About: Bombing of Bologna in World War II

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During World War II the Italian city of Bologna, the regional capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, suffered nearly a hundred air raids by the Royal Air Force and the USAAF, mostly aimed at disabling its strategically important marshalling yards, used for the movements of German troops and supplies between Northeastern Italy and central Italy. These raids destroyed or damaged almost half of the city, and caused nearly 2,500 victims among its population.

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  • During World War II the Italian city of Bologna, the regional capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, suffered nearly a hundred air raids by the Royal Air Force and the USAAF, mostly aimed at disabling its strategically important marshalling yards, used for the movements of German troops and supplies between Northeastern Italy and central Italy. These raids destroyed or damaged almost half of the city, and caused nearly 2,500 victims among its population. (en)
  • Nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale, i bombardamenti di Bologna, da parte della Royal Air Force e dell’USAAF, furono quasi cento ed erano in massima parte mirati a distruggere i suoi scali ferroviari, di importanza strategica per gli spostamenti di truppe e rifornimenti tra l’Italia nord-orientale e centrale. I bombardamenti causarono la distruzione o il danneggiamento di quasi metà del tessuto cittadino, e quasi 2500 vittime tra la popolazione civile. (it)
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  • An air raid on Bologna in 1943 (en)
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  • Bombing of Bologna (en)
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  • July 1943–April 1945 (en)
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  • During World War II the Italian city of Bologna, the regional capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, suffered nearly a hundred air raids by the Royal Air Force and the USAAF, mostly aimed at disabling its strategically important marshalling yards, used for the movements of German troops and supplies between Northeastern Italy and central Italy. These raids destroyed or damaged almost half of the city, and caused nearly 2,500 victims among its population. (en)
  • Nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale, i bombardamenti di Bologna, da parte della Royal Air Force e dell’USAAF, furono quasi cento ed erano in massima parte mirati a distruggere i suoi scali ferroviari, di importanza strategica per gli spostamenti di truppe e rifornimenti tra l’Italia nord-orientale e centrale. I bombardamenti causarono la distruzione o il danneggiamento di quasi metà del tessuto cittadino, e quasi 2500 vittime tra la popolazione civile. (it)
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  • Bombing of Bologna in World War II (en)
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