Bombing of Berlin
says:
The first RAF bombing attack on Berlin took place in December 1941.
but:
This article appeared in
the Guardian on Tuesday August 27 1940 . Armament factories in the Berlin area were bombed by the RAF in widespread raids during Sunday night. Ground defences on the outskirts of the capital were also attacked. The weather was unfavourable.
An air-raid alarm was sounded in Berlin at 12:40 this morning. The "All clear" was given at 1:22.
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I have seen a report that the first bomb that fell killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
There had been a "no bombing of civilians" agreement but allegedly a German bomber aborted it mission and unloaded its bombs not realising ( or perhaps not caring) that it was over London. The film has it that the crew were called to Berlin to explain themselves and were there when the raid happened.
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