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been completely removed, was completely destroyed. Furthermore, the terminus of the Lüneburg-Bleckede railway line, the marshalling yard, a dairy on Lüner Weg and a factory in the Am Schwalbenberg street were severely damaged. A second big raid happened on 7 April 1945 with 13 aircraft. The target was once more the railway station and its surroundings, where a train with 400 prisoners from the
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considerably damaged, but remained operational. In total, one hangar was badly damaged and three others were slightly damaged. Four aircraft, an engine house, several accommodation buildings, the airfield railway station and a residential building on the edge of the airfield were completely destroyed. On 18 June, the
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In 1944, three more attacks occurred. During a night raid on 2 April 1944, several scattered bombs hit Lüneburg, killing two and destroying two residential buildings in Bleckeder Landstraße and on Lüner Weg. On 18 April, the Lüneburg airbase was attacked by midday by around 30 aircraft at midday and
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Compared to many other German cities during World War II, Lüneburg suffered remarkably little damage of Allied bombing campaigns during World War II. In total, 270 homes or 2.6% of the city was destroyed or damaged beyond repair. A total amount of 11,200 m³ of rubble was removed after the war had
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and the station's air raid shelter were hit by bombs, killing a total 350 people. The railway bridge over the Dahlenburger Landstraße also collapsed. The houses around the railway station were severely damaged or completely destroyed. In Wandrahmstraße, the Lüneburg Museum, whose holdings had not
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In the Tiergarten cemetery, a burial site has been set up for the prisoners who died in the Allied bombing raid on 7 April 1945, as well as for those who were killed in the massacre a few days later on 11 April. A memorial stone was also erected in 1954.
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as part of mission 113. A few months later, a residential area at the Bardowicker Wasserweg in the northern district of Goseburg was hit by several bombs in the afternoon, miraculously causing no injuries or deaths.
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The biggest and most destructive bombing on Lüneburg took place on 22 February. Between 10:10 and 14:15, 39 airplanes bombed the city and its surroundings. As a result, multiple trenches near the
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While Lüneburg was a smaller and less relevant target compared to the bigger cities nearby, it nonetheless had a population of 35.239 in May 1939. In addition, the city had a freight station and
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district were hit by bombs. A year later, the second attack happened. On the night of 12 to 13 August 1941, bombs were dropped on the city, destroying several houses in the
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On 3 February 1945, several bombs fell on the goods station around midday, possibly as a result of an emergency airdrop. The raid caused moderate material damage.
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capsule embedded in his teeth before he could be properly interrogated. He was subsequently buried in an unmarked location in a nearby forest.
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The first of a total of 19 aerial bombing on Lüneburg occurred on the night of 20 to 21 July 1940, when the Lüneburg airfield and the
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ended. 608 people also died during the attacks, be it in the city itself or during the air raid on the prisoners in April 1945.
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was based here from 1 December 1947 to 1 May 1949. Upgrading work took place in connection with the
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between 1940 and 1945 on the city and nearby industrial targets as part of the Allied campaign of
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unconditional surrender of the three German armies operating in Northwest Germany
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After the war ended, the Lüneburg airfield came under the control of the
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were a series of American aerial bombing attacks on the city of
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during World War II. A total of 19 air raids were held by the
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Aerial view of the historic city center of Lüneburg in 2019.
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Minor destruction; 270 homes were destroyed, 608 deaths
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Index

Lüneburg
Strategic bombing during World War II
Lüneburg
United States
Germany
Lüneburg
United States Army Air Forces
strategic bombing of Germany
Hamburg
Lübeck
its own airfield
Luftwaffe
392d Bombardment Group
Bremerhaven
Lüneburg station
satellite camp
Neuengamme
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
unconditional surrender of the three German armies operating in Northwest Germany
Lüneburg Heath
Reichsführer SS
Heinrich Himmler
British Army
potassium cyanide

British Air Forces of Occupation
No. 652 Squadron RAF
Berlin Airlift
No. 46 Group RAF
No. 54 Squadron RAF Regiment

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