EFFECT OF RAID ON HAMBURG
LONDON, July. 28. The damage Caused by the R.A.F. raid on Hamburg can be judged from the fact that the Germans admit that they dropped 120,000 incendiary bombs in the biggest fire raid on London. Yet we dropped 175,000 incendiary bombs on Hamburg, which is about one-fifth the size of London. • . ... Rome radio declared that casualties in Hamburg were very high. The raid was one of the heaviest experienced by Ger-many. • - ■ : Paris radio said that the raid may be considered a spectacular success for the British. ;-..■": ,';--.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 25, 29 July 1942, Page 5
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91EFFECT OF RAID ON HAMBURG Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 25, 29 July 1942, Page 5
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