Tag: Berlin
Target Berlin – Inside the Forgotten Soviet Bomber Raids on Hitler’s Capital
Published Date: 5 October, 2020
“The Soviet Union’s burgeoning strategic bomber arm carried out attacks on Berlin too.” AT THE START of the Second World War, Hitler’s air force chief Hermann Göring made a brazen pronouncement: If enemy planes drop a single…
Bismarck, Berlin & Swastika – Towns That Changed Their Name in Wartime (and Others That Didn’t)
Published Date: 10 December, 2012
“Swastika was just one of several towns that were called upon to change their names in wartime.” SIX HOURS NORTH OF TORONTO, Canada lies a remote community with a most unfortunate name: Swastika. The municipality,…