Bombing of Minsk in World War II

The Minsk Blitz was the heavy bombing of the city of Minsk, the capital of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union during the Second World War. On 24 June 1941, three waves of German Luftwaffe bombers, 47 aircraft each, bombed Minsk. The Soviet anti-aircraft defense of the city was poorly organized, and panic ensued. Because the water supply was destroyed, fires could not be put down, and the city was evacuated.

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aerial bombing of a city, 

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1941 Bombing of Minsk in World War II

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Unknown	battle, Second Polish Republic	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1067	Battle on the Nemiga River	battle, Principality of Polotsk, Principality of Pereyaslavl, Principality of Chernigov, Principality of Kyiv	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	Battle of Minsk	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	Bombing of Minsk in World War II	aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
organisation	military unit	1992	Internal Troops of Belarus	military unit, gendarmerie	Wikidata
site	museum	1943	Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum	military museum, museum	Wikidata