 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - VaAllies vakadonhedza matani 44 923.2 emabhomba paguta munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, vachiparadza 61 yenzvimbo yaro yakavakwa. Mukati meBhomba reCologne muHondo yeNyika IIMuna 1915, Cologne yakatsungirira 262 air raids neWestern Allies, izvo zvakakonzera anenge zviuru makumi maviri zvevanhu vakafa uye zvakatsvaira zvachose chikamu chepakati cheguta. Pakati pousiku hwaMay 31, 1942, Cologne yakanga iri chinangwa cheOperation Millennium, yekutanga yebhomba yebhomba ye1,000 neRoyal Air Force muHondo Yenyika II. Mabhomba anorema 1.046 akarwisa nharidzano yawo namatani 1.455 ezvinoputika, zvinenge zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvacho zvaiva zvinopisa. Kurwisa uku kwakatora anenge maminitsi 75, kwakaparadza nzvimbo yakavakwa 61, kwakauraya vanhu 486 uye kwakaita kuti vanhu 59 000 vave vasina pokugara. Kuparadzwa kwacho kwakanyorwa naHermann Claasen kubva muna 1942 kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo, uye yakaratidzwa mukuratidzira kwake uye bhuku ra1947 Kuimba muchoto. Cologne Zvasara zveguta rekare 