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Old 31st January 2020, 22:40
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Re: Anklam bombed by the Luftwaffe on 29 April 1945

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Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti View Post
I found on German wikipedia (for what it is worth) a page called "Luftangriffe auf Anklam". It says that after Anklam was taken by the Soviets on 29 April 1945, it was bombed by the Luftwaffe the same day.
Hello Laurent,

I am afraid that the Second Belorussian Front, the army group commanding Soviet forces in this area, and the 2nd Shock Army, which took Anklam, reported nothing of the kind. The Army reported some incendiary shells, rather than bombs, were fired at the northern part of Anklam, and desultory attacks were carried out by the Luftwaffe on the 30th. The fighting for Anklam was not particularly bitter, so I suggest the damage alleged to have been caused by a Luftwaffe attack in April 1945 was most likely caused by the USAAF some time before.

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