Permanent historical factsheet

Bombing of Berlin

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records

1940–1944Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1940

Adolf Hitler13 November 1940

Berlin · Warfare / World War, 2nd

British bombers conduct a night raid on Berlin

1943

Adolf Hitler18 November 1943

Berlin · Warfare / World War, 2nd

1st day of the "battle of Berlin", 700 tons dropped by the RAF

Adolf Hitler22 November 1943

Berlin · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Worst bombing of Berlin so far, 2,300 tons dropped

Adolf Hitler24 November 1943

Berlin · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Berlin reported as "sea of flames", up to 10,000 dead

1944

Adolf Hitler20 January 1944

Berlin · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The RAF drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin

Names involved

Adolf Hitler

Provenance

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