During World War II, Leipzig was repeatedly attacked by British as well as American air raids. The most severe attack was launched by the Royal Air Force in the early hours of 4 December 1943 and claimed more than 1,800 lives. Large parts of the city center were destroyed, while factories experienced temporary shortfalls in production, had to move production facilities or even were …

World War II Database. Friedrich Ruge was born in Leipzig, Germany. A large raid to attack targets in the Leipzig, Germany area by the US 8th Air Force with 1,129 B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers and more than 700 escorts was met by …

In April 1945, as World War II came to an end, the monument actually became one. How that happened is a story in itself. A key part of the battle for Leipzig centered around the huge Völkerschlachtdenkmal monument, dedicated to the defeat of …

The Battle of Leipzig (1945) is another forgotten WW2 battle during the Allied conquest of Western Germany near the end of the Second World War in Europe. It...

War photographer Robert Capa took this iconic photo of an American soldier shot and killed by a German sniper in the battle for Leipzig on 18 April 1945. The soldier became known as the ‘last man to die’ in WWII after the image appeared in Life magazine’s Victory issue. During the final days of the war, a platoon of machine gunners entered a ...

Leipzig (/ ˈ l aɪ p s ɪ ɡ, ˈ l aɪ p (t) s ɪ x /, German: [ˈlaɪptsɪç ] (); Upper Saxon: Leibz'sch) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony.With a population of 605,407 inhabitants as of 2021 (1.1 million residents in the larger urban zone), it surpasses the Saxon capital of Dresden, and is Germany's eighth most populous city as well as the second most populous city in ...