Bombing of Hanover in World War II
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The aerial bombings of Hanover are a series of eighty-eight air raids by Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command and the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) on the German city of Hanover during World War II. Collectively these air raids killed 6,782 persons, predominantly civilian residents. Around 1,000 aerial mines, 34,000 high explosive bombs, 900,000 incendiary bombs and 50,000 fire bombs were dropped. The most destructive and deadly air raid on Hanover was conducted by the RAF on the night beginning 8 October 1943, killing 1,245 persons, and is an example of carpet bombing of suburban and residential civilian targets laid out in the Area Bombing Directive of 14 February 1942.
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | Bombing of Hanover in World War II | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1260 | Battle of Sedemünder | Hamelin, battle, Roman Catholic Diocese of Minden | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1553 | Battle of Sievershausen | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1757 | Invasion of Hanover | invasion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1920 | Welfenputsch | attempted coup d'état | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Bombing of Hildesheim in World War II | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 1861 | Egestorffsche Zündhütchenfabrik | arms industry, enterprise, manufacture of weapons and ammunition | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | Bunker am Deisterplatz | air-raid shelter, Rundturm | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Bunker am Herrenhäuser Markt | hochbunker, air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Bunker Am Listholze | hochbunker, architectural structure | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Bunker am Seelberg | hochbunker, air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Bunker am Trageweg | hochbunker, residential building, air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Bunker am Weidendamm | hochbunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Bunker an der Haltenhoffstraße | hochbunker, air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Bunker Hoffmann-von-Fallersleben-Straße | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Bunker in der Borchersstraße | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Bunker in der Friesenstraße | hochbunker, architectural structure | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Bunker Woermannstraße | hochbunker, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Harenberger Straße 51 | hochbunker, air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | High bunker | hochbunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | High bunker Nordfeldstraße 6 | hochbunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Jugendzentrum Bunker Mecklenheidestraße 26 | hochbunker, music venue, youth center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Lüdersen nuclear bunker | underground structure, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Rotermundstraße bunker | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Welfenplatz bunker | hochbunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1941 | Bunker Bahnhofstraße | hochbunker, air-raid shelter | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2005-0150, Hannover, zerstörter Festsaal des Rathauses | Commons | ||
| commons | image | AlteBultBombenangriff | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Damage inflicted by Allied bombers on Hanover, Germany, during World War II | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HSTAH BIGS Nr. 7488 Aufn 002 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | US-luftbild hannover bahnhof 1945 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USAAF Hannover Innenstadt 1945 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | US-luftbild Hannover, Volgersweg Ecke Raschplatz, 1945 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 1945 Blick vom zerstörten Café Kröpcke auf die Ruine Haus Heinemann (später Kaufhaus Magis) an der Bahnhofstraße Ecke Georgstraße in Hannover, dahinter Haus Bahlsen an der Ecke Andreaestraße, ehem. Kamerahaus Edmund Lill | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Detruo de Hanovro | Commons | ||








