st paul’s cathedral on fire, london, 29 december 1940

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St Paul’s Cathedral on fire, London, 29 December 1940

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St Paul’s Cathedral on fire, London, 29 December 1940. Firestorm after Operation Gomorrah in Hamburg, July 1943. Dresden before and after bombing of 13-15 February 1945. Conventional Bombing Damage to German cities (*= population over 500,000). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: St Paul’s Cathedral on fire, London, 29 December 1940

St Paul’s Cathedral on fire, London, 29 December 1940

Page 2: St Paul’s Cathedral on fire, London, 29 December 1940

Firestorm after Operation Gomorrah in Hamburg, July 1943

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Dresden before and after bombing of 13-15 February 1945

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The residential area of Tokyo after the 9-10 March Bombing

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B-29 firebomb assault on Tokyo, 26 May, 1945

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The Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, 9 August 1945

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City Date Low estimates

High estimates

Attacking force Notes

Dresden13/02/1945 to 15/02/1945

25,000 35,000

British Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Force (USAAF)

Fire storm

Hamburg July 1943 50,000 50,000

British Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Force (USAAF)

Fire storm

Hiroshima 06/08/1945 90,000 140,000United States Army Air Force (USAAF)

First atomic bomb used in war

Nagasaki 09/08/1945 73,884 80,000United States Army Air Force (USAAF)

Plutonium bomb