Operation to bomb German targets

Operation to bomb German targets

Bombing a tank factory at Hanover. Marshalling yards at Munster. Benzol plants near Huls and Dortmund. Warning to civilians and foreign workers at Frankfurt-on-Main and Mannheim-Ludwigshafen. Captioned '17.3.45'.

1945-03

One newspaper cutting

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A tank factory at Hanover and the marshalling yards at Munster were also hit.

[italics] In the afternoon RAF Lancasters attacked two [underlined] benzol plants [/underlined] – one [underlined] near Huls [/underlined] and the other north-east of Dortmund. [/italics]

Warnings to civilian inhabitants and foreign workers in the Frankfurt-on-Main and Mannheim-Ludwigshafen areas that these places were to be subjected to a merciless bombardment were last
[inserted] 17-3-45 [/inserted]