Operation Carthage(March 21st, 1945) was an RAF raid on Copenhagen. Thetarget was the Shellhus (She
Operation Carthage(March 21st, 1945) was an RAF raid on Copenhagen. Thetarget was the Shellhus (Shell House) in the city centre, which was used as Gestapoheadquarters. Its main use was for storing dossiers, and torturingDanish citizens during interrogations.The bombing wasco-ordinated with the Danish resistance movement, and destroyed thebuilding. 18 prisoners were freed, and anti-resistance Naziactivities were disrupted.However, a nearbyschool was also attacked by mistake, killing 125 civilians, including86 schoolchildren and 18 adults at the school. -- source link
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