Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)
The Battle of Berlin was the British bombing campaign on Berlin from November 1943 to March 1944. Not limited solely to Berlin, the campaign targeted other German cities as well, to prevent the concentration of defences in Berlin. The campaign was launched by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, AOC of RAF Bomber Command in November 1943. Harris believed this could be the blow that broke German resistance: "We can wreck Berlin from end to end if the USAAF come in with us. It will cost us between 400 and 500 aircraft. It will cost Germany the war". By this time he could deploy over 800 long-range bombers on any given night, equipped with new and more sophisticated navigational devices such as H2S radar. Between November 1943 and March 1944, Bomber Command made 16 massed attacks on Berlin.
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Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)
The Battle of Berlin was the British bombing campaign on Berlin from November 1943 to March 1944. Not limited solely to Berlin, the campaign targeted other German cities as well, to prevent the concentration of defences in Berlin. The campaign was launched by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, AOC of RAF Bomber Command in November 1943. Harris believed this could be the blow that broke German resistance: "We can wreck Berlin from end to end if the USAAF come in with us. It will cost us between 400 and 500 aircraft. It will cost Germany the war". By this time he could deploy over 800 long-range bombers on any given night, equipped with new and more sophisticated navigational devices such as H2S radar. Between November 1943 and March 1944, Bomber Command made 16 massed attacks on Berlin.
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La bataille aérienne de Berlin ...... , subissant des pertes de 7 %.
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La battaglia aerea di Berlino ...... e, contribuendo alla vittoria.
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O termo Batalha de Berlim é al ...... de entrar em Berlim por terra.
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Powietrzna bitwa o Berlin – se ...... zmasowanych ataków na Berlin.
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The Battle of Berlin was the B ...... command of RAF Bomber Command.
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"over Berlin"
* 2,690 crewmen
* 500 aircraft
* Bomber Command
* nearly 1,000 POW
a 5.8% loss rate
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1943-11-18
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German victory
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The ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
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* ~4,000 killed
* 10,000 injured
* 450,000 homeless
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La bataille aérienne de Berlin ...... 500 avions. Mais cela va coûte
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La battaglia aerea di Berlino ...... Eighth Air Force statunitense.
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O termo Batalha de Berlim é al ...... de entrar em Berlim por terra.
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Powietrzna bitwa o Berlin – se ...... g, Kolonia, Brema, Magdeburg).
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The Battle of Berlin was the B ...... 16 massed attacks on Berlin.
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Bataille aérienne de Berlin
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Batalha de Berlim (aérea)
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Battaglia aerea di Berlino
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Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)
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Powietrzna bitwa o Berlin
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