Bombing of Wieluń

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The Bombing of Wieluń was a devastating German air raid on the Polish town of Wieluń on 1 September 1939, widely regarded as one of the first attacks of World War II and an early example of terror bombing against civilians.

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Generate an image of the Bombing of Wieluń (The Bombing of Wieluń was a devastating German air raid on the Polish town of Wieluń on 1 September 1939, widely regarded as one of the first attacks of World War II and an early example of terror bombing against civilians.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aerial bombing ⓘ
event of World War II ⓘ
mass killing ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
civilianDeaths hundreds ⓘ
often estimated between 1,000 and 2,000 ⓘ
combatantCommand German Luftwaffe high command ⓘ
commemoratedOn 1 September ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
coordinateLocation 51.2167°N 18.5667°E ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
date 1 September 1939 ⓘ
endTime 1 September 1939 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Westerplatte ⓘ
wider German air attacks on Polish cities ⓘ
hasCause German decision to invade Poland ⓘ
hasLanguageOfSources German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
isConsidered early example of deliberate bombing of civilians ⓘ
one of the first attacks of World War II ⓘ
one of the first bombings of World War II ⓘ
location Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Wieluń ⓘ
Łódź Voivodeship ⓘ
memorialType war memorials in Wieluń ⓘ
natureOfAttack terror bombing ⓘ
notableFor being carried out against a town with no significant military targets ⓘ
high proportion of civilian victims ⓘ
symbolic beginning of World War II in Poland ⓘ
operator Luftwaffe ⓘ
partOf European theatre of World War II ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
perpetrator Nazi Germany ⓘ
precededBy German invasion of Poland (planned for 1 September 1939) ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Poland
result destruction of much of Wieluń ⓘ
heavy civilian casualties ⓘ
significance example cited in discussions of international humanitarian law ⓘ
example of civilian suffering at the outset of World War II ⓘ
startTime 1 September 1939 ⓘ
target Wieluń ⓘ
civilian population ⓘ
timeOfDay around dawn ⓘ
early morning ⓘ

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Plan White → involvedEvent → Bombing of Wieluń ⓘ
Battle of the Border → hasPart → Battle of Wieluń (bombing of Wieluń) ⓘ
linked to: Bombing of Wieluń
Überfall auf Polen → notableEvent → Bombardierung von Wieluń ⓘ
linked to: Bombing of Wieluń