Switzerland World War II Schaffhausen Bombing, 1944 (b/w photo)

Firefighters and air defence soldiers on duty carrying out clearing work in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, pictured in April 1944, during the war. Household items are taken out of the destroyed houses and piled up on the lawns outside. On April 1, 1944, the city of Schaffhausen and its surroundings were targeted by US-American combat aircraft due to misguided navigation. After bomber squadrons consisting of “Liberator” fighter jets dropped 371 incendiary and explosive bombs on the city near the German border, many large fires had broken out. 40 people died