Operation Clarion
51°N 09°E / 51°N 9°E / 51; 9Belligerents
RAF Bomber Command
US Army Air Forces
Luftwaffe Strength 20,000 bombers and escort fighters.[1]
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Operation Clarion was a late-war campaign of the Allied strategic bombing of Germany. Two hundred German transport targets were attacked to open Operation Veritable–Operation Grenade.[2]: 217 [1] The Allied air forces sent 3,500 bombers and nearly 5,000 fighters against targets in Germany to destroy all means of transport available. Targets included rail stations, barges, docks, and bridges.[3]: 535
References
- ^ a b Bauer, Eddy (1972) [1966]. Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia. Vol. XV. H. S. Stuttman Inc. pp. 2059, 2068. ISBN 0-87475-520-4.
- ^ Overy, Richard (2013). The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe, 1940–1945. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-02515-2.
- ^ Atkinson, Rick (2013). The Guns at Last Light. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-6290-8.