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Шаблон:Short description The bombing of Zagreb in World War II was carried out by the Allies from 1944 until 1945. According to a 1950 census of war victims, a total of 327 people were killed by bombing.Шаблон:Sfn

Over the course of the bombing, the areas of Črnomerec, Borongaj and Pleso were hit the hardest.[1] Borongaj was targeted as a location of a military airfield.[2]

On February 22, 1944, a Dominican monastery was hit by the bombing, resulting in the deaths of eight theology students.Шаблон:Sfn In response to these deaths, archbishop of Zagreb Aloysius Stepinac sent a letter to the British ambassador to the Holy See.[3]

On May 30, 1944, 100 bombs were dropped on Borongaj, each weighing 250 kg.[4]

In 2007 and 2008, unexploded ordnance was found in Maksimir during construction.[5][6] In 2008 a bomb was found in the nearby town of Sveta Nedelja.[7]

Timeline

  • February 22, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.[8]
  • April 6, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked, six US aircraft downed.[8]
  • May 24, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.[8]
  • May 30, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.[8]
  • June 30, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.[8]
  • July 7, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.[8]
  • January 5, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.[8]
  • January 19, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.[8]
  • February 13, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.[8]
  • March 4, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.[8]
  • March 12, 1945 – Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Force attacked.[8]
  • March 14, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.[8]

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Bibliography

Шаблон:WWII city bombing Шаблон:Yugoslav Front