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that a message was received on 2 May 1945 that these ships were loaded with KZ prisoners but that, although there was ample time to warn the pilots of the planes who attacked these ships on the following day, by some oversight the message was never passed on... From the facts and from the statement volunteered by the RAF Intelligence Officer, it appears that the primary responsibility for this great loss of life must fall on the British RAF personnel who failed to pass to the pilots the message they received concerning the presence of KZ prisoners on board these ships." See: Jacobs and Pool, 2004 and Till, 1945
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From the Till report of June 1945: "The Intelligence Officer with 83 Group RAF has admitted on two occasions; first to Lt H. F. Ansell of this Team (when it was confirmed by a Wing Commander present), and on a second occasion to the Investigating Officer when he was accompanied by Lt. H. F. Ansell,
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progress report estimates that 19/19/9 German towns & cities have been virtually destroyed/severely damaged/more effectively damaged – another report claims 10% of German war potential had been destroyed
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Stalin's Private Airfields; The diplomacy surrounding the AAF mission to aid the Poles and the mission itself is extensively covered in Richard C. Lukas's The Strange Allies: The United States and Poland, 1941-1945, pp.
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to date launch their most concentrated attacks against Allied bomber formation. Mission 894 attacking Berlin (1,329 bombers and 733 fighters) loses 13 bombers and 6 fighters. The AAF claim 25 Luftwaffe aircraft.
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is the first to attempt low-level daylight bombing for accuracy - in this case against the factory producing engines for U-boats. Half of the 12 bombers were shot down for little damage caused.
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was bombed. Fake mailbags containing anti-Nazi propaganda were then dropped on the wreckage in the hope the letters would be unwittingly delivered by the
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after its Polish garrison surrenders to German forces. Approximately 1,150 sorties were flown by a wide variety of aircraft, including obsolete Junkers
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moored at the Wilhelmshaven naval base. However poor visibility prevents the bombers from finding any targets before nightfall so they return.
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Boodschap aan de bevolking van Den Haag : oorzaken, gevolgen en nasleep van het mislukte bombardement op het Bezuidenhout, 3 maart 1945
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launching facilities that had been used to attack English cities. 511 residents were killed and approximately 30,000 were left homeless.
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achieved air superiority by destroying some 2,000 Soviet aircraft, at a loss of only 35 aircraft (of which 15 were non-combat-related).
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blind-bombing mission to completely destroy the aiming point, the Eighth's first 500-plane mission, and the first use by the US of
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take off from Brandis to defend against a USAAF strategic bombing raid on the Merseburg/Leuna synthetic fuel production complex.
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was completed as 72 B-17s and 59 P-51s flew from Italy without bombs to the UK; 70 B-17s 57 P-51s land safely in the UK.
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Luftwaffe aircraft cause significant, and infamous, damage to Coventry, killing nearly 700 people and destroying
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are killed on the sinking ships because intelligence they are on board is not passed on to the flight crews.
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was conducted by P-47s and accurately preceded the bombers to strike fighters at Villaorba airfield.
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air operations were conducted by various German Army units, but operational orders were issued by a
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to be the factory at Plzeň. The raid sustained the heaviest losses until that point in the air war.
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United States Military Almanac: a Chronological Compendium of Over 200 Years of American History
580:: The RAF launches another bombing operation against German shipping. Fourteen Wellingtons from 9307: 9200: 9002: 8953: 8856: 8749: 8719: 8502: 8390: 8116: 7907: 7491: 7472: 7442: 6989: 6959: 5559: 5451: 5114: 5107: 4606: 3816: 3728: 2801: 2786: 1827: 1597: 1280: 312: 4911: 4737: 9798: 9521: 9364: 9260: 9230: 9186: 8926: 8891: 8884: 8807: 8705: 8146: 8123: 7970: 7574: 7111: 6851: 6837: 6520: 5589: 3751: 3688: 3459: 3369:: Allies begin attacks on 200 targets with 20,000 bombers and escort fighters to assist with 3318: 3133: 3096: 2970: 2947: 1895:, in the "first combat action" of the Eighth Air Force and the first B-17 bombing of Europe. 391: 387: 7409: 3671:
at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia (B-17s), while B-24s bombed rail complexes surrounding Hitler's
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airfields -- only two reached the target area (two shot down, the others heavily damaged).
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finally gives permission for Allied planes to use Soviet airfields. The planes conducted
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is the first US airborne division. (the first combat jumps were 8 November 1942 by the
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Dresden was a civilian town with no military significance. Why did we burn its people?
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Air War Europa: America's Air War against Germany in Europe and North Africa 1942-1945
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Destruction of enemy morale from the air can be accomplished only by precision bombing
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spotter planes each carrying one armed infantryman (instead of an observer) cross the
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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
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in the Netherlands with bombs and attacking two German bombers in the air with guns
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Blenheim aircraft conducted the first night intruder attack, successfully striking
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bombers are downed by a single shot from a "Territorial gun crew" near Farnington.
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conducts the last British bombing raid of the war over Nazi Germany. It dropped a
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The First and the Last: The Rise and Fall of the German Fighter Forces, 1938–1945
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The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe September 1939 - April 1940
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The heaviest RAF raid on Berlin to date, with 197 bombers, with 15 bombers lost.
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kills 1000, the greatest loss of British lives outside London from a night raid.
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bombers attacked American-operated oil refineries in the British Protectorate of
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Air offensive or defensive operations does not include cargo operations such as
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to date (764 aircraft) conducted the most effective World War II raid on Berlin
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Fly for Your Life: The Story of R. R. Stanford Tuck, D.S.O, D.F.C. and Two Bars
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Blenheim dropped an artificial leg over France for captured Wing Commander
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as a diversion the same night. The force mistook the mental hospital near
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German fighters subsequently attack the bombers on Soviet airfields at
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reconnaissance-bomber is shot down by two US fighter pilots, flying a
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has the air superiority and several cities in Finland are targeted.
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bombed transportation and airfield targets in Northern France and "
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bomber wing is involved with the world's first successful use of a
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to date (300 sorties)--the most intense by World War II Luftwaffe.
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is the first use of the 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) HC "cookie"
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opposition included the "first major encounter" by Spitfires of
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causes a firestorm that kills up to 25,000 people in the city.
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tail gunner was the first in the RAF to down a German fighter.
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that reached Britain (of about 1,200) were air-launched from
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160 acres destroyed and 53 Krupps buildings bombed at Essen
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Impact: The History of Germany's V-Weapons in World War II
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succeeds after 54 attacks using smaller bombs had failed.
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the first American military officer killed in World War II
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Storch, forced the German aircrew to land and surrender.
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in modern military history, through their sinking of the
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and the first British large scale operation, as part of
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bombed the densely populated Bezuidenhout neighbourhood
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of the war, against eight Heinkel He IIIs and about 25
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Avenel NJ: Random House. p. 102,106–7. 3851:. London: William Kimber and Co. p. 223. 2873:, the first mass bombing of London, began the 2841:: B-26s of the Ninth Air Force attacked three 1003:: French fighters strafed advanced columns of 988:", just 24 of 96 dispatched bombers found the 380:European Theater of Operations of World War II 9826:Aerial operations and battles of World War II 6528: 5255:. Yorkshire: The Emfield Press. p. 174. 3567:. (Light aviation became a major part of the 197: 5493: 4935:Through my eyes: memoirs of Hitler's Berlin. 4855:"This Week in History: Italy bombs Tel Aviv" 4796: 4794: 3422:. The bomber crews had intended to bomb the 2086:Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II 1596:: The first city raid following 14 February 1291:in Saudi Arabia, but causing little damage. 5694:"Remembering the last raid on Nazi Germany" 5398: 5374:The Strategic Bombing of Germany, 1940–1945 5279:The Strategic Bombing of Germany, 1940–1945 5200: 5194: 4742:. W. W. 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New York: Simon & Schuster. p.  4638: 4636: 4634: 4632: 4630: 4628: 4441:inaccurately list the BATTY mission as an 3053:was the most effective saturation bombing/ 2287:raids included a successful mass trial of 2144:'s 100,000th sortie of World War II, with 521:pilot to cross the German coast after the 204: 190: 5661: 5641:Blitz!: Germany's Arado Ar 234 Jet Bomber 5464: 4877: 4875: 4800: 4791: 4762: 4756: 4695: 4693: 4535:"Flying Officer HERBERT BRIAN LIGHTOLLER" 3790:, and a small German liaison aircraft, a 3188:: Operation Penguin began with the first 2637:armored gravity-propulsion PGM munition. 2377:, causing immense damage and 2000 deaths 2350:production and is the first bombing of a 2208:23 June 1943 RAF reconnaissance photo of 1619:radio navigation was first used during a 1463:against enemy-occupied territories in a " 5552: 5137: 5100: 5098: 5096: 4910:. New York: Simon and Schuster. p.  4903: 4897: 4894:, Volume 27, Number 4, July/August 1976. 4551: 4482:. bombercommandmuseum.ca. Archived from 4453: 3446:: The RAF drop 4,851 tonnes of bombs on 3241: 2203: 1914:A/F in France causing extensive damage. 883: 821:") gave warning of RAF bombers near the 724:: The first recorded kill of the French 366:List of World War II military operations 5717:. No. 2 War Crimes Investigation Team. 5250: 5244: 5167: 5156: 5115:1478 (Vol 11), 1999 (Vol 15), 2059,2068 5039: 5037: 5035: 5033: 5031: 5029: 4642: 4625: 4447: 3902: 3900: 3890: 3888: 3886: 3884: 3571:fire detection center on 4 June 1942). 892:is striking back at Germany during 1940 612:are shot down through a combination of 9813: 8389: 8367:Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union 5667: 5614:King, Benjamin; Timothy Kutta (2003). 5370: 5364: 5275: 5253:The Battle of the V-Weapons, 1944–1945 5225: 5219: 5168:Russell, Francis; et al. (1981). 4872: 4699: 4690: 3843: 2544:included the first operational use of 2247:are first used for escorting bombers. 628:Brian Lightoller, the youngest son of 9238:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign 8670:Japanese invasion of French Indochina 8316:Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union 8272:Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union 7370:Rape during the occupation of Germany 6516: 5785:June-October 1940 (Battle of Britain) 5715:Report on Investigations, WO 309/1592 5713:Till, Major Noel O (September 1945). 5638: 5570:from the original on 14 November 2014 5540:from the original on 14 December 2021 5471:(in Dutch). Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers. 5282:. 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Bloomsbury Academic. p. 140. 5043: 5026: 3906: 3897: 3881: 3321:operation; which ended in February. 3317:) propaganda newspapers during this 2429:rocket ordnance, developed from the 984:and the first attack on the German " 9836:United States Army Air Forces lists 5327:"Me 163B Komet - Me 163B Airfields" 3587:to hit Britain struck a field near 2331:B-17 surrendered and then escaped. 1794:: The third "Thousand bomber" raid 13: 8586:German invasion of the Netherlands 6859:Weather events during World War II 5324: 4904:Seversky, Alexander P. de (1942). 3192:launches against Paris and London 3084:in air combat history occurs as a 2787:"Battle of Berlin" aerial campaign 2581:are damaged by Luftwaffe-deployed 1638:were drawn off by decoy fire from 14: 9857: 9217:Northern Burma and Western Yunnan 6440: 5016:"U.S. Air Forces Central Command" 3080:: The first aerial victory for a 2456:are awarded to American aircrew. 2063:303d Bombardment Group#Wulf Hound 846:: A bombing raid on Norway kills 345:United States Artillery Observers 9777: 6542: 5762:May-June 1940 (Battle of France) 4937:Hamilton Books, 2006, page 209. 4590:French Fighters of World War Two 4509:. Seaforth Publishing. pp.  3909:"Combat Chronology of the USAAF" 3770: 3710: 3678: 3650: 3630: 3598: 3574: 3542: 3525: 3493: 3465: 3437: 3405: 3389: 3384: 3360: 3355: 3324: 3273: 3253: 3210: 3195: 3180: 3158: 3143: 3106: 3072: 3041: 3027: 3019: 2991: 2979: 2957: 2938: 2927: 2909: 2894: 2879: 2861: 2833: 2807: 2792: 2777: 2755: 2730: 2712: 2696: 2691: 2672: 2667: 2640: 2610: 2592: 2551: 2532: 2505: 2486: 2481: 2459: 2436: 2400: 2385: 2380: 2365:: The first Allied World War II 2357: 2334: 2319: 2297: 2275: 2250: 2235: 2218: 2173: 2151: 2128: 2106: 2076: 2053: 2034: 2015: 1996: 1973: 1954: 1939: 1928: 1917: 1898: 1883: 1860: 1833: 1810: 1805: 1786: 1763: 1740: 1725: 1694: 1679: 1664: 1645: 1626: 1607: 1588: 1573: 1553: 1531: 1504: 1493: 1474: 1447: 1436: 1418: 1399: 1378: 1360: 1327: 1308: 1294: 1271: 1256: 1241: 1226: 1211: 1188: 1174: 1159: 1139: 1125: 1106: 1079: 1048: 1030: 1018: 1009: 995: 972: 961: 946:: A kill shared by French pilot 938: 919: 896: 853: 837: 809: 769: 749: 742:E of the Luftwaffe 3/JG 53 over 736:Groupe de Chasse II/5 La Fayette 715: 683: 665: 641: 571: 547: 501: 477: 461: 425: 348: 339: 330: 320: 311: 302: 293: 283: 273: 263: 254: 245: 231: 221: 16:Airborne warfare in World War II 5706: 5686: 5632: 5607: 5582: 5526: 5458: 5433: 5411: 5318: 5303: 5269: 5131: 5075: 5062: 5008: 4990: 4973: 4957:. 28 March 2006. Archived from 4947: 4927: 4846: 4826:Jones, Reginald Victor (1978). 4668: 4595: 4582: 4560: 3343:100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) 2412:formations of heavy bombers by 2102:Timeline of World War II (1943) 1949:Ateliers et Chantiers de France 1802:losses (48 of 1,067 aircraft). 1204:) became the basis for the RAF 1169:RAF Advanced Air Striking Force 992:power stations and refineries. 624:. Among those killed was pilot 490:of the 21st Bomber Squadron of 151:Battle of Europe air operations 9831:World War II strategic bombing 9464:Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945 7167:Territorial changes of Germany 7075:Indonesian National Revolution 5618:. Da Capo Press. p. 309. 5536:. Movietone News/youtube.com. 5142:. Accycunliffes Publications. 5113:. H. S. Stuttman Inc. p.  5072:. Pacifica Press, 1994, p. 56. 4676:"German and Allied Air Forces" 4545: 4527: 4498: 4472: 3809: 3482:to be dropped in combat by an 2496:Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission 2433:ground barrage rocket system. 2191:German occupied Czechoslovakia 1962:: An intense air raid damages 1706:bomb the provincial cities of 1657:was the 1st major success for 982:World War II strategic bombing 790:starts. Three hours after the 370:This World War II timeline of 1: 8864:Japanese invasion of Thailand 8815:Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 8579:German invasion of Luxembourg 6953:Mediterranean and Middle East 5228:German V-Weapon Sites 1943-45 4592:, p. 52. Hylton Lacy, London. 3894:Bomber Command Campaign diary 3797: 3559:to form a bridgehead for the 3337:. The attack is led by Major 3270:, with inconclusive results. 3203:: The last UK-USSR-Italy-UK 2660:survives to return safely to 2540:: The counterattack against 1060:led a wing of Spitfires from 438:starts World War II with the 336:United States Army Air Forces 8771:Invasion of the Soviet Union 8460:Occupation of Czechoslovakia 7771:Independent State of Croatia 5201:Middlebrook, Martin (1982). 5083:"History | Diehl Group" 4552:Northway, B.S., ed. (1963). 3765:concentration camp prisoners 3731:attack the passenger liners 3286:begins when a mail train to 2826:which was secretly carrying 2800:: The largest force sent to 2559:: The first use of a guided 2448:bombs the oil refineries at 912:by glider troops during the 658:. He was captured after his 362:List of World War II battles 177:Surrender of the Axis armies 7: 9755:End of World War II in Asia 9595:Western invasion of Germany 9102:Chinese famine of 1942–1943 9079:Second Battle of El Alamein 8649:Hundred Regiments Offensive 8621:Battle of the Mediterranean 8474:Italian invasion of Albania 6641:Air warfare of World War II 5226:Zaloga, Steven J. (2008) . 5205:. New York: Bobbs-Merrill. 5138:Cunliffe, Peter W. (2011). 4454:Falconer, Jonathon (1998). 3099:reconnaissance aircraft of 2563:in wartime occurs over the 2471:raid on Austria bombed the 2444:: Flying from North Africa 2369:drops 800 tons of bombs on 1966:'s plant in Stephanstraße, 1779:, along with objectives in 1428:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 1043:Armstrong Whitworth Whitley 980:: In the first large-scale 802:. Throughout the war, the 608:. Five Blenheims and three 10: 9862: 9821:Chronology of World War II 9681:Naval bombardment of Japan 9049:First Battle of El Alamein 8968:Battle of Christmas Island 8913:Japanese invasion of Burma 8677:Italian invasion of Greece 8593:German invasion of Belgium 8565:German invasion of Denmark 8538:1939–1940 Winter Offensive 8407:Second Italo-Ethiopian War 6664:Comparative military ranks 5743:. UK Crown. Archived from 5505:Historisches Centrum Hagen 4801:Forrester, Larry (1973) . 4763:Jablonski, Edward (1971). 4700:Miller, Donald L. (2006). 4588:Brindley, John F. (1971). 3663:full-scale mission in the 3478:is destroyed by the first 3352:is killed in the bombing. 3249:city center in April 1945. 2923:Second Raid on Schweinfurt 2682:Second Raid on Schweinfurt 2494:: The double-strike USAAF 2245:Republic P-47 Thunderbolts 2099: 2067:Luftwaffe and was assigned 1702:: The first period of the 827:an attack on Wilhelmshaven 472:air attacks against Warsaw 359: 9770: 9602:Bratislava–Brno offensive 9542: 9533:Dutch famine of 1944–1945 9270: 9157:Allied invasion of Sicily 9111: 9017:Aleutian Islands campaign 8989:Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign 8936: 8927:Greek famine of 1941–1944 8822:Second Battle of Changsha 8727:German invasion of Greece 8695: 8572:Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang 8547: 8485: 8380: 8261: 7987: 7897: 7738: 7441: 7432: 7190: 7015: 6907:North and Central Pacific 6868: 6630: 6623: 6550: 6452: 6447: 5643:. Merriam Press. p.  5507:. historisches-centrum.de 5465:Tinschert, Carlo (2005). 5419:"LT COL Robert ROSENTHAL" 4907:Victory Through Air Power 4887:29 September 2012 at the 4554:A History of 107 Squadron 4437:NOTE: The Chronicles for 3569:US Army's Field Artillery 3450:using 1108 aircraft (748 3345:. Judge-President of the 2745:plant damaged the nearby 2706:Combined Bomber Offensive 2624:precision-guided munition 2229:bombing of steelworks at 2088:was the first use of the 1874:509th Parachute Battalion 958:threw a "fabulous party" 934:Battle of the Netherlands 910:Fort Eben-Emael was taken 415: 412: 409: 406: 403: 400: 397: 172:United Kingdom home front 25:Timelines of World War II 9194:Allied invasion of Italy 9171:Solomon Islands campaign 8920:Third Battle of Changsha 8517:First Battle of Changsha 8423:Second Sino-Japanese War 7356:German military brothels 7222:United States war crimes 5827:September- December 1941 5668:Flower, Stephen (2004). 5251:Collier, Basil (1976) . 4505:Haarr, Geirr H. (2013). 3534:: The largest number of 2136:: The first raid of the 1843:Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor 1208:bombing policy in 1942. 492:Polish Military Aviation 308:Royal Canadian Air Force 9616:Second Guangxi campaign 9471:Philippines (1944–1945) 8975:Battle of the Coral Sea 8878:Fall of the Philippines 8524:Battle of South Guangxi 8430:Battles of Khalkhin Gol 7829:Italian Social Republic 5371:Levine, Alan J (1992). 5276:Levine, Alan J (1992). 4832:. Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 4572:24 October 2008 at the 3821:reconnaissance from air 3474:: A railway viaduct at 3282:: The first mission of 3237: 2921:Merlin engintober 1943 2856: 2817:bombed the port of Bari 2738:: A raid targeting the 2589:-guidance glide bombs. 2395:Hamburg bombing mission 2095: 2046:for a daylight raid on 1851:Lockheed P-38 Lightning 1748:: The first use of the 1661:against a German city. 1585:bomber were conducted. 1568: 1338: 832: 564:are sent to attack the 420: 372:European Air Operations 9201:Armistice of Cassibile 9003:Battle of Dutch Harbor 8954:Battle of the Java Sea 8857:Attack on Pearl Harbor 8757:Syria–Lebanon campaign 8750:Battle of South Shanxi 8720:Invasion of Yugoslavia 8503:Battle of the Atlantic 8117:Korean Liberation Army 7823:(until September 1943) 7780:(until September 1944) 7758:(until September 1944) 5044:Lang, Walter (1998) . 4607:University of Richmond 3817:Operation Carpetbagger 3729:2nd Tactical Air Force 3314: 3250: 2215: 2193:. 271 aircraft raided 1598:Area bombing directive 1549:Oboe navigation system 1200:began and (along with 893: 877:executed the heaviest 442:of the Polish city of 9841:Royal Air Force lists 9365:Second Battle of Guam 9261:Bengal famine of 1943 9231:Second Battle of Kiev 9187:Battle of the Dnieper 8892:Battle of Wake Island 8764:East African campaign 8706:Battle of South Henan 8351:atrocities by Germans 8124:Korean Volunteer Army 7098:Occupation of Germany 6852:Music in World War II 5445:21 April 2016 at the 4892:Aramco World Magazine 3703:on the naval port at 3613:Nazi-occupied Denmark 3418:in the Dutch city of 3414:: The RAF mistakenly 3319:psychological warfare 3264:Operation Bodenplatte 3245: 3134:Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 3097:de Havilland Mosquito 2999:: In preparation for 2971:Operation Frantic Joe 2948:APS-15 "Mickey" radar 2207: 1951:shipyard in Dunkirk. 1070:Messerschmitt Bf 109s 887: 700:F Letchford aboard a 614:Messerschmitt Bf 109s 558:Handley Page Hampdens 392:anti-aircraft warfare 388:Victory in Europe Day 9651:Surrender of Germany 9129:Battle of West Hubei 9086:Guadalcanal campaign 9056:Battle of Stalingrad 8982:Battle of Madagascar 7749:Albania protectorate 7536:(formerly Swaziland) 7245:Wehrmacht war crimes 7061:Expulsion of Germans 6845:Art and World War II 6743:British contribution 6692:Governments in exile 6169:on 26 September 2012 6139:on 29 September 2004 5904:on 29 September 2012 5670:Barnes Wallis' Bombs 5449:By Dominic Selwood. 5408:Warsaw Rising Museum 4933:McBride, Gisela R.: 3488:No. 617 Squadron RAF 3426:district, where the 3301:Das Neue Deutschland 3298:dropped two million 3284:Operation Cornflakes 3101:No. 540 Squadron RAF 3086:Messerschmitt Me 262 2950:was first used on a 2919:Handley Page Halifax 2722:USAAF 12th Air Force 2656:, only the B-17F of 2446:Operation Tidal Wave 2431:21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 2285:Operation Pointblank 1991:Battle of Stalingrad 1947:: 12 B-17s bomb the 1876:in the North Africa 1847:Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 1754:Operation Millennium 1563:Soesterberg airfield 1514:large raid on Berlin 1457:Robert Stanford Tuck 1368:: A bombing raid on 1264:: A bombing raid on 1062:RAF Martlesham Heath 1058:Robert Stanford Tuck 1005:Operation Abendsegen 740:Messerschmitt Bf 109 694:Messerschmitt Bf 109 677:was the war's first 448:German ground forces 9741:Potsdam Declaration 9630:Italy (Spring 1945) 9393:Liberation of Paris 8850:Siege of Sevastopol 7861:(until August 1944) 7764:Wang Jingwei regime 7586:from September 1943 7546:from September 1944 7484:from September 1944 7344:Romanian war crimes 7335:Persecution of Jews 7321:Croatian war crimes 7291:Japanese war crimes 7105:Occupation of Japan 7054:First Indochina War 6766:Military production 6678:Declarations of war 6242:on 21 February 2006 6213:on 12 November 2007 6094:on 21 February 2006 6034:on 21 February 2006 6019:on 21 February 2006 4603:"Bombing of Warsaw" 4578:Ministry of Defence 4567:88 Squadron history 3788:.45 caliber pistols 3623:operation over the 3583:: At 9am, the last 3371:Operation Veritable 3095:mortally damages a 2871:Operation Steinbock 2869:: The unsuccessful 2628:Italian battleship 2548:by German fighters 2344:Operation Bellicose 2073:in September 1943. 2071:Kampfgeschwader 200 2065:surrendered to the 1853:, off the coast of 1539:251 bombers target 1430:in Europe; against 1268:caused 137 deaths. 1040:No. 10 Squadron RAF 1025:No. 74 Squadron RAF 610:Vickers Wellingtons 562:Vickers Wellingtons 494:bombs a factory in 355:Bulgarian Air Force 327:Hungarian Air Force 117:Declarations of war 9734:Surrender of Japan 9567:Battle of Iwo Jima 9416:Belgrade offensive 8829:Siege of Leningrad 8713:Battle of Shanggao 8642:British Somaliland 8607:Dunkirk evacuation 8558:Norwegian campaign 8496:Invasion of Poland 8323:Japanese prisoners 7284:Italian war crimes 7215:British war crimes 7130:Soviet occupations 6914:South-West Pacific 6801:Allied cooperation 6759:Military equipment 6396:February 1945] 6286:on 12 October 2012 6124:on 11 October 2012 5848:on 7 December 2008 5834:on 14 October 2012 5806:on 11 October 2012 5799:January-April 1941 5776:July-December 1940 5769:on 7 December 2008 5455:, 13 February 2015 5089:on 23 August 2021. 4882:Air Raid! 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7428: 7427: 7328:Genocide of Serbs 7231:German war crimes 7208:Soviet war crimes 7201:Allied war crimes 7047:Division of Korea 7026:Chinese Civil War 6824:Strategic bombing 6736:Manhattan Project 6511: 6510: 5384:978-0-275-94319-6 5361:June 1984, p.292. 5359:Air International 5349:June 1984, p.291. 5347:Air International 5289:978-0-275-94319-6 5237:978-1-84603-247-9 5020:www.afcent.af.mil 4749:978-0-393-31619-3 4719:978-0-7432-3544-0 4465:978-0-7509-1819-0 4443:Aphrodite mission 3617:northern Scotland 3520:Battle of Remagen 3516:Ludendorff Bridge 3379:Operation Clarion 3232:Operation Frantic 3063:Normandy Campaign 3024:403 were downed) 2904:targeted Helsinki 2561:anti-ship missile 2426:Werfer-Granate 21 2375:Clampino airports 2314:U-boat facilities 2283:: The first two 1689:The Augsburg Raid 1655:Bombing of Lübeck 1469:Hawker Hurricanes 1426:First use of the 1304:Battle of Britain 1184:Battle of Britain 914:Battle of Belgium 904:: Under cover of 606:Wilhelmshaven bay 594:Bristol Blenheims 299:Finnish Air Force 280:Regia Aeronautica 214: 213: 164:Manhattan Project 9853: 9801: 9794: 9787: 9784:World portal 9782: 9781: 9757: 9750: 9743: 9736: 9727: 9720: 9713: 9704: 9697: 9690: 9683: 9676: 9669: 9660: 9653: 9646: 9644:Prague offensive 9639: 9637:Battle of Berlin 9632: 9625: 9618: 9611: 9604: 9597: 9590: 9583: 9581:Vienna offensive 9576: 9569: 9562: 9560:Battle of Manila 9555: 9535: 9526: 9517: 9510: 9501: 9494: 9487: 9480: 9473: 9466: 9459: 9450: 9441: 9434: 9425: 9418: 9411: 9404: 9395: 9388: 9381: 9374: 9367: 9360: 9353: 9344: 9337: 9328: 9319: 9310: 9303: 9301:Korsun–Cherkassy 9296: 9285: 9263: 9254: 9247: 9240: 9233: 9226: 9219: 9212: 9203: 9196: 9189: 9182: 9173: 9166: 9159: 9152: 9145: 9143:Bombing of Gorky 9138: 9131: 9124: 9104: 9097: 9088: 9081: 9074: 9065: 9058: 9051: 9044: 9033: 9026: 9019: 9012: 9010:Battle of Midway 9005: 8998: 8996:Battle of Gazala 8991: 8984: 8977: 8970: 8963: 8956: 8949: 8929: 8922: 8915: 8908: 8906:Battle of Borneo 8901: 8899:Malayan campaign 8894: 8887: 8880: 8873: 8866: 8859: 8852: 8845: 8843:Bombing of Gorky 8838: 8836:Battle of Moscow 8831: 8824: 8817: 8810: 8803: 8796: 8780: 8773: 8766: 8759: 8752: 8745: 8736: 8729: 8722: 8715: 8708: 8688: 8679: 8672: 8665: 8658: 8651: 8644: 8637: 8630: 8623: 8616: 8609: 8602: 8600:Battle of France 8595: 8588: 8581: 8574: 8567: 8560: 8540: 8533: 8526: 8519: 8512: 8505: 8498: 8476: 8469: 8462: 8455: 8453:Munich Agreement 8448: 8441: 8432: 8425: 8418: 8409: 8402: 8387: 8386: 8369: 8362: 8353: 8346: 8339: 8338:Soviet prisoners 8332: 8325: 8318: 8309: 8302: 8293: 8286: 8279: 8278:German prisoners 8274: 8254: 8245: 8238: 8231: 8226: 8219: 8212: 8205: 8198: 8191: 8184: 8177: 8170: 8163: 8156: 8149: 8142: 8135: 8126: 8119: 8112: 8105: 8098: 8091: 8084: 8077: 8070: 8063: 8056: 8049: 8042: 8035: 8028: 8021: 8014: 8007: 8000: 7980: 7973: 7966: 7959: 7952: 7945: 7938: 7931: 7924: 7917: 7910: 7890: 7883: 7876: 7869: 7862: 7854: 7847: 7840: 7831: 7824: 7816: 7809: 7807:French Indochina 7802: 7795: 7788: 7781: 7773: 7766: 7759: 7751: 7731: 7722: 7715: 7706: 7699: 7692: 7685: 7678: 7671: 7664: 7657: 7654:from August 1944 7645: 7638: 7631: 7624: 7617: 7610: 7603: 7596: 7589: 7577: 7570: 7563: 7556: 7549: 7537: 7529: 7522: 7515: 7508: 7501: 7494: 7487: 7475: 7468: 7461: 7454: 7439: 7438: 7419: 7412: 7405: 7398: 7391: 7380: 7365: 7358: 7351: 7346: 7337: 7330: 7323: 7314: 7307: 7300: 7298:Nanjing Massacre 7293: 7286: 7277: 7275:Nuremberg trials 7268: 7261: 7254: 7247: 7240: 7233: 7224: 7217: 7210: 7203: 7183: 7176: 7169: 7160: 7153: 7146: 7139: 7132: 7125: 7116: 7107: 7100: 7093: 7086: 7077: 7070: 7063: 7056: 7049: 7042: 7035: 7028: 7008: 6999: 6992: 6985: 6976: 6969: 6962: 6955: 6946: 6939: 6932: 6923: 6916: 6909: 6902: 6895: 6888: 6881: 6879:Asia and Pacific 6861: 6854: 6847: 6840: 6833: 6826: 6819: 6810: 6808:Mulberry harbour 6803: 6796: 6789: 6782: 6775: 6768: 6761: 6754: 6745: 6738: 6731: 6722: 6715: 6708: 6701: 6694: 6687: 6680: 6673: 6666: 6659: 6650: 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5961: 5956:, archived from 5947: 5942:, archived from 5933: 5928:, archived from 5919: 5914:, archived from 5905: 5900:, archived from 5891: 5886:, archived from 5877: 5872:, archived from 5863: 5858:, archived from 5849: 5844:, archived from 5835: 5830:, archived from 5821: 5816:, archived from 5807: 5802:, archived from 5793: 5788:, archived from 5779: 5770: 5765:, archived from 5756: 5754: 5752: 5737:"Campaign Diary" 5723: 5722: 5710: 5704: 5703: 5690: 5684: 5683: 5665: 5659: 5658: 5636: 5630: 5629: 5611: 5605: 5604: 5602: 5600: 5586: 5580: 5579: 5577: 5575: 5556: 5550: 5549: 5547: 5545: 5530: 5524: 5516: 5514: 5512: 5501:"1944 air raids" 5497: 5491: 5490: 5462: 5456: 5437: 5431: 5430: 5428: 5426: 5415: 5409: 5402: 5396: 5395: 5393: 5391: 5368: 5362: 5356: 5350: 5344: 5338: 5337: 5335: 5333: 5322: 5316: 5315: 5307: 5301: 5300: 5298: 5296: 5273: 5267: 5266: 5248: 5242: 5241: 5223: 5217: 5216: 5198: 5192: 5191: 5175: 5165: 5154: 5153: 5135: 5129: 5128: 5112: 5102: 5091: 5090: 5085:. Archived from 5079: 5073: 5066: 5060: 5059: 5041: 5024: 5023: 5012: 5006: 5005: 4994: 4988: 4987: 4983:The World at War 4977: 4971: 4970: 4968: 4966: 4961:on 28 March 2006 4951: 4945: 4931: 4925: 4924: 4901: 4895: 4879: 4870: 4869: 4867: 4865: 4850: 4844: 4843: 4823: 4817: 4816: 4798: 4789: 4788: 4782: 4778: 4776: 4768: 4760: 4754: 4753: 4730: 4724: 4723: 4707: 4697: 4688: 4687: 4685: 4683: 4672: 4666: 4665: 4653: 4640: 4623: 4622: 4620: 4618: 4609:. Archived from 4599: 4593: 4586: 4580: 4564: 4558: 4557: 4549: 4543: 4542: 4531: 4525: 4524: 4502: 4496: 4495: 4493: 4491: 4476: 4470: 4469: 4451: 4445: 3924: 3922: 3920: 3911:. Archived from 3907:McKillop, Jack. 3904: 3895: 3892: 3879: 3862: 3841: 3824: 3813: 3784:liaison aircraft 3774: 3714: 3682: 3661:Eighth Air Force 3654: 3634: 3602: 3578: 3546: 3529: 3497: 3486:. The attack by 3469: 3441: 3409: 3393: 3388: 3364: 3359: 3339:Robert Rosenthal 3328: 3309: 3277: 3257: 3214: 3199: 3184: 3162: 3147: 3110: 3076: 3059:area bombardment 3045: 3031: 3023: 3012:V-1 flying bombs 2995: 2983: 2961: 2952:Ploiești mission 2942: 2931: 2913: 2898: 2883: 2865: 2851:No-Ball missions 2837: 2811: 2796: 2781: 2769:Eighth Air Force 2759: 2734: 2716: 2700: 2695: 2676: 2671: 2658:Robert Rosenthal 2644: 2614: 2596: 2585:rocket-boosted, 2555: 2536: 2509: 2490: 2485: 2463: 2440: 2404: 2389: 2384: 2361: 2338: 2323: 2301: 2279: 2254: 2239: 2222: 2177: 2161:Eighth Air Force 2155: 2132: 2110: 2080: 2057: 2038: 2025:Eighth Air Force 2019: 2006:Blockbuster bomb 2000: 1987:area bombardment 1979:August/September 1977: 1958: 1943: 1932: 1921: 1902: 1887: 1864: 1837: 1814: 1809: 1790: 1767: 1744: 1729: 1698: 1683: 1668: 1649: 1630: 1611: 1592: 1577: 1557: 1535: 1508: 1497: 1478: 1451: 1440: 1422: 1405:22 June - 3 July 1403: 1382: 1374:blockbuster bomb 1366:31 March/1 April 1364: 1331: 1312: 1298: 1275: 1260: 1245: 1230: 1215: 1198:Birmingham Blitz 1192: 1178: 1163: 1143: 1129: 1110: 1083: 1052: 1034: 1022: 1013: 999: 976: 965: 942: 923: 900: 875:Battle of France 867:3 (supported by 857: 841: 813: 804:Soviet Air Force 773: 764:Ju 52/3m bombers 753: 738:, for downing a 719: 696:by air observer 687: 679:area bombardment 669: 660:Bristol Blenheim 645: 575: 551: 534:Bristol Blenheim 515:Andrew McPherson 505: 481: 465: 434:: At 4:40am the 429: 352: 343: 334: 324: 315: 306: 297: 287: 277: 267: 260:French Air Force 258: 251:Polish Air Force 249: 235: 225: 206: 199: 192: 21: 20: 9861: 9860: 9856: 9855: 9854: 9852: 9851: 9850: 9811: 9810: 9809: 9804: 9797: 9790: 9776: 9774: 9762: 9753: 9746: 9739: 9732: 9723: 9716: 9709: 9700: 9695:Atomic bombings 9693: 9686: 9679: 9672: 9665: 9656: 9649: 9642: 9635: 9628: 9621: 9614: 9607: 9600: 9593: 9586: 9579: 9572: 9565: 9558: 9551: 9538: 9531: 9520: 9513: 9506: 9497: 9490: 9483: 9476: 9469: 9462: 9453: 9444: 9437: 9428: 9421: 9414: 9407: 9398: 9391: 9386:Eastern Romania 9384: 9379:Warsaw Uprising 9377: 9372:Tannenberg Line 9370: 9363: 9358:Western Ukraine 9356: 9347: 9340: 9331: 9322: 9313: 9306: 9299: 9288: 9279: 9266: 9259: 9250: 9243: 9236: 9229: 9222: 9215: 9208: 9199: 9192: 9185: 9176: 9169: 9162: 9155: 9150:Battle of Kursk 9148: 9141: 9134: 9127: 9120: 9107: 9100: 9091: 9084: 9077: 9068: 9061: 9054: 9047: 9038: 9029: 9022: 9015: 9008: 9001: 8994: 8987: 8980: 8973: 8966: 8961:St Nazaire Raid 8959: 8952: 8945: 8932: 8925: 8918: 8911: 8904: 8897: 8890: 8883: 8876: 8869: 8862: 8855: 8848: 8841: 8834: 8827: 8820: 8813: 8806: 8799: 8785: 8776: 8769: 8762: 8755: 8748: 8743:Anglo-Iraqi War 8741: 8734:Battle of Crete 8732: 8725: 8718: 8711: 8704: 8691: 8682: 8675: 8668: 8663:Eastern Romania 8661: 8654: 8647: 8640: 8633: 8626: 8619: 8612: 8605: 8598: 8591: 8584: 8577: 8570: 8563: 8556: 8543: 8536: 8529: 8522: 8515: 8508: 8501: 8494: 8481: 8472: 8465: 8458: 8451: 8444: 8437: 8428: 8421: 8414: 8405: 8398: 8372: 8365: 8358: 8349: 8342: 8337: 8328: 8321: 8314: 8305: 8298: 8289: 8282: 8277: 8270: 8257: 8250: 8241: 8234: 8229: 8224:Western Ukraine 8222: 8215: 8208: 8201: 8194: 8187: 8180: 8173: 8168:Northeast China 8166: 8159: 8152: 8145: 8138: 8131: 8122: 8115: 8108: 8101: 8094: 8087: 8080: 8073: 8066: 8059: 8052: 8045: 8038: 8031: 8024: 8017: 8010: 8003: 7996: 7983: 7976: 7969: 7962: 7955: 7948: 7941: 7934: 7927: 7920: 7913: 7906: 7893: 7886: 7879: 7872: 7867:Slovak Republic 7865: 7857: 7850: 7843: 7838:Empire of Japan 7836: 7827: 7819: 7812: 7805: 7798: 7791: 7784: 7776: 7769: 7762: 7754: 7747: 7734: 7727: 7718: 7711: 7702: 7695: 7688: 7681: 7674: 7667: 7660: 7648: 7641: 7634: 7627: 7620: 7613: 7606: 7599: 7592: 7580: 7573: 7566: 7559: 7552: 7540: 7532: 7525: 7518: 7511: 7504: 7497: 7490: 7478: 7471: 7464: 7457: 7450: 7424: 7415: 7408: 7401: 7394: 7383: 7368: 7361: 7354: 7350:Sexual violence 7349: 7342: 7333: 7326: 7319: 7310: 7303: 7296: 7289: 7282: 7273: 7264: 7257: 7250: 7243: 7236: 7229: 7220: 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Hundreds of 3585:V-1 flying bomb 3553:L-4 Grasshopper 3551:: Two hundred 3480:Grand Slam bomb 3350:Roland Freisler 3315:The New Germany 3305: 3240: 3228:Warsaw Uprising 3205:shuttle bombing 3176:BAT guided bomb 3136:helicopters in 3051:Operation Cobra 3016:Heinkel He 111s 3005:Operation Cover 2977: 2967:shuttle bombing 2965:: The first US 2859: 2740:Wiener Neustadt 2583:Henschel Hs 293 2542:Operation Hydra 2515:Operation Hydra 2500:shuttle bombing 2473:Wiener Neustadt 2469:Ninth Air Force 2454:Medals of Honor 2367:bombing of Rome 2104: 2098: 1878:Operation Torch 1571: 1461:eastern England 1341: 1099:French campaign 1089:Operation Paula 1066:"big formation" 952:RAF Biggin Hill 930:Rotterdam Blitz 879:air bombardment 835: 566:German warships 519:Royal Air Force 423: 368: 360:Main articles: 358: 347: 338: 329: 319: 310: 301: 292: 282: 272: 270:Royal Air Force 268:United Kingdom 262: 253: 244: 230: 220: 210: 181: 168: 137: 134: 98: 82: 54: 17: 12: 11: 5: 9859: 9849: 9848: 9843: 9838: 9833: 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Index

Timelines of World War II
Prelude
in Asia
in Europe
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945 onwards
Diplomacy
Declarations of war
Battles
Operations
Battle of Europe air operations
Eastern Front
Manhattan Project
United Kingdom home front
Surrender of the Axis armies
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