bombing of Peenemünde

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The bombing of Peenemünde was a major World War II Royal Air Force raid targeting Germany’s V-weapon research and development site on the Baltic coast.

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instanceOf World War II air raid ⓘ
aerial bombing ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
aircraftUsed Avro Lancaster bombers ⓘ
linked to: Avro Lancaster

Handley Page Halifax bombers ⓘ
Short Stirling bombers ⓘ
linked to: Short Stirling

de Havilland Mosquito pathfinders ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Hydra ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties hundreds of German personnel and forced laborers killed ⓘ
category Airstrikes during World War II ⓘ
Military operations involving the United Kingdom ⓘ
Strategic bombing during World War II ⓘ
codename Operation Hydra ⓘ
commander Arthur Harris ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
coordinatedBy Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
date 1943-08-17 ⓘ
endDate 1943-08-18 ⓘ
followedBy Allied attacks on V-weapon launch sites in France ⓘ
German V-weapon attacks on London ⓘ
forceSize over 500 RAF bombers ⓘ
intelligenceSource Allied photo-reconnaissance ⓘ
Polish intelligence reports ⓘ
resistance information from occupied Europe ⓘ
location Baltic Sea coast ⓘ
Peenemünde, Usedom, Germany ⓘ
linked to: Peenemünde
notableFor being first major raid on German V-weapon research ⓘ
impact on timing of V-2 operational deployment ⓘ
use of pathfinder marking techniques ⓘ
objective to delay deployment of V-2 rockets ⓘ
to disrupt German V-weapon program ⓘ
to kill key German scientists and technicians ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf Allied strategic bombing campaign ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
precededBy intelligence reports on German rocket program ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
German relocation of V-weapon production underground ⓘ
disruption of V-2 development ⓘ
significant damage to Peenemünde facilities ⓘ
startDate 1943-08-17 ⓘ
target Peenemünde Army Research Center ⓘ
V-1 flying bomb facilities ⓘ
V-2 rocket development facilities ⓘ
research and development site for V-weapons ⓘ
theater European theatre of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod night of 17–18 August 1943 ⓘ

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Operation Hydra → isPartOf → bombing of Peenemünde ⓘ
Operation Hydra → alsoKnownAs → Peenemünde raid ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Peenemünde
Mittelwerk underground factory → relatedEvent → Allied bombing of Peenemünde ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Peenemünde
Peenemünde → hasHistoricalEvent → Allied bombing of Peenemünde in 1943 ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Peenemünde