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Aftermath of the Bombing of Hamburg[edit]

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Original – The Bombing of Hamburg in World War II included efforts to break morale by destroying housing. Here we see stark evidence of the result.
Reason
While necessarily imperfect - bits of the plane get in the photo - it's by far the best photo of the bombing of Hamburg I can find, showing the devastation in a hugely compelling way
Articles in which this image appears
Dehousing, Bombing of Hamburg in World War II, Air warfare of World War II, Hamburg, etc, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
J. Dowd (Fg Off)
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 19:37, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support --Janke | Talk 07:22, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment As a general comment, this looks like a post-war photo. It was likely from one of the many sightseeing flights RAF bomber crews made over Germany after the war to see the results of their bombing and show the ground crew what they had contributed to (yes, it was ghoulish). As a result, this is a somewhat sanitised version of the results of the bombing, believe it or not, as the roads had been cleared of rubble, demolitions had begun, etc. Nick-D (talk) 11:29, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Regardless of the above, it is an important photo, showing the devastation of war - what we see in Ukraine right now. --Janke | Talk 18:55, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Yann (talk) 18:49, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support --Guerillero Parlez Moi 12:52, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Revisionist caption should be changed. These buildings were destroyed by a firestorm which was not planned. (Unsigned edit by Charlesjsharp) 13:22, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
    • "Not planned"? I think it must have been obvious considering the amount of explosives and incendiaries used... --Janke | Talk 13:46, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 13:48, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL3400.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:55, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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