Farge is a small port on the Weser River north of Bremen. It is part of Bremen-Blumenthal, which is one of the districts of the state of Bremen. Weser watershed Orthographic projection centred over Bremen The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ... The river Weser flows through Bremen to the estuary at Bremerhaven. ... The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name; German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is a port city in northern Germany and one of its 16 Federal States (Bundesländer). ...

History

During World War II Farge was the site of an oil-storage depot and the Valentin submarine pens that were attacked by the Royal Air Force on 27 March 1945. The pens had a ferrous concrete roof 7 metres (23 feet) thick which was penetrated by two Grand Slam bombs.^[1] Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ... A British 22,000 lb Grand Slam bomb The Grand Slam (Earthquake) bomb was a very large bomb developed by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis in late 1944. ...

Footnotes

1. ^ RAF: Bomber Comand: Grand Slams