Operation Clarion

Operation Clarion
	Part of Combined Bomber Offensive
Date	22–23 February 1945
Location	Nazi Germany51°N 09°E / 51°N 9°E
Belligerents
RAF Bomber Command; US Army Air Forces	Luftwaffe
Strength
	20,000 bombers and escort fighters.

Operation Clarion was a late-war campaign of the Allied strategic bombing of Germany. Two hundred German transport targets were attacked to open Operation Veritable–Operation Grenade.^[2]^: 217^[1] The Allied air forces sent 3,500 bombers and nearly 5,000 fighters against targets in Germany to destroy all means of transport available. Targets included rail stations, barges, docks, and bridges.^[3]^: 535

References

^ ^a ^b Bauer, Eddy (1972) [1966]. Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia. Vol. XV. H. S. Stuttman Inc. pp. 2059, 2068. ISBN 0-87475-520-4.
^ Overy, Richard (2013). The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe, 1940–1945. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-02515-2.
^ Atkinson, Rick (2013). The Guns at Last Light. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-6290-8.

[Bauer-1] Bauer, Eddy (1972) [1966]. Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia. Vol. XV. H. S. Stuttman Inc. pp. 2059, 2068. ISBN 0-87475-520-4.

[2] Overy, Richard (2013). The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe, 1940–1945. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-02515-2.

[3] Atkinson, Rick (2013). The Guns at Last Light. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-6290-8.

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