Braunschweig in 1944
Braunschweig was subjected to 42 World War II air raids, and the city was ringed by anti-aircraft guns.. In January 1944 Bomber Commands raids against "Stettin, Brunswick and Magdeburg" were taking 7.2% losses - more than in raids against Berlin that month. The targets included machine and munitions works, the harbour, research institutions, canneries, railway stations and the railway maintenance works, and the German Research Centre for Aviation. Nearby targets included the Reichswerke Hermann Göring in Salzgitter and the KdF-Stadt Volkswagen factory near Fallersleben. The nearby Oflag 79 prisoner-of-war camp was attacked on 24 August 1944.
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