Air strikes on Daimler-Benz plants

  • Date
    5 September 1944
  • Description
    Heavy aerial bombardment of the Untertürkheim plant causes damage valued at 30.2 million Reichsmarks and cripples production. The Gaggenau plant suffers the same fate on 10 September, the Sindelfingen plant on 13 September.
The destroyed site in Untertürkheim, 1945.
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100 years of Social History at the Untertürkheim plant,1970
Wartime destruction at the Untertürkheim plant, 1944
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Wartime destruction at the Untertürkheim plant
"Wilhelm-Haspel-Strasse" in the Untertürkheim plant after the air raids in 1944.
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Wartime destruction at the Untertürkheim plant
Untertürkheim plant, damage after the air raid on September 5, 1944
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Wartime destruction at the Untertürkheim plant
War damage to the Untertürkheim plant, 1944.
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War damage to the Untertürkheim plant, 1944.
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