Target Berlin – The Forgotten Soviet Bomber Raids on Hitler’s Capital

Target Berlin - The Forgotten Soviet Bomber Raids on Hitler's Capital

ALMOST FROM THE start of the Second World War, Berlin was in the crosshairs of Allied bombers. Beginning with the first British raid on the Nazi capital, launched on Aug. 25, 1940, through to the last attacks before VE Day, RAF Bomber Command dropped an estimated 45,000 tons of ordnance on the city.