Bombing of Zagreb in World War II

The bombing of Zagreb in World War II was carried out by the Allies from 1944 until 1945. According to a 1950 census of war victims, a total of 327 people were killed by bombing.^[1]

Over the course of the bombing, the areas of Črnomerec, Borongaj and Pleso were hit the hardest.^[2] Borongaj was targeted as a location of a military airfield.^[3]

On February 22, 1944, a Dominican monastery was hit by the bombing, resulting in the deaths of eight theology students.^[4] In response to these deaths, archbishop of Zagreb Aloysius Stepinac sent a letter to the British ambassador to the Holy See.^[5]

On May 30, 1944, 100 bombs were dropped on Borongaj, each weighing 250 kg.^[6][7]

In 2007 and 2008, unexploded ordnance was found in Maksimir during construction.^[8][9] In 2008 a bomb was found in the nearby town of Sveta Nedelja.^[10]

Timeline

• February 22, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[11]
• April 6, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked, six US aircraft downed.^[11]
• May 24, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[11]
• May 30, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[11]
• June 30, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[11]
• July 7, 1944 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[11]
• January 5, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[11]
• January 19, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[11]
• February 13, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[11]
• March 4, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[11]
• March 12, 1945 – Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[11]
• March 14, 1945 – Fifteenth Air Force attacked.^[11]