Saveznička bombardiranja Šibenika u Drugome svjetskom ratu
ALLIED BOMBING OF ŠIBENIK DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Summary/Abstract: Requests for air attacks against the territory of the Independent State of Croatia by Allied air forces was made Yugoslav government-in-exile on behalf of the Četniks, or the Yugoslavian Army of the Fatherland, and following the Tehran Conference of November 1943, by the Partisans, who thereafter enjoyed the material and military support of the Allies. Besides these two political and military forces, the Allies determined their own targets on the basis of their own needs, and often, especially along the Dalmatian coast, the reason was the disburdening of aircraft before landing. Šibenik was attacked 37 times by Allied aircraft (one source reveals that Šibenik was attacked 18 times between 27 November 1943 and 11 February 1944, the exact date of 10 more attacks can be confirmed, while of the remaining 8, 4 can be ascribed to each of January and February of 1944). Of the 37 attacks cited, one was made on the surrounding area of Šibenik. The attacks took the lives of 320 civilians and 17 soldiers; while 36 civilians and 8 soldiers were wounded (the deaths of 300 civilians are included for attacks made up to the end of November 1943). The Allied attacks took a heavy material toll on apartment buildings and other structures which influenced the postwar look of the city.

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