Bombing of Bucharest in World War II
| Bucharest World War II bombings | |||||
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| Part of Strategic bombing campaign in Europe | |||||
 Bombing of the Gara de Nord marshalling yard (April, 1944) |
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Fifteenth Air Force RAF Bomber Command
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 Luftwaffe Romanian Air Force
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| Arthur Harris | |||||
The Bucharest World War II bombings were primarily Allied bombings of railroad targets and those of the Oil Campaign of World War II, but included a bombing by Nazi Germany after the royal coup. Bucharest stored and distributed much of Ploiești's refined oil products.
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