Bombing of Berlin in World War II

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Bombing of Berlin in World War II
Part of Strategic bombing during World War II
The ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, extensively damaged during the RAF bombing raid of 22–23 November 1943 and preserved as a monument.
Date 7 June 1940 – 21 April 1945 Location Berlin, Germany Result Heavy damage to the city Soviet victory in the Battle of Berlin
Belligerents
United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union  France	Germany
Units involved
Royal Air Force RAF Bomber Command US Army Air Force 8th Air Force 15th Air Force  Soviet Air Forces French Air Force	Luftwaffe 1st Flak Division

Part of a series on the
History of Berlin
Margraviate of Brandenburg (1157–1806)
Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918)
German Empire (1871–1918)
Free State of Prussia (1918–1947)
Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
1920s Berlin Assassination of Talat Pasha Greater Berlin Act
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Welthauptstadt Germania Deportation of Jews from Berlin Bombing of Berlin in World War II Battle of Berlin
West Germany and East Germany (1945–1990)
West Berlin and East Berlin Berlin Wall Berlin Blockade (1948–1949) Berlin Crisis of 1961 "Ich bin ein Berliner" (1963) "Tear down this wall!" (1987) Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present)
History of Germany and History of Europe
See also
Timeline of Berlin
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Berlin, the capital of Germany, was subject to 363 air raids during the Second World War.^[1] It was bombed by the RAF Bomber Command between 1940 and 1945, the United States Army Air Forces' Eighth Air Force between 1943 and 1945, and the French Air Force in 1940 and between 1944 and 1945 as part of the Allied campaign of strategic bombing of Germany. It was also attacked by aircraft of the Red Air Force in 1941 and particularly in 1945, as Soviet forces closed on the city. British bombers dropped 45,517 tons^[vague] of bombs,^[2] while American aircraft dropped 22,090.3 tons^[vague]. As the bombings continued, more and more people fled the city. By May 1945, 1.7 million people (40% of the population) had fled.^[3]