Bombing of Darmstadt in World War II

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Darmstadt was bombed a number of times during World War II. The most devastating air raid on Darmstadt occurred during the night of 11/12 September 1944, when No. 5 Group of the Royal Air Force (RAF) bombed the city killing over 11,000 of the city's 110,000 inhabitants and making more than 65,000 homeless. Darmstadt had several major industrial targets including Merck and Rohm and Haas chemical works, as well as military communications networks.

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Brandnacht
aerial bombing of a city, Germany, 

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