On this day in 1943, 6 RAF bombers attacked Berlin, spoiling the Nazi's 10th anniversary party

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This day in 1943, 6 RAF Mosquito aircraft attacked Berlin, purposely spoiling the party celebrating the Nazi Party's 10th anniversary seizure of power, interrupting speeches given by Göring and Goebbels.

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[YorkRd]

1. Wooden multipurpose airplanes with Rolls Royce engines

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[Dial H For Hero]

3. Cool video, thanks!

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4. Sounds like the Nazi propagandists rallies didn't have the desired outcome.

I suppose when we hear Fox Noise switching away from their broadcast rallies, we'll know why.

[mitch96]

6. Tnx, neat stuff..nt

[Brother Buzz]

7. Hermann Göring was totally pissed

'The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops!' - Hermann Göring

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2. Wikipedia: Bombing of Berlin in World War II

>A prelude to the 1943 raids came from the De Havilland Mosquito, which hit the capital on January 30, 1943, the tenth anniversary of the Nazis' Machtergreifung. That same day, both Göring and Goebbels were known to be giving big speeches that were to be broadcast live by radio. At precisely 11.00 am, Mosquitoes of No. 105 Squadron arrived over Berlin exactly on time to disrupt Göring's speech. Later that day, No. 139 Squadron repeated the trick for Goebbels.

These were great propaganda raids which—much as the Doolittle Raid on the Japanese home islands had done for boosting American morale in April 1942—were a severe embarrassment for the German leadership.

April 20, 1943 was Hitler's 54th birthday. Bomber Command decided that they had to mark the occasion with a raid on Berlin, and it was decided that the Mosquito was the right aircraft for the job. Accordingly, No. 105 Squadron was dispatched to the German capital, successfully reaching the city with the loss of only one aircraft.<

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Berlin_in_World_War_II

Thanks for this op. There is, of course, much more information at the link. NOTE: I
have edited one long run-on paragraph into three parts for ease of reading.

[mitch96]

5. Tnx for the heads up on the date. A real slap in the face for them goose steppers...

I really liked the De Havilland Mosquito. Another of great British wooden wonders..
Fast multipurpose war plane.
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