- German-Soviet Air War 22 June 1941 was the largest one-day air battle in military history. The battle involved both aerial dogfights and airstrikes on Soviet airbases.
- After being invaded by the Nazis in 1941, Stalin launched a deadly air attack to hit the centre of the Third Reich in Berlin.Bulunamadı: airstrike
- The idea of a retaliatory air strike against Berlin came to the Soviet leadership after the Germans started bombing Moscow in July of 1941.
- The Kremlin immediately sought to plan a retaliatory strike, but given the outdated state of the VVS in 1941, no Soviet aircraft had the range to strike Berlin from...Bulunamadı: airstrike
- The Petlyakov Pe-8, the only modern four engine heavy bomber in the Soviet inventory in 1941.Bulunamadı: airstrike
- The reaction of the German command to the first Soviet naval bombardment of Berlin was as follows: “Addition to the OKV Directive No. 34 of 12 of August 1941...
- The first bombardment of Berlin by Soviet aviation was carried out at night from 7 to 8 August 1941.Bulunamadı: airstrike
- 358 RAF aircraft (348 Lancaster and 10 Halifax) attacked Stettin, Germany, while 28 Mosquito aircraft attacked five other cities (13 against Berlin) in diversion...Bulunamadı: airstrike
- On July 22, 1941, exactly one month after invading the Soviet Union, German aviation conducted its first air strike on Moscow.
- That was all before June 22, 1941, when Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, pouring tanks and troops across the Soviet Union’s western border while...Bulunamadı: airstrike
- And while Soviet aircraft had previously undertaken bombing missions against cities like Helsinki and Romania, raiding Berlin, which was nearly 1,000 miles (1...
- On August 13, 1941, five pilots who bombed Berlin received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and 2 thousand rubles each.Bulunamadı: airstrike
- Exactly one year earlier, the Royal Air Force had bombed Berlin in retaliation for the Luftwaffe 's airstrikes on London with 81 bombers consisting of Handley...