25 July 1943
War in the Air
Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Mission No. 76: 323 aircraft sent to attack targets in Germany. 68 hit the Hamburg U-boat yards, 67 hit the Kiel U-boat base, 18 the airfield at Rerik West, 14 hit Heide and 51 attack targets of opportunity. Nineteen aircraft lost. The raid is the first USAAF contribution to the "Battle of Hamburg"
Six RAF Mosquitos carry out a nuisance raid of Hamburg (night of 25/26 July), triggering the main air raid alarm
Italy
Mussolini falls from power and is arrested. Marshal Badoglio forms a new Italian government
Related Books
 Inferno: The Devastation of Hamburg, 1943, Keith Lowe. Quite possibly the best book yet written on the Allied bombing campaign against Germany, Lowe examines the week-long attack on Hamburg in July 1943 from the point of view of the bomber pilots, the German night fighter pilots and the citizens of Hamburg. A brilliantly researched and written account of one of the more somber periods in European History. [see more] |
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 25 July 1943, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1943_07_25.html
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