WWII bombings
Dresden, Hiroshima, London
The strategic and tactical air attacks conducted during World War II (1939–1945), encompassing both Allied and Axis campaigns.
These included the German Blitz on London, Allied firebombing of Dresden and Tokyo, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The term often appears in discussions of civilian casualties and the ethics of total war: My grandmother survived the WWII bombings of her city.
- Enola GayHistoric atomic bomber
- V-2 rocketsEarly German ballistic missiles
- Battle of Britain1940 aerial campaign over England
- civilian casualtiesNoncombatants killed in conflict
- psychological traumaEnduring emotional damage from overwhelm
survivor testimonies · London Blitz · air raid sirens · night raids · refugee crises · home front · oral histories · military innovation · payload capacity · Pearl Harbor attack · war memorials · museum exhibits · environmental damage · post-war reconstruction · Hiroshima · firestorm · Nagasaki
WWII bombingshand-to-hand combat
Fighting without distance weapons
ground combat · trench warfare · close-quarters combat · bayonet charges · naval warfare
WWII bombingsMarshall Plan
Postwar American economic assistance
postwar reconstruction · economic recovery · rebuilding · urban renewal · restoration
WWII bombingspeace treaties
Formal agreements ending wars
armistice · V-E Day · V-J Day · diplomatic negotiations · Yalta Conference
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