Bombing of Wilhelmshaven in World War II explained

The Wilhelmshaven World War II bombings by the Allies of World War II destroyed targets at Wilhelmshaven in Germany. From spring 1943 until November 1943 slave labourers of the SS-Baubrigade II from the Neuengamme concentration camp were transferred to Wilhelmshaven to clear up after air raids.[1]

Notes and References

  1. List of working locations SS-Baubrigade II by the Memorial Neuengamme
  2. Richards, Denis (1953). The RAF 1939-1945, Vol. I "The Fight at Odds", pp. 38-40. ASIN B0013K4ZDE.
  3. Book: Holmes, Richard. World War II: The Definitive Visual History from Blitzkrieg to the Atom Bomb. May 2015. DK. 978-1-4654-3602-3. 62.
  4. Book: Galland, Adolf . Adolf Galland . 1954 . 1968 . Ninth Printing - paperbound . The First and the Last: The Rise and Fall of the German Fighter Forces, 1938-1945 . New York . Ballantine Books . 20,105.
  5. Richards, p. 45
  6. Book: Bowman, Martin W.A.. 2014 . Daylight Bombing Operations 1939-1942 . Barnsley. Pen and Sword Books Ltds.. 978-1783831777 . 145.
  7. Web site: Campaign Diary . Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. UK Crown . 2009-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20081207084321/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/diary1941_3.html. 7 December 2008.
  8. Book: Freeman, Roger A.. 1981 . 1990 . The Mighty Eighth War Diary . Osceola, WI. Motorbooks International . 0-87938-495-6 . 35.
  9. Web site: SHATTERING BLOW BY THE R.A.F. . The Age (Melbourne) . 22 February 1943 . 1.
  10. Chris Everitt & Martin Middlebrook, 2014, The Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book, Barnsley, Pen and Sword, p. 117.
  11. Freeman, p. 40
  12. Freeman, p. 47
  13. Freeman, p. 62
  14. Web site: McKillop . Jack . 8th Air Force 1944 Chronicles . 2007-05-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070912155604/http://www.airwarweb.net/usaaf/8af_1944.php . September 12, 2007 .
  15. Freeman, p. 65
  16. Freeman, p. 79
  17. Freeman, p. 133
  18. Freeman, p. 174
  19. Freeman, p. 192
  20. Freeman, p. 334
  21. Freeman, p. 451
  22. Freeman, p. 476

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