Chronology of World War II

Wednesday, April 25th


Aerial View of Bremen Devastation


Aerial View of Bremen Devastation
Oblique aerial view of part of the devastated Walle district of Bremen, looking south-east towards the Altstadt. Note the large, undamaged, public air-raid shelter (Luftschutzbunker), standing on Zwinglistrasse in the foreground. Between the nights of May 17-18, 1940 and April 22-23, 1945, Bomber Command dropped over 12,800 tons of bombs on the city