassel World War II bombings | |||||
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| Part of Strategic bombing campaign in Europe | |||||
 Two people observing fires ravaging the Bettenhausen district after bombing |
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 United States United Kingdom
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 Nazi Germany
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Carl Spaatz (May 1942 - ) Arthur Harris (1941-) |
Gauleiters, Karl Weinrich, Karl Gerland |
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| After the bombing in 1943 |
The Kassel World War II bombings were a set of Allied strategic bombing attacks which took place from February 1942 to March 1945. In a single deadliest raid on 22–23 October 1943, 150,000 inhabitants were bombed-out, at least 10,000 people died, the vast majority of the city center was destroyed, and the fire of the most severe air raid burned for seven days. The US First Army captured Kassel on 3 April 1945, where only 50,000 inhabitants remained, versus 236,000 in 1939.
As well as being the capital of the provinces of Hesse-Nassau & Kurhessen, Kassel had some important targets.
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