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The bombing of Obersalzberg was a British air raid carried out by 359 heavy bombers on 25 April 1945 during the last days of the European theatre of World War II. The operation targeted a complex of residences and bunkers built for Adolf Hitler at Obersalzberg, Bavaria, from which the Allies feared that the German Government would command an Alpine Fortress. Many buildings were destroyed, though Hitler's residence and the bunker network were only slightly damaged. Two Allied bombers were shot down with the loss of four airmen, and 31 Germans were killed. Historians have identified several motives for the attack on Obersalzberg, including supporting Allied ground forces, demonstrating the effectiveness of the heavy bomber, convincing die-hard Germans that the war was lost and obscuring the memory of pre-war appeasement policies. The raid was celebrated at the time, but as the Alpine Fortress proved to be a myth, most post-war histories made little mention of the operation. (Full article...)
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Hi Nick-D and congratulations. A draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot, that blurb looks great. Nick-D (talk) 07:58, 1 May 2020 (UTC)