Battle of the Ruhr

The Battle of the Ruhr was a strategic bombing campaign against the Ruhr Area in Nazi Germany carried out by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. The Ruhr was the main centre of German heavy industry with coke plants, steelworks, armaments factories and ten synthetic oil plants. The British attacked 26 targets identified in the Combined Bomber Offensive. Targets included the Krupp armament works (Essen), the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen and the Rheinmetall–Borsig plant in Düsseldorf, which was evacuated during the battle. The battle included cities such as Cologne not in the Ruhr proper but which were in the larger Rhine-Ruhr region and considered part of the Ruhr industrial complex. Some targets were not sites of heavy industry but part of the production and movement of materiel.

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1943  Wikidata
battle, airstrike, 

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1943-03-05T00:00:00Z

1943-07-31T00:00:00Z

1943 Battle of the Ruhr

1242-07-04T00:00:00Z

1242-07-04T00:00:00Z

1242 Battle of Ermen

1254-10-16T00:00:00Z

1254-10-16T00:00:00Z

1254 Battle of the Wülferichskamp

1585-03-03T00:00:00Z

1585-03-08T00:00:00Z

1585 Battle of Werl

1849-05-10T00:00:00Z

1849-05-17T00:00:00Z

1849 Iserlohn rebellion 1849

1920-03-13T00:00:00Z

1920-04-12T00:00:00Z

1920 Ruhr Uprising

1943-06-26T00:00:00Z

1943-06-26T00:00:00Z

1943 bombing of Gelsenkirchen

1945-04-18T00:00:00Z

1945-04-18T00:00:00Z

1945 Ruhr Pocket

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1242	Battle of Ermen	battle, Ludolf von Holte, Meinhövel, historical event	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1254	Battle of the Wülferichskamp	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1585	Battle of Werl	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1849	Iserlohn rebellion 1849	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1920	Ruhr Uprising	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Battle of the Ruhr	battle, airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	bombing of Gelsenkirchen	bombardment	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Ruhr Pocket	United Kingdom, battle	Wikidata
site	bunker		Hochbunker Münsterstraße	hochbunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Luftschutzstollen Altstadt	air raid shelter adit	Wikidata
site	bunker		Reschop-Bunker	architectural structure, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		SatkomTower	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Sondermunitionslager Dortmund	weapon storage area	Wikidata
site	bunker		Zur Grotte	kneipe, air-raid shelter, street, café	Wikidata
site	bunker	1940	Hochbunker, System Leo Winkel	hochbunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1940	Luftschutzstollen Dortmund	air raid shelter adit	Wikidata
site	bunker	1941	Hochbunker Augustastraße	hochbunker	Wikidata
site	castle	1354	Burgruine Hardenstein	ruins, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1470	House Witten	manor estate, castle	Wikidata