Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II
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Bombing of Frankfurt am Main by the Allies of World War II killed about 5,500 residents and destroyed the largest[specify] medieval city centre in Germany (the Eighth Air Force dropped 12,197 tons of explosives on the city).
In the 1939-45 period the Royal Air Force (RAF) dropped 15,696 long tons of bombs on Frankfurt.[1]
Post-war reconstruction generally used modern architecture, and a few landmark buildings were rebuilt in a simple historical style. The 1st building rebuilt was the 1789 Paulskirche (English: St. Paul's Church).
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[when?] | The Municipal Library was hit during an air raid, destroying its Cairo Genizah document collection and lists of the collection.[5] |
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References[edit]
- ^ http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1945/1945%20-%201571.html
- ^ Irving, David (February 1965: first Ballentine paperback - Introduction by Ira C. Eaker) [1963 - Forward by Robert Saundby]. The Destruction of Dresden. p. 62. ISBN 0-7057-0030-5. Check date values in:
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(help) - ^ Mission 24: Frankfurt, Germany, January 29, 1944, "Forts Blast Frankfurt; Kassel Hit" - retrieved 9-5-2008
- ^ a b Miller, Edgar "Ed" C. "...My Combat Missions...". Sirinet.net/~lgarris. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ Goitein, S.D. (2000). Economic Foundations. Vol. I of A Mediterranean Society: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza. University of California Press. p. 5.