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1st April 1944: The USAAF accidentally bomb the neutral Swiss town of Schaffhausen instead of a German chemical factory

  • 1st April 2021
  • Tagged as: Air Force, America, Bomb, Germany, Second World War, Switzerland, United States, USAAF

While flying over France, the formations experienced high winds that blew them dramatically off course.

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2nd March 1965: USA launches Operation Rolling Thunder in Vietnam

  • 2nd March 2021
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, America, Bomb, Cold War, Communism, Technology, USA, Viet Cong, Vietnam, War

On the 2nd March 1965 the United States military, alongside the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, began Operation Rolling Thunder as part of the Vietnam War.

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21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182

  • 21st November 2020
  • Tagged as: Birmingham, Bomb, Britain, England, Explosion, IRA, Irish Republicanism, Provisional IRA, Terror, Terrorism, United Kingdom

21 people were killed and 182 were injured in the Birmingham pub bombings.

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16th September 1920: 38 people died in the Wall Street bombing in New York

  • 16th September 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Bomb, Economy, Explosion, New York, Terrorism, United States, Wall Street

38 people died and hundreds more were wounded in the Wall Street bombing in New York.

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6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

  • 6th August 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Atomic Bomb, Bomb, Japan, Second World War, USA, War in the Pacific

On the 6th August 1945, the USA dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima from the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay.

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1st November 1911: First ever aerial bombing from a plane takes place during the Italo-Turkish War

  • 1st November 2019
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Bomb, Italy, Libya, Ottoman Empire, Technology, Turkey, War

On the 1st November 1911, the first aerial bombing using an aeroplane took place when Italian Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti dropped four grenades on Turkish troops in Libya.

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13th June 1944: First V-1 ‘Doodlebug’ flying bomb attack on London

  • 13th June 2019
  • Tagged as: Bomb, Britain, Civilians, Germany, Missile, Rocket, Second World War

On the 13th June 1944 the first German attack on Britain using the V-1 flying bomb, otherwise known as the ‘doodlebug’, took place.

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17th May 1943: Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron carries out the ‘Dambusters’ raids

  • 17th May 2019
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Barnes Wallis, Bomb, Bouncing Bomb, Britain, Germany, Guy Gibson, Royal Air Force, Ruhr Valley, Second World War

Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron attacked German dams in Operation Chastise, otherwise known as the Dambuster Raids.

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19th January 1915: Zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn

  • 19th January 2019
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Bomb, Britain, Civilians, England, First World War, Germany, Zeppelin

On the 19th January 1915, two German Zeppelin airships known as L3 and L4 dropped bombs on the Norfolk towns of Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn in Britain’s first experience of an air raid.

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