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Bombing of Frampol

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Frampol before (left) and after (right) the Luftwaffe bomb attack

The Bombing of Frampol happened during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. On 13 September, the town of Frampol (Poland), with a population of 4,000, was bombed by the German Luftwaffe as a practice run for future missions. Over 60%[1] to 90%[2] of town's infrastructure was destroyed; only two streets remained untouched, plus a few houses.[3] As Norman Davies writes in

"Europe at War 1939-1945: No Simple Victory": Frampol was chosen partly because it was completely defenceless, and partly because its baroque street plan presented a perfect geometric grid.[4] The city lacked any military facilities or military defenders.

The bombing of Frampol plays an important part in the short story "The Little Shoemakers" by Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Quotes

"Frampol was chosen as an experimental object, because test bombers, flying at low speed, weren't endangered by AA fire. Also, the centrally placed town hall was an ideal orientation point for the crews. We watched possibility of orientation after visible signs, and also the size of village, what guaranteed that bombs nevertheless fall down on Frampol. From one side it should make easier the note of probe, from second side it should confirm the efficiency of used bombs." - Wolfgang Schreyer's book "Eyes on the sky" (Augen am Himmel)[5]

References

  1. ^ Frampol Gmina Page
  2. ^ Template:Pl icon Historia Frampola on the official pages of the town
  3. ^ “Frampol” - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume VII
  4. ^ Europe at War 1939-1945: No Simple Victory - page 297, Norman Davies, 2006
  5. ^ Dariusz Tyminski and Grzegorz Slizewski, "13 September 1939, the town of Frampol" in the Poland 1939 - The Diary of Luftwaffe Atrocities.

Further reading

  • Template:Pl icon Mieczysław Cieplewicz, Eugeniusz Kozłowski; et al. (1979). Wojna obronna Polski 1939. Warsaw, Wydawnictwo MON. ISBN 83-11-06314-1. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)

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