Total Bomb Tonnage Dropped on Major German Cities

Not all German Cities hit by Strategic Bombing are on this map. This map is made using a map of modern-day Germany with its borders as of 2024. 18 Cities are shown including Essen, Berlin, Duisburg, Dresden, and more.

Bomb tonnage density map of Germany. Uses a map of modern-day Germany. The majority of bombs dropped were on Berlin and the region North-Rhine Westphalia, which is in Western Germany.
All data is from the United States Strategic Bombing Survey in 1947 report "Fire Raids on German Cities" by the Physical Damage Division except for Dresden's numbers. The data for Dresden's bombings comes from the U.S. Air Force Historical Division report from 1953. United States Strategic Bombing Survey. “Fire Raids on German Cities.” 1947. 6a-6b. https://aul.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01AUL_INST/u9e6on/alma995580593406836. Accessed 28 November 2024 United States Air Force Historical Division Research Studies Institute. “Historical Analysis of the 14-15 February 1945 Bombings of Dresden.” 13 April 1953. Air University. 3. https://web.archive.org/web/20130218171142/http://www.afhso.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-110208-030.pdf. Accessed 28 November 2024.
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