Lennart Petersen wrote:
> "Wolfgang Schwanke" skrev i meddelandet
> news:6mnv4qFhrruiU1@mid.uni-berlin.de...
> > Sue Veneer wrote in
> > news:cd7dbd99-6183-44a5-a9cc-72bf3f35d965@k16g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
> >
> >> I'm amazed that it was still standing after WW2 !
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Berlin_in_World_War_II
> >
> > Not all of Berlin was destroyed, otherwhise we wouldn't have any old
> > buildings left. Besides it's rather sturdy.
> >
> True, there're much left especially outside the city core. And compared
> with cities like Frankfurt (A.M) the broad boulevards in berlin prevented
> fires and most buildings were well built. Berlin is also a very large
> city, about 10 times the size of Paris.
> Also in the mid-city much survived although damaged like Brandenburger
Tor,
> The government buildings like the Reichskanzlei (later thorned down) and
> Goehrings luftfartsministerium , the last one an ugly building still used
> being close to Potsdamer platz.
Some sort of finance ministry or something today...???
The Allies early in the war were pretty frustrated by the relative
ineffectiveness of their Berlin bombing raids. Damage could be controlled
and repaired fairly quickly...life went on.
A lot of damage was done by Soviet bombardment ("Stalin organs"...) during
the final days of the war, maybe more even than was done by RAF and USAAF
bombing...does anyone know?
IIRC THF had commercial service right up into the spring of 1945, Lufthansa
flights were flown to neutral Stockholm...
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Best
Greg
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