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| 01/01/1945 |
Fierce air battles over western front,
with 188 out of 800 Luftwaffe planes reported shot down during
their last major attack of the war. |
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03/02/1945
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The US 8th Air Force,
with 937 bombers and 613 fighters, carries out the heaviest
attack to date against Berlin which levels large areas of the
city and kills more than 25,000 civilians. |
| 05/02/1945 |
RAF balloon command to be disbanded
as the air raid threat lessens. 278 V1's have been claimed
by balloons. |
| 08/02/1945 |
UK civilian war casualties up to September
1944 are reported as 57,468 killed and 89,178 injured. |
| 14/02/1945 |
The RAF launches a heavy attack (over
800 bombers in two separate waves, which is followed the next
day by 400 bombers of the US 8th Air Force) against Dresden.
The Raids are estimated to have killed in a fire-bombing holocaust,
35,000 to 135,000 people and becomes the most destructive raid
of the war in Europe. |
| 20/02/1945 |
The RAF launch the first of 36 consecutive
night raids on Berlin. |
| 21/02/1945 |
The US 8th Air Force launches another
heavy attack (over 1,000 bombers) against Nürnberg. |
| 22/02/1945 |
The allies launch Operation 'Clarion',
which consisted of 10,000 air attacks on communications in
central Germany. |
| 25/02/1945 |
400 RAF bombers carry out attacks
against Dortmund and Rheine. |
| 27/02/1945 |
The US 8th Air Force launches another
heavy attack against Berlin which devastates the center of
the city. |
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02/03/1945
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The RAF launches a heavy
attack (300 bombers) against Mannheim, causing a devastating
firestorm. |
| 03/03/1945 |
100 Luftwaffe night-fighters attack
27 RAF airfields, in what is the last night intrusion raid
of the war. 22 RAF aircraft were destroyed for 6 German. |
| 06/03/1945 |
The US 8th Air Force launches a heavy
attack against Chemnitz in Saxony. |
| 11/03/1945 |
An RAF Bomber Command record for the
largest tonnage dropped on a single target in single day is
achieved at Essen when 4,661 tons are dropped. |
| 12/03/1945 |
RAF Bomber Command sets another new
record for single target, when 4,851 tons are dropped on Dortmund. |
| 13/03/1945 |
Following a 600-bomber raid by the
US 8th Air Force, the RAF with 800 bombers attacks Swinemünde
North of Stettin, a major port of disembarkation for German
refugees from eastern Germany, causing heavy damage to the
docks and killing hundreds of civilians. |
| 14/03/1945 |
RAF Bomber Command make its first
use of the 22,000lb ‘Grand Slam’ bomb, wrecking
the Bielefeld viaduct. The US 15th Air Force, taking off from
Italian airfields, launches a heavy raid (500 bombers) against
Regensburg, while the RAF attacks Wuppertal with 400 aircraft. |
| 16/03/1945 |
The US 8th Air Force launches a massive
attack (675 bombers) against the HQ complex of the OKH at Zossen
20 miles south of Berlin, but with minimal effect. |
| 19/03/1945 |
The US 8th Air Force carries out another
heavy attack (200 bombers and 700 fighters) against Berlin. |
| 21/03/1945 |
The US 8th Air Force launches a major
attack (650 bombers) against Hamburg. |
| 23/03/1945 |
The RAF launches a devastating raid
(300 bombers) against Hildesheim near Hannover, a small city
of little military and industrial importance. |
| 27/03/1945 |
The 1,115th and last V2 to reach England
lands in Kynaston Road, Orpington, Kent, England. |
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| 04/04/1945 |
The US 8th Air Force
launches its heaviest raid to date (700 bombers) against Kiel
on the Baltic. |
| 05/04/1945 |
The US 8th Air Force carries out another
heavy attack (450 bombers) against Kiel. |
| 10/04/1945 |
The RAF attack Kiel, while the US
8th Air Force launches its heaviest raid to date (1,232 bombers)
against Berlin. |
| 20/04/1945 |
The British Home Secretary says that
60,585 British civilians have died and 86,175 have been seriously
injured in air attacks since outbreak of war. |
| 27/04/1945 |
Total V2-weapon casualties in Britain
are announced as 2,754 killed and 6,523 seriously injured. |
| 29/04/1945 |
The RAF begin Operation 'Manna', supply
drops into Holland. |
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| 02/05/1945 |
RAF Bomber Command, launch its last
major action of war against Kiel. |
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| 15/09/1945 |
The fifth anniversary
of the Battle of Britain, sees 300 RAF aircraft fly over London. |
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