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Operation Clarion

Operation Clarion was a campaign fought in 1939 at Nazi Germany, in what is now Germany. It was part of Combined Bomber Offensive, which ran from 1943 to 1945.

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Fought1939
WhereNazi Germany, Germany51.000N, 9.000E
Belligerents18px RAF Bomber Command; 18px US Army Air Forcesagainst18px Luftwaffe
Part ofCombined Bomber Offensive1943 to 1945

Where it sits in Combined Bomber Offensive

Operation Clarion, 1939Bombing of Schaffhausen on April 1, 1944, 194419391944Operation Clarion, 1939
3 placed engagements of Combined Bomber Offensive in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1939 (year precision)
PlaceNazi Germany, Germany
51.000N, 9.000E
KindCampaign, interwar and Second World War
Strength20,000 bombers and escort fighters.
Operation ClarionOperation ClarionBattle of FrankenbergBattle of Brücker MillBattle of RhadernBattle of Riebelsdorf HillBattle of CorbachBattle of FrankenbergBattle of Brücker MillBattle of RhadernBattle of CorbachFrankfurtCologneWiesbadenKoblenzMünsterWürzburgGöttingenJena100 km51.000N, 9.000E
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Elsewhere in 1939

Operation Clarion 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 Q1090580, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Clarion, revision 1370631407, 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.