battle, interwar and Second World War
Augsburg raid
Augsburg raid was a battle fought in 1942 at Augsburg, in what is now Germany. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Augsburg. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1942 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Augsburg, Germany 48.369N, 10.898E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 12 Lancaster bombers | |
| Casualties and losses | 7 aircraft shot down; 5 aircraft badly damaged | |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Lechfeld AD 955, 2.7 km SE
- Battle of Friedberg 1796, 6.2 km E
- Battle of Zusmarshausen 1648, 23 km W
- Battle of Wertingen 1805, 26 km NW
- Battle of Rain 1632, 34 km N
In the same war
- Before: Easter Sunday Raid 1942
- After: Battle of Nanos 18 April 1942
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1942
- Battle of Midway United States
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- Second Battle of El Alamein Egypt
- Guadalcanal campaign Solomon Islands
- First Battle of El Alamein Egypt
Augsburg raid is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 668 in present-day Germany.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q55604480, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Augsburg raid, revision 1370429695, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.