![]() It was also attacked by aircraft of the Red Air Force, especially in 1945 as Soviet forces closed on the city.īritish bombers dropped 45,517 tons of bombs the Americans dropped 23,000 tons. The city was bombed by the RAF Bomber Command between 19, by the USAAF Eighth Air Force between 19, and the French Armee de l’Air between 19 as part of the Allied campaign of strategic bombing of Germany. ![]() Palaces, museums, churches, monuments, and cultural sites fell victim to the bombs. The irreplaceable architectural gems of the Schlüter, Knobelsdorf, Schadow and Schinkel were annihilated. Other areas were rows of building walls with collapsed interiors - the skeletons of a destroyed city. There were vast piles of rubble everywhere. ![]() ![]() One of the largest and most modern cities of Europe was left a wasteland. Note the portrait of Stalin in the center.īerlin after the War was a post-apocalyptic world. The area extending north beyond the Brandenburg Gate was later controlled by the Soviets for almost 40 years. ![]()
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