| Bombing of Duisburg during World War II | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Strategic bombing during World War II | |||||
 "Window" (left) and 36lb incendiaries and a Blockbuster bomb (right) dropped from an ABC- radio jammer equipped Avro Lancaster over Duisburg in 1944 | |||||
| |||||
| Belligerents | |||||
 United Kingdom United States |
 Germany | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 229 bombing raids | |||||
Duisburg was bombed a number of times by the Allies during World War II. The most devastating air raids on Duisburg occurred during October 1944 when the city was bombed by the Royal Air Force (RAF).
Duisburg was a major logistical centre in the Ruhr Area and location of chemical, steel and iron industries, Duisburg was a primary target of Allied bombers. Not only the industrial areas but also residential areas were attacked by Allied bombs. As an entry to the Ruhr, the city received daily warnings of bombing raids in 1943.
In the period 1939 to 1945 the Royal Air Force dropped a total of 30,025 long tons of bombs on Duisburg.[1]
- ^ "bomber command | mines laid | flight august | 1945 | 1571 | Flight Archive". www.flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015.