Bombing of Wieluń
The bombing of Wieluń refers to air raids on the Polish town of Wieluń by the German Luftwaffe on 1 September 1939. The Luftwaffe started bombing Wieluń at 04:40, five minutes before the shelling of Westerplatte, which has traditionally been considered the beginning of World War II. The air raid on the town was one of the first aerial bombings of the war. It killed an estimated 1,300 civilians, injured hundreds more and destroyed 90 per cent of the town centre. There were no military targets of any importance in the area. The casualty rate was more than twice as high as Guernica.
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Bombing of Wieluń
The bombing of Wieluń refers to air raids on the Polish town of Wieluń by the German Luftwaffe on 1 September 1939. The Luftwaffe started bombing Wieluń at 04:40, five minutes before the shelling of Westerplatte, which has traditionally been considered the beginning of World War II. The air raid on the town was one of the first aerial bombings of the war. It killed an estimated 1,300 civilians, injured hundreds more and destroyed 90 per cent of the town centre. There were no military targets of any importance in the area. The casualty rate was more than twice as high as Guernica.
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Bombardowanie Wielunia – seria ...... w tej sprawie jednomyślności.
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Der Luftangriff auf Wieluń [ˈv ...... e Aktion im Zweiten Weltkrieg.
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The bombing of Wieluń refers t ...... han twice as high as Guernica.
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Bombardowanie Wielunia – seria ...... ludności są bardzo rozbieżne.
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Der Luftangriff auf Wieluń [ˈv ...... e Aktion im Zweiten Weltkrieg.
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The bombing of Wieluń refers t ...... han twice as high as Guernica.
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Bombardowanie Wielunia
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Bombing of Wieluń
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Luftangriff auf Wieluń
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