As an important railroad and road junction and production center, Hanover was a major target for strategic bombing during World War II, including the Oil Campaign. Targets included the AFA (Stöcken), the Deurag-Nerag refinery (Misburg), the Continental plants (Vahrenwald and Limmer), the United light metal works (VLW) in Ricklingen and Laatzen (today Hanover fairground), the Hanover/Limmer rubber reclamation plant, the Hanomag factory (Linden) and the tank factory M.N.H. Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen (Badenstedt). Forced labourers were sometimes used from the Hannover-Misburg subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp. Residential areas were also targeted, and more than 6,000 civilians were killed by the Allied bombing raids. More than 90% of the city center was destroyed in a total of 88 bombing raids. After the war, the Aegidienkirche was not rebuilt and its ruins were left as a war memorial.
As an important railroad and road junction and production center , Hanover was a major target for strategic bombing during World War II , including the Oil Campaign . Targets included the AFA ( Stöcken ) , the Deurag - Nerag refinery ( Misburg ) , the Continental plants ( Vahrenwald and Limmer ) , the United light metal works ( VLW ) in Ricklingen and Laatzen ( today Hanover fairground ) , the Hanover / Limmer rubber reclamation plant , the Hanomag factory ( Linden ) and the tank factory M.N.H. Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen ( Badenstedt ) . Forced labourers were sometimes used from the Hannover - Misburg subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp . Residential areas were also targeted , and more than 6,000 civilians were killed by the Allied bombing raids . More than 90 % of the city center was destroyed in a total of 88 bombing raids . After the war , the Aegidienkirche was not rebuilt and its ruins were left as a war memorial .
How many civilians were killed in the Allied bombing raids in World War II?
How many civilians were killed in the Allied bombing raids in World War II ?
more than 6,000
more than 6,000