Table of Data Points

Tag : Aerial

1940-07-10Kanalkampf

First dogfight between RAF and Luftwaffe involves over 100 aircraft.

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1940-07-02Kiel

RAF drop a 2000 pound bomb for the first time, on the cruiser Scharnhorts.

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1940-06-12Turin

Allied bombing of Turin.

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1940-06-11Genoa

British bombing of Genoa

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1940-06-11Malta

Italians begin bombing Malta.

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1940-05-17Middelburg Bombed

The old city center of Middelburg was bombed to force the surrender of the Dutch armies in Zeeland. The city's archives were lost in the fire.

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1940-05-16Battle over the Ruhr

Six aircraft from No. 75 NZ Sqdn., this time as part of a force of 50 bombers detailed to attack objectives in the Ruhr and river crossings at Namur, Dinant and Givet.

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1940-05-14Rotterdam

Germans mistakenly bomb the city of Rotterdamn after it had surrendered.

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1940-05-111940-05-12Monchengladbach

The first major allied bombing run on the German mainland.

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1940-03-16Scapa Flow

A German air raid at Scapa Flow damages a cruiser and causes the first civilian casualties in Britain of the war.

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