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Encyclopedia > Bombing of Prague in World War II

The Bombing of Prague occurred during the end of World War II (February 14, 1945) when the US Army Air Forces carried out an air raid over Prague. The city was the capital of Czechoslovakia and (since the Nazi occupation in 1939) the main city of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. According to American pilots, it was the result of a navigation mistake—at the same time, a massive bombing of Dresden was under way, 100 km north from Prague. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was a part of the U.S. Army during World War II. The direct precursor to the U.S. Air Force, the USAAF formally existed between 1941 and 1947. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... == On the same day, Hitler met with Chamberlain at Berchtesgaden and demanded the swift return of the Sudetenland to the Third Reich under threat of war. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Flag of the Protectorate The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (in German: Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren, in Czech: Protektorát ÄŒechy a Morava) was the ethnic-Czech protectorate (in fact a puppet state) of the German Reich established in the central parts of Bohemia and Moravia. ... The bombing of Dresden led by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and involving the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) between February 13 and February 15, 1945 remains one of the more controversial Allied actions of World War II. Historian Frederick Taylor says: The destruction of Dresden has an...

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Impact of the attack

About sixty B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 8th American Air Force dropped about 152 tons of bombs on many populated areas of Prague. The carpet-bombing hit Vyšehrad, Zlíchov, Karlovo náměstí, Nusle, Vinohrady, Vršovice and Pankrác. About a hundred houses and historical sites were destroyed. All the casualties were civilians, and not one of the city's factories, which might have been of use to the Wermacht, was damaged. The American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the first mass-produced, four-engine heavy bomber. ... VyÅ¡ehrad is a castle located in the Czech Republic, built in the 10th century, on a hill over the Vltava River. ... Karlovo námÄ›stí metro station Karlovo námÄ›stí is a Prague Metro station on Line B. Categories: ... Havlíčkovy Sady Park Vinohrady (in English literally vineyards) is a cadastral district in Prague. ... Pankrác is a borough of Prague, Czech Republic. ... The Wehrmacht (literally defence force or means/power of resistance) was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ...


Controversy

Although the Americans voiced their regret many times, it is still not clear whether the attack was an accident caused by bad weather conditions and the fact Prague and Dresden looked similar from the air, or whether it was a deliberate attack. According some witnesses, one section of the larger formation of planes on the way to north (to Dresden), separated and made the raid. Nevertheless, due to the unsystematic nature of the bombing and the fact that Prague was, by that time, an Allied city still occupied by Nazis, most historians believe it was accidental.[citation needed] The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis Powers during the Second World War. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...


Trivia

Some of Prague's most famous modern buildings, like the Dancing House or the Emauzy church, were constructed in locations where the bombs destroyed existing buildings. Building photo The Dancing House or Fred and Ginger is the nickname given to an office building in downtown Prague, Czech Republic. ...


External links

  • Radio Prague: The bombing of Prague - was it a mistake?
  • Looking back at the bombing of Prague

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