campaign, interwar and Second World War
Operation Hurricane
Operation Hurricane was a campaign fought in 1944 at Bombing of Braunschweig in World War II, in what is now Germany. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bombing of Braunschweig in World War II. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Duisburg: "Very serious property damage. A large number of people buried.".
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1944 (year precision) to 1944 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Bombing of Braunschweig in World War II, Germany 52.264N, 10.524E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | USAAF marshaling yards; (1040 bombers; 491 fighters); 2,589 RAF sorties involving; 1,013 RAF aircraft (Duisburg daytime raid); 1,005 RAF bombers (Duisburg nighttime raid); 240 RAF bombers (Brunswick (Braunschweig)); 323 aircraft (other operations); 10,050 long tons bombs dropped | |
| Casualties and losses | 5 bombers; 1 fighter (USAAF marshaling yards); 14 aircraft (Duisburg daytime raid); 7 RAF aircraft (Duisburg night time raid); Brunswick (Braunschweig) uncertain | |
Nearest engagements
- Bombing of Braunschweig in World War II 1944, same recorded site
- Siege of Brunswick 1550, 0.6 km N
- Battle of Sievershausen 1553, 31 km NW
- Battle of Dinklar 1367, 32 km W
- Battle of Lutter 1626, 38 km SW
In the same war
- Before: Bombing of Braunschweig in World War II 1944
- After: Aerial Bombing of Gorla 1944
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf Philippines
- Battle of the Philippine Sea Japan
- Battle of Peleliu Palau
- Operation Ichi-Go China
- Battle of Saipan United States
Operation Hurricane 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 Q1400130, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Hurricane (1944), revision 1370633150, 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.