{"id":2981,"date":"2024-11-13T19:24:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T17:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2024-11-13T19:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T17:24:31","slug":"bucuresti-in-timpul-celui-de-al-doilea-razboi-mondial-si-bombardamentele-orasului","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/eternal\/bucuresti-in-timpul-celui-de-al-doilea-razboi-mondial-si-bombardamentele-orasului","title":{"rendered":"Bucure\u0219ti \u00een timpul celui de-Al Doilea R\u0103zboi Mondial \u0219i bombardamentele ora\u0219ului"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

La \u00eenceputul celui de-Al Doilea R\u0103zboi Mondial, Regatul Rom\u00e2niei s-a al\u0103turat coali\u021biei conduse de Hitler. Motivele acestei decizii au fost de natur\u0103 geopolitic\u0103: Rom\u00e2nia acuza URSS de anexarea Basarabiei, locuit\u0103 de moldoveni vorbitori de rom\u00e2n\u0103, \u0219i a Bucovinei de Nord \u00een 1918. Aceasta a determinat Rom\u00e2nia s\u0103-l sus\u021bin\u0103 pe Hitler, care \u00eei garanta siguran\u021ba \u0219i a trimis imediat trupe pe teritoriul rom\u00e2nesc. \u00cen septembrie 1940, Ion Antonescu a primit puteri dictatoriale, iar toate partidele politice, cu excep\u021bia celui condus de Antonescu, au fost interzise. \u00cen caz de victorie, Hitler promitea s\u0103 cedeze Rom\u00e2niei nu doar Basarabia, ci \u0219i \u00eentreaga coast\u0103 a M\u0103rii Negre, inclusiv Odesa. \u00cen 1944, ora\u0219ul a suferit o serie de bombardamente puternice din partea SUA \u0219i Marii Britanii, iar mai t\u00e2rziu a fost ocupat de sovietici<\/a>. \u00cen acest articol vom povesti despre aceast\u0103 tragedie. Mai multe pe bucharestyes.eu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cum s-au desf\u0103\u0219urat evenimentele<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The city was bombed by American and British aviation in 1944. The largest bombing took place on April 4, 1944, when the northwestern part of Bucharest was completely devastated by air raids. During this bombing, 5,000 people lost their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second major attack occurred on April 15, 1944, when incendiary bombs were used. At that time, the main target was the Chitila railway station. However, due to poor weather conditions, the exact results of the bombing could not be assessed. According to some sources, the University of Bucharest was destroyed in this attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, Operation „Tidal Wave” was conducted, during which aviation targeted oil storage facilities and factories. Planes took off from the Foggia airbase in Italy and bombed oil storage facilities in Ploie\u0219ti. On their return to base, the aircraft unloaded unused bombs over the capital, destroying a residential building and killing two residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final bombing of the city was carried out by Hitler’s forces during the state coup in Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evenimentele de pe 4 aprilie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The events of April 4, 1944, remain the most devastating tragedy in Bucharest’s history. It was a typical Tuesday, with everything seemingly normal. Suddenly, an air raid siren sounded in the city, but most people ignored it, thinking it was just a drill. In a flash, the sky darkened with warplanes, and within moments, the city was destroyed, with bodies of the victims lying on the shattered streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One eyewitness, Mihai Sebastian, shared his feelings about that day: „When I went out into the yard, I saw an innumerable amount of colored papers floating down (likely leaflets), and I thought the planes had only dropped leaflets\u2026 The first rumors from the city\u2014a bomb on Brezoianu, one on Carol Street\u2014seemed like exaggerations. When I went to the center, a strange nervous excitement filled the streets, more from curiosity than horror. Only later did we understand the scale of the disaster.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The primary target of the bombing was Bucharest’s Northern Railway Station. The United States and the United Kingdom aimed to disrupt enemy military transport to the Moldavian front, where Soviet forces were stationed. According to Romanian archives, the goal of the bombing was to dismantle the railway system, military industry, and all economic infrastructure, including civilian areas. Similar bombings took place in Romanian cities like Cotroceni, Grivi\u021ba, and Ghencea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the railway station could indeed be considered a strategically important military target, the mission ultimately turned into a brutal killing of Bucharest\u2019s civilian population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The explosions also damaged significant city landmarks and hotels, such as the Athenee Palace, Ambasador, Papadopol, and buildings like „Generala,” „Mica,” „Kapriel,” „B\u0103icoianu,” Moara Rom\u00e2neasc\u0103, and Banca de Credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bucharest economist Gheorghe Zane recounted the events of April 4: „The Athenee Palace was ablaze, and smoke was rising from other parts of the city. Elena and I left the hotel, horrified, heading towards the Athenee Palace, which was still burning, with flames coming out of every window; a bit further up Calea Victoriei, I saw the Splendid Hotel smoking, almost entirely destroyed, and the sidewalks littered with shattered glass from bomb-blasted shopfronts. Behind the destroyed Athenee, the Committee of Patronage exhibition hall was still smoking. Up Calea Victoriei, left and right, from place to place, buildings were demolished. Down to Frumoas\u0103 Street, every window was shattered; from St. Voivodes Street to the North Station, the bombing caused horrible chaos. The North Station, Basarab Marfuri station, and Calea Grivi\u021bei were badly damaged. I saw a tram, stalled; the driver lay dead, slumped over the control panel. We did not go any further.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People recalled the piles of dismembered bodies in the streets, with organs and intestines hanging from the trees. Many were suffocated under the rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During subsequent bombings, there were fewer casualties, but over 17 bombings in total, 5,524 residents of Bucharest were killed, 3,373 were wounded, and 47,974 were left homeless or injured. A total of 3,456 buildings were destroyed, with 3,473 partially damaged. This tragic chapter in Bucharest\u2019s history will remain forever etched in the memories of its residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La \u00eenceputul celui de-Al Doilea R\u0103zboi Mondial, Regatul Rom\u00e2niei s-a al\u0103turat coali\u021biei conduse de Hitler. Motivele acestei decizii au fost de natur\u0103 geopolitic\u0103: Rom\u00e2nia acuza URSS de anexarea Basarabiei, locuit\u0103 de moldoveni vorbitori de rom\u00e2n\u0103, \u0219i a Bucovinei de Nord \u00een 1918. Aceasta a determinat Rom\u00e2nia s\u0103-l sus\u021bin\u0103 pe Hitler, care \u00eei garanta siguran\u021ba \u0219i […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":379,"featured_media":2397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[531],"tags":[1079,1059,1071,1078,1075,1072,1077,1076,1073,963,1080,1074],"motype":[533],"moformat":[89],"moimportance":[101,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-2981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-despre-primar","8":"tag-bombing-of-bucharest","9":"tag-bucharest","10":"tag-bucharest-at-war","11":"tag-bucharest-during-world-war-ii","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-history","14":"tag-history-of-bucharest","15":"tag-political-history","16":"tag-politics-of-bucharest","17":"tag-romania","18":"tag-usa","19":"tag-world-war-ii","20":"motype-eternal","21":"moformat-vlasna","22":"moimportance-golovna-novyna","23":"moimportance-retranslyacziya-v-agregatory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/379"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2985,"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions\/2985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"motype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motype?post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"moformat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moformat?post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"moimportance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bucharestyes.eu\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moimportance?post=2981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}