Major bombings of World War II

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The Second World War It brought to light the great evil that inhabits the human being, and the ambition of some political leaders to encompass all possible economic sources. For this reason, the massacre against the civilian population was even more bloody than in World War I. In this lesson from a TEACHER we will talk about the main bombings of World War II, among which we can observe the most catastrophic attacks, since it was the period in which nuclear bombs were used, weapons that today continue to leave a trace of radioactivity.

Index

1. Bombardment of Guernica
2. Bombing of Warsaw
3. London and the bombing in World War II
4. The bombing of Hiroshima
5. Nagasaki in WWII
6. Bombing of berlin

We started the lesson on the main bombings of World War II, talking about the Guernika town (Spain) which was also represented in the famous picasso painting.

This bombardment was carried out on April 27, 1937 and we can frame it within the bombings of the Second World War since in this, the airplanes Germans and Italians tested weapons that would later serve to wreak enormous havoc throughout Europe.

During the course of this, the bombs were dropped on the town, skewing the lives of the civilian population, since it had little military importance.

In this other lesson from a TEACHER we discover a summary of the bombing of Guernica so that you understand exactly what it consisted of.

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We continue with the lesson on the main bombings of World War II talking about the attack suffered on the capital of Poland.

The Poles in 1944 had already been dominated by the Nazis for 5 years, it was in the autumn of that year when they decided to stand up to the Third Reich, given that the Red Army was very close to their border. Thus began a rebellion, which was suppressed with great harshness by the German troops.

Thus, as exemplary punishment, the Germans launched a major attack on Warsaw, which was 80% destroyed killing the vast majority of the civilian population.

England, for the longest time in its history as a country, has always been a kind of stronghold that is quite difficult to receive attacks, since it is separated from the continent. However, during World War I, this was already called into question, since the Germans managed to bombard the capital by using cepelins.

Similarly, in the night of August 24-25, 1940 German aviation managed to avoid the Anglo-Saxon antiaircraft defenses by entering the capital, where their objective was the oil stations that were on the bank of the Thames.

Although in the end a change of course, caused the bombs to end up affecting the east of the city causing serious damage.

We went on to talk about one of the most devastating attacks that were carried out during the conflict, since their damage was enormous and to this day it continues to be talked about. We refer to the city of Hiroshima, a fundamental point for the armament of the Japanese army.

It was bombed by the US on August 6, 1945. During the attack, the pilots did not know the great power they were about to unleash, since 69% of the city would be totally devastated by the nuclear bomb, although almost 100% of the population would end up suffering in their flesh the destructive force of the herself.

It is known that between 70,000-80,000 people lost their lives and that the survivors were marked and with carcinogenic signs with the passage of time.

Along with the attack on the town of Hiroshima, the Nagasaki situation was also severely bombed. It was put on the table that the anger of the human being had reached heights never seen before.

As with the previous bombardment, a important city for the Japanese army, because this was one of the important headquarters of the military industry. This attack was carried out on August 9, 1945 and ended with 40% of it, likewise, it generated the loss of some 40,000 people on the spot.

In this other lesson from a TEACHER we discover a summary of the history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki In the Second World War.

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To conclude with the lesson on the main bombings of World War II, we have to talk about the capital of the Third Reich which was attacked by the allies from April 16 to May 2, 1945.

During this period, the city was attacked from the air and from the ground, using a large number of artillery heads, a fact that caused much of the city to be devastated. All this ended with hitler suicideand the subsequent surrender of the city to the Red Army.

Some 92,000 lives were lost during these attacks, of which 22,000 were civilians.

In this other lesson we will discover the causes and consequences of World War II so that you better understand what happened during this war conflict.

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