# The Thousand-bomber Raid on Cologne in 1942 — WHE Article Discussion

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Cologne (Köln) was the first German city to experience a "1,000-bomber raid" by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War (1939-45). The attack took place on the night of 30 May 1942 and was planned as a demonstration of the destruction a large force could do using the strategy of area bombing over a short space of time.

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