Düsseldorf in WW2 History | World War II Database

25 Jun 1940

Germany

Wolfgang Falck arrived at Düsseldorf, Germany. ww2dbase [Wolfgang Falck | Düsseldorf | CPC]

20 Jul 1940

Germany

British bombers attacked Düsseldorf and Wismar, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Düsseldorf | CPC]

31 Jul 1942

Germany

630 British bombers (308 Wellington, 113 Lancaster, 70 Halifax, 61 Stirling, 54 Hampden, and 24 Whitley) attacked Düsseldorf, Germany with 900 tons of bombs, destroying 453 buildings, damaging 15,000 buildings, killing 276 civilians, and wounding 1,018 civilians; 29 bombers were lost on this attack. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Düsseldorf | TH, CPC]

15 Aug 1942

Germany

131 British bombers attacked Düsseldorf, Germany in poor weather; one stray 4,000-pound bomb hit the town of Neuss, killing 1 civiliand and wounding 13; 4 bombers were lost on this mission. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Düsseldorf | CPC]

11 Sep 1942

Germany

479 British bombers (242 Wellington, 89 Lancaster, 59 Halifax, 47 Stirling, 28 Hampden, and 14 Whitley) attacked Düsseldorf and Neuss in Germany, damaging or destroying 52 industrial targets and 2,417 houses; 148 civilians were killed; 33 bombers were lost on this mission. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Düsseldorf | TH, CPC]

26 May 1943

Germany

759 British heavy bombers attacked Düsseldorf, Germany starting at about 0200 hours. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Düsseldorf | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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