Kristallnacht—The Night of Broken Glass

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The Braunkohle Benzin A.G., Nazi Synthetic Oil Plant At Magdeburg / Rothensee, Germany, Has Been Knocked Out Of Production By Us 8Th Af Attacks Earlier This Month As Reconnaissance Pictures Show. The Damage, Which Is Severe, Is Distributed Over The Entir - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
Painted On A Mannheim, Germany Wall By Nazi Propagandists, This Shadowy Figure Warns German Civilians To "Watch Out, The Enemy Is Listening." A Yank Solider Casts A Shadow Of His Own, As He Scrutinizes This Symbol Of The Unceasing Vigilence American Soli - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 8, 2008
The Vital Nazi Oil Refineries At Politz, Germany Were Hit By Formations Of Heavy Bombers Of The 8Th Air Force On June 20, 1944. A Large Cloud Of Oily Black Smoke Curls Its Way Heavenward As The Effect Of The Unleashing Of The Lethal Load Is Felt On The T - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
Aerial View Of The Bomb Damaged Nazi Airfield At Lachen/ Speyerdorf, Germany. 8 May 1945. - Page 68	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 24, 2008
Looking Like An On-Rushing Tornado, A Huge Column Of Smoke Looms Above The Synthetic Oil Plant At Politz, Germany, Second Largest Nazi Controlled Plant Of Its Kind. 29 May 1944. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
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Wreckages Of German Field Pieces In The Foreground Accentuates Heavy Damage Dealt The Naumberg, Germany, Ordnance Depot By 9Th Af Douglas A-26 Invaders And A-20 Havocs During The Final Stages Of The War In Europe. The Depot Once Supplied Nazi Forces In C - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
High Above Dense Carpet Of Clouds, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 452Nd Bomb Group Head For Their Bomb Runs Over Brunswick, Germany, 9 March 1944. Heavies Of The 8Th Af Struck Deeper And Deeper Into Nazi Territory Paralyzing Supply Lines And Vital - Page 3	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 12, 2008
Bomb Damage To Nazi Rally Grounds At Nuremburg, Germany. - Page 3	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
The Nazi Repair And Equipment Airdrome At Werl, Germany Is Plastered With Bomb Bursts As Planes Of The 94Th Bombardment Group, 8Th Af, Carry Out Their Mission On 19 April 1944. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
Burning Nazi Airdrome -- At The Rotenburg Aircraft Depot In Germany, Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The Us 8Th Aaf Set The Stage For This Picture With Their Concentrated Attack On 30 May 44. Many Large Workshops Were Set Afire. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
England - The Crew Of A Boeing B-17 Looks At A Badly Damaged Right Horizontal Stabilizer, Practically Shot Off When Nazi Fighters Broke Through To Their Formation During An 8Th A.F. Bombing Attack Upon Nienhagen And Hildensheim, Germany. Despite The Dama - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Dec 5, 2007
Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 2Nd Bomb Division, 8Th Af, Enroute To Bomb Nazi Installations At Brunswick, Germany, 24 November 1944. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 12, 2008
What The Nazis See! A Large Formation Of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Enroute To Bomb Nazi Installations At Frankfurt, Germany. 8Th Air Force Bombers Continualy Blasted Vitally Important War Objectives To Hasten The End Of The War In The Eto. 20 March - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 12, 2008
Bomb Damage To Nazi Factory Along Hamburg Harbor, Germany. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 24, 2008
Hamburg Germany -- Namesake Of Robert Ley, The Nazi Labor Camp Front Leader Now A Prisoner Of The Allied Armies, Is The 28,000-Ton Liner Built In 1938 For The 'Strength Through Joy' Movement Cruises. It Was Gutted By Fire As A Result Of One Of The Attack - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 24, 2008
Before And After: A Nazi Oil Refinery -- Dropping 5,954,000 Pounds Of Bombs In 13 Daylight Attacks, 1,246 Us Army 8Th Af Heavy Bombers Destroyed The Braunkohle Benzin A.G. At Rothensee, A Suburb Of Magdeburg, Germany. Approx. 36,000,000 Pounds Of Gasolin - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
The Nazi Air Ministry From Which Goering Controlled The Luftwaffe, Is Now Only A Block-Ling Scene Of Devastated Buildings. A Russian Solider Converses With Sgt. Larry Barbier In This Sector Of The Reich. Berlin, Germany. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 24, 2008
Bombs, Dropped From Allied Planes, Spell Doom For Nazi Installations At Quackenbruck, Germany. 17 April 1944. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 452Nd Bomb Group Wing Their Way Over The German Countryside Enroute To Regensburg, Germany, As The Heavy Bombers Continued Their Daily Pounding Of Nazi Military Installations. 25 Feb. 1944. Taken By S/Sgt. F. Ferreri - Page 28	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 91St Bomb Group Approach Their Target At Osnabruck, Germany, For Another Destructive Raid On Nazi Installations On 22 Dec. 1943. - Page 44	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 12, 2008
20Mm Shells From Nazi Fighter Planes Ripped Out The Tail Section Of This Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" During Mission To Wiener Neustadt, Germany, On 10 May 1944. Italy. Left To Right: 2Nd Lt. Clyde Bennett, Okland, Ore., Co-Pilot 1St Lt. Glenn A. Reyno - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 17, 2008
Forts Blast Nazi Airdrome -- While Consolidated B-24 Liberators Were Paying Their Lethal Respects To Friedrichshafen, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The Us 8Th Af Were Hammering The Lechfeld Airdrome In Southwestern Germany During Saturday'S Daylight Op - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 24, 2008
With A Background Of Feathery Vapor Trails Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" Of The 452Nd Bomb Group Droned Steadily Over Germany Territory Enroute To Their Target, Gablingen, Germany. 16 March 1944. 8Th Air Force Attacks On Vital Nazi Installations Help - Page 3	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 8, 2008
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group Leave Their Spider-Like Trails In The Sky As They Drone Steadily On Toward Berlin, Germany On 22 March 1944 To Strike Again At Nazi Installations. - Page 13	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 8, 2008
Bombs Follow The Target Marker As They Descend Toward Nazi Installations At Bremen, Germany. 16 Dec. 1943. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 24, 2008
High Above A Carpet Of Clouds, Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 452Nd Bomb Group Heads For Its Bomb Run Over Frankfurt, Germany, 20 March 1944. Heavies Of The 8Th Af Struck Deeper And Deeper Into Nazi Territory Paralyzing Supply Lines And Vital Indus - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 12, 2008
Bomb Damage To Nazi Factory Along Hamburg Harbor, Germany. - Page 2	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 24, 2008
Smoking Under Us Artillery Fire, Nazi Town Of Julich, Germany Was Snapped From The Air On 25 Feb. 1945 As Our Troops Began Steamroller Drive Toward The Rhine. - Page 3	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 8, 2008
An Aerial View Of The Main Area Of A Dump Near Bamberg, Germany, Where 30,000 Tons Of American And Nazi Ammunition Are Stored. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 12, 2008
Nazi Soliders Working On Pontoon Bridge Ends At Ockfen, Germany Haven'T As Yet Caught On To The Approach Of A F-5 Plane. Moored To The Left Embankment Are Barges With Roadbed Coverings That Can Easily Be Moved Into Place To Make A Bridge That Will Carry - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 12, 2008
Navigators Are Briefed For Their First Shuttle Mission To Russia -- Sitting Around As Comfortably As Possible Early In The Morning, Navigators Are Told That Their Targets Will Be In The Heart Of Nazi Germany And That After They Have Bombed The Target, The - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 12, 2008
High Above Dense Carpet Of Clouds, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 452Nd Bomb Group Head For Their Bomb Runs Over Brunswick, Germany, 9 March 1944. Heavies Of The 8Th Af Struck Deeper And Deeper Into Nazi Territory Paralyzing Supply Lines And Vital - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 12, 2008
German Land, Allied Air -- The Land Below Is Germany, Part Of The Enemy Territory Still In Nazi Hands, But The Sky In Which These 8Th Af Bombers Are Flying Undisturbed Is Indisputably Held By Allied Air Supremacy. These Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Are - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 12, 2008
Wings From Nazi Airplanes Are Part Of The Vast Amount Of Equipment Blasted By The Air Force During November Raids In 1944 On The Railroad Yards In Aschaffenburg, Germany. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 8, 2008
Nazi Planes Hit In Hangar At Detmold, Germany By Us Air Attack. Base Was Then Taken 30Th Div. Of 9Th Us Army. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Mar 24, 2008
This Nazi Supply Train Loaded With German Ju-87 Planes Never Reached Its Destination; Allied Air Power Put It Out Of Commission Just Outside 'Pied Piper' Village Of Hameln, Germany. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 8, 2008
High Above Dense Carpet Of Clouds, Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" Head For Their Bomb Run Over Berlin, Germany, 22 March 1944. Heavies Of The 8Th Air Force Are Striking Deeper And Deeper Into Nazi Territory Paralyzing Supply Lines And Vital Industries. - Page 3	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 12, 2008
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"A Wing And A Prayer" - When A U. S. Army Airplane Crashed On A Fog Covered Peak In Newfoundland, Taking The Lives Of Two Officers And Three Enlisted Men, Chaplain Edward Saunders, (Major) Of Chicago, Illinois, Followed The Searching Party Through Miles O - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Nov 27, 2007
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Men Of The 834Th Engineer Aviation Battalion Construct A Landing Strip At Buchschwabach, Germany, With 'Hessian Mat' Used For Surfacing. The Mat, A Tar-Paper-Like Composition, Is Laid By Trucks Loaded With 200-Foot Rolls. A 50% Overlap Is Maintained An - Page 3	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Feb 8, 2008
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Men that will lead 8th Air force Bomber Group Shuttle Mission to Russia check the route on their map before take-off on the attack 21 June 44, that saw them take off from bases in Britain, attack targets in central Germany and then fly on to land - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 17, 2008
Lt. Ralph K. Hover, Salem, Mo., gets last minute instructions from his intelligence officer, Lt. Charles Ashcroft, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for the 21 June 44 long range fighter escort mission with bombers of the 8th Air force which attacked targets in - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 17, 2008
Lt. Col. James M. Stewart, Group Operations Officer, interrogates airmen returning from Berlin. Left to right: 2nd Lt. Robert F. Sullivan, Chicopee Falls, Mass.; Capt. Ray L. Sears, Tomar, Mo., pilot of Consolidated B-24 "Spirit of Notre Dame"; 1st - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 17, 2008
ENGLAND-uponn returning from a mission over enemy occupied territory, these 8th Air force P-51 Mustang pilots have gone directly to the intelligence section to be interrogated. Giving their informationto the interrogation officer, they are left to - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 17, 2008
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Analysis by Target System - Page 673	US, Japanese Air Target Analyses, 1942-1945	Forces War Records	Image	Oct 12, 2007
Joe Louis In Eskimo Land Like Kids The World Over, These Eskimo Boys Are Probably Trying To Tell T/Sgt. Joe Louis All About Their Wonderful Dog -- Unsuccessfully, Inasmuch As The World'S Heavyweight Champion Doesn'T Speak Eskimo. The Scene Is The U.S. A - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Nov 27, 2007
Evacuation Of Patients At 1340Th Aaf Base Unit (Atc), Kunming Army Air Base, China, 11 July 1945. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Dec 3, 2007
Clark Gable With Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Eight Ball' Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Antwerp, Belgium, Pose Beside The Plane. 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 4 May 1943. - Page 1	US, WWII US Air Force Photos	Forces War Records	Image	Jan 17, 2008
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The Holocaust		Forces War Records	Memorial	Nov 20, 2008
Adolf Hitler		Forces War Records	Memorial	Nov 20, 2008
Nazi Germany		Forces War Records	Memorial	Nov 19, 2008