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CALAIS, FRANCE. 1944. BY THE ORDERS OF HITLER, GERMAN GARRISONS IN LE HAVRE, BOULOGNE AND CALAIS WERE DECLARED "FORTRESSES" AND THEIR DEFENDERS WERE EXPECTED TO RESIST TO THE LAST. CALAIS WAS THE TARGET FOR LANCASTER AIRCRAFT OF RAF BOMBER COMMAND ON 1944-09-25 WHEN 1,300 TONS OF BOMBS WERE DROPPED IN A LITTLE UNDER AN HOUR. AS A RESULT OF INTENSIVE BOMBINGS THE GARRISON SURRENDERED AFTER FIVE DAYS.
CALAIS, FRANCE. 1944-09-25. HALIFAX AIRCRAFT BOMBING CALAIS. BY THE ORDERS OF HITLER, GERMAN GARRISONS IN LE HAVRE, BOULOGNE AND CALAIS WERE DECLARED "FORTRESSES" AND THEIR DEFENDERS WERE EXPECTED TO
MIMOYECQUES, FRANCE. 1944-07-06. IN THE PAS DE CALAIS AREA, BELIEVED TO BE AN A-4 FIRING SITE (FLYING-BOMB BASE), WAS THE TARGET OF FIFTEEN HALIFAX AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 466 SQUADRON RAAF AMONG A FORCE OF
Calais, France. 1944-09. Under this pall of smoke lie heavily defended positions four miles West of Calais during RAF Bomber Command's attack on 1944-09-20 when large forces of Lancaster aircraft and
KAMEN, GERMANY. 1944-09-11. AN IMPORTANT OIL TARGET IN THE RUHR AREA, UNDER ATTACK BY 116 LANCASTER AIRCRAFT OF RAF BOMBER COMMAND. ABOUT 600 TONS OF BOMBS WERE DROPPED ON AND AROUND THE PLANT WHICH R
France. 1944-06-29. Heavy bombs fall onto a smoke shrouded target from a Bomber Command Lancaster aircraft during a daylight attack on Flying Bomb Installations in Pas de Calais. Three squadrons of RA
Hamburg, Germany. 1945-04. From 1942-01 to 1945-04 the city sustained seventeen main force air attacks by RAF Bomber Command, including some RAAF squadrons. Over 16,000 tons of bombs were dropped, res
