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RAF raids Berlin mark first daylight strike of war
The British Air Ministry reports Mosquito bomber raids on Berlin at 10 am with planes returning safely. German leaders, including Goering, react as Berlin commemorates the Nazi rise to power. The piece sketches Allied air power, submarine threats, rail and locomotive bottlenecks, and the broader war impact across Europe and North Africa.
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Bomber Command
Berlin
Hermann (Fatso) Goering
Royal Air Force
Germany
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Goering
Europe
Axis
Leningrad
Caucasus
Luftwaffe
Cologne
Essen
Third Reich
United Nations
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Brest
Lorient
St. Nazaire
France
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South Atlantic
Roosevelt
Vargas
Brazil
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Romania
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Rhine
Russia
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Iraq
Iran
Tripoli
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Africa
Tripolitania
Tunisia
Sfax
Gabes
Sousse
Nomimel
Afrika Korps
von Arnim
Tunis
Middle East
Britain