Bombing of Zagreb in World War II explained

The bombing of Zagreb in World War II was carried out by the Allies from 1944 until 1945. According to a 1950 census of war victims, a total of 327 people were killed by bombing.

Over the course of the bombing, the areas of Črnomerec, Borongaj and Pleso were hit the hardest.^[1] Borongaj was targeted as a location of a military airfield.^[2]

On February 22, 1944, a Dominican monastery was hit by the bombing, resulting in the deaths of eight theology students. In response to these deaths, archbishop of Zagreb Aloysius Stepinac sent a letter to the British ambassador to the Holy See.^[3]

On May 30, 1944, 100 bombs were dropped on Borongaj, each weighing 250 kg.^{[4] [5]}

In 2007 and 2008, unexploded ordnance was found in Maksimir during construction.^{[6] [7]} In 2008 a bomb was found in the nearby town of Sveta Nedelja.^[8]

Timeline

• February 22, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[9]
• April 6, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked, six US aircraft downed.^[9]
• May 24, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[9]
• May 30, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[9]
• June 30, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[9]
• July 7, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[9]
• January 5, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[9]
• January 19, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[9]
• February 13, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[9]
• March 4, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[9]
• March 12, 1945 – Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[9]
• March 14, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[9]

Bibliography

• Žrtve saveznickih bombardiranja Nezavisne Države Hrvatske u jugoslavenskim popisma žrtava rata (1947., 1950. i 1964.) i hrvatskim žrtvoslovima (1991.-2005.) . PDF . hr . Marica . Karakaš Obradov . Polemos . X . 20 . 2007 . 73–83 . Croatian Sociological Association and Naklada Jesenski i Turk . 2020-08-04 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ne može se utvrditi koliko su Hrvata ubili saveznici . . hr . It cannot be determined how many Croats were killed by the Allies . Saša Kosanović . 27 January 2004 . 30 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728161825/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13720/ne-moze-se-utvrditi-koliko-su-hrvata-ubili-saveznici . 2012-07-28 . dead .
2. Web site: Savezničko bombardiranje Zagreba (1944.). 21 February 2021.
3. Web site: Biografija bl. Alojzija Stepinca . hr . Roman Catholic Parish of Budaševo, Sisak, Croatia . Stepinac je osudio savezničko bombardiranje hrvatskog kopna 1944., gdje su njemačke snage imale jaka uporišta. U pismu upućenom britanskom veleposlaniku pri Svetoj stolici 7. ožujka 1944. navodi [...] . 2010-04-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110215215628/http://www.zupa-budasevo.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=12&Itemid=42 . 2011-02-15 .
4. News: Zagreb: Pronađena još jedna bomba iz II. svjetskog rata . hr . Monitor.hr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522041901/http://www.monitor.hr/vijesti/zagreb-pronadena-jos-jedna-bomba-iz-ii-svjetskog-rata/95615/ . 2011-05-22 .
5. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20080127190002/http://www.jutarnji.hr/zagreb/clanak/art-2008,1,22,,105969.jl . 2008-01-27 . Zagreb: Evakuacija tisuću stanara zbog bombe . hr . 22 January 2008 . Goran . Penić . Maja . Gujinović . . dead .
6. http://www.javno.com/hr/zagreb/clanak.php?id=114492 FOTO: U Maksimiru pronađena još jedna bomba
7. Web site: Mapa bombardiranja Zagreba . hr . . Nina Tomljanović . Marko Biočina . 2008-01-24 . 2010-04-20 . Zagreb bombing map . 2012-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728162008/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/42075/mapa-bombardiranja-zagreba . dead .
8. News: Pronađena još jedna avionska bomba bez eksploziva. . 14 February 2008. hr. 15 September 2017.
9. Kit C Carter, Robert Mueller, The Army Air Forces in World War II: Combat Chronology, 1941–1945. DIANE Publishing, 1975