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A photograph taken in April 1945 of the German city of Cologne, devastated by repeated Allied bombing raids during the Second World War (1939-45). Starting with the thousand-bomber raid on Cologne in 1942, the city became a repeated target. (US Department of Defense)
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Defense, U. D. o. (2024, March 21). Bomb-devastated Cologne. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18734/bomb-devastated-cologne/
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