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    Were any bombs dropped in error on Dublin in World War II and if so, by which side and when?

    Question #69199. Asked by bloomsby. (Aug 02 06 7:29 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		On the night of May 30 of the same year, Dublin's Northside was the target of a Luftwaffe air raid. Thirty-eight were killed and seventy houses were destroyed on Summerhill Parade, North Strand and the North Circular Road. The German government claimed the raid was an error and Germany paid compensation after the war. However, whilst most likely a mistake, it has been claimed that this bombing raid was actually a deliberate warning by Germany not to assist the Allied war effort (since the Dublin fire brigade helped put out fires in Belfast and so bring the shipyards back into use more quickly).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency

    Aug 02 06, 7:51 PM
    bloomsby

    		Many thanks! :)

    Aug 02 06, 9:09 PM

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