In retaliation for bombing of Berlin by RAF, 118 Luftwaffe planes are raiding London for the first time in 2 years, diverting desperately needed aircraft from the Eastern Front. 23 Londoners were killed by falling shrapnel from British anti-aircraft guns.
@RealTimeWWII Goering was an extremely bad general.
@RealTimeWWII An entire army surrounded in Stalingrad and Hitler's / Goering's order of the day was a nuisance raid against London. Only the best!
@RealTimeWWII British sacrifices that week greatly assisted Soviet Motherland in greatest of victory over Nazi oppressors. It seems.
@RealTimeWWII How many planes were shot down? What planes used?
@RealTimeWWII How were they killed? Had Londoner become complacent about air raid sirens or were people hiding and these 23 were just unlucky? Did the bombers do any damage at all?