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 | Vertical aerial photograph taken during a 'Circus' operation by No. 2 Group aircraft, showing smoke rising from direct hits on the generating plant of the power station at Pont-a-Vendin, France, during an attack by 18 Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs drawn from Nos. 18 and 139 Squadrons RAF. |  | 08/17/2008 | 135 | 
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 | 111 Halifaxes and 26 Lancasters of Nos 6 and 8 Groups attacked the oil plant at Wanne-Eickel. A direct hit on a storage tank early in the raid produced dense cloud and smoke which hindered later bombing. A German report says that the refinery itself was not seriously damaged but that the GAVEG chemical factory was destroyed; it is possible that the bombers were aiming at the wrong target. |  | 05/22/2007 | 390 | 



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 | High oblique photograph showing bombs bursting on newly-built hangars on the airfield at Desvres, France, during an attack by 6 Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of No. 110 Squadron RAF, ('Circus' operation). |  | 08/17/2008 | 225 | 
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 | Annotated vertical aerial photograph taken during a daylight raid on the Fives/Lille steel and engineering works at Lille, France, by Short Stirlings of No. 3 Group. Bombs can be seen exploding on the east side of the works ('1'), while other bombs fall to the east and south-east ('2'). For a short period in July 1941, Stirlings, with a heavy fighter escort, were used in 'Circus' operations wit... |  | 08/17/2008 | 203 | 
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 | Dates: 15 to 17 June 1941.After Operation Brevity failed to lift the siege of Tobruk in May 1941, a second attempt was launched on 15 June. Beresford-Peirse planned to take Halfaya Pass and Fort Capuzzo using the 4th Indian Division. The tanks of 7th Armoured Division would both support the infantry and advance to the Hafid Ridge, beyond Fort Capuzzo, where they would engage enemy tank forces. ... |  | 01/11/2006 | 431 | 
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 | A precision bombing mission involved an attack against a specific target. This was a precision bombing mission against the Kawasaki Aircraft Plant at Akashi. Notice how the area surrounding the factories is relatively untouched. |  | 03/23/2007 | 264 | 



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 | Placemarks of several "chemical places" e.g. the places where the biggest chemical desaster took place:
Bhopal, India
Seveso, Italy
Flixborough, Great Britain
Muttenz, Switzerland
Many Locations of chemical companies in Europe are also included:
Germany
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Merck, Darmstadt
BASF, Ludwigshafen
Bayer... |  | 05/07/2006 | 224 | 



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 | Marienburg in East Prussia was the home of a Focke-Wulf aircraft assembly plant where half of all Fw-190's were produced. The first big raid by the 8th Air Force was on this well defended plant. A survivor is quoted as saying: "Coming back, the Germans were up in full force and we lost at least 80 ships-800 men, many of them pals".
The plant was destroyed in this dayli... |  | 06/27/2006 | 534 | 



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 | Vertical aerial photograph taken during a 'Circus' operation by Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of Nos 21 and 110 Squadrons RAF, showing bombs bursting on goods trains, trucks, bridges and track at the western end of the marshalling yards at Hazebrouck, France. |  | 08/17/2008 | 153 | 
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 | This is a time overlay showing German advances into Russia from the start of Operation Barbarossa June 22 1941 until December 9 1941. |  | 02/14/2009 | 862 | 
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 | Bombing of Leuna Factory of the I.G.Farbenindustrie A.G. near Merseburg near Merseburg, Germany - Mission #152 of the 303rd BG, 12 May 1944
The Leuna Factory of the I.G.Farbenindustrie A.G. near Merseburg is the biggest heavy chemical plant in Germany. Its principal products are ammonia, synthetic petrol derived from the hydrogenation of brown coal, and synthetic alcohols made fr... |  | 09/14/2008 | 768 | 
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 | On the morning of 18th December 1941,six aircraft and crews from 35 Squadron took part in a daylight raid against the German Battleships, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in Brest Harbour along with five aircraft from 10 Squadron and six from 76 Squadron. |  | 08/06/2008 | 268 | 
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