As an important railroad and road junction and production center, Hanover was a major target for strategic bombing during World War II, including the Oil Campaign. Targets included the AFA (Stöcken), the Deurag-Nerag refinery (Misburg), the Continental plants (Vahrenwald and Limmer), the United light metal works (VLW) in Ricklingen and Laatzen (today Hanover fairground), the Hanover/Limmer rubber reclamation plant, the Hanomag factory (Linden) and the tank factory M.N.H. Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen (Badenstedt). Forced labourers were sometimes used from the Hannover-Misburg subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp. Residential areas were also targeted, and more than 6,000 civilians were killed by the Allied bombing raids. More than 90% of the city center was destroyed in a total of 88 bombing raids. After the war, the Aegidienkirche was not rebuilt and its ruins were left as a war memorial. COUNT 5
QSN1 Other than for railroads and road junction, what did Hanover have that made it a major target? ANS1 production center QSN2 Which campaign specifically was Hanover a target for in World War II? ANS2 Oil Campaign QSN3 What does VLW stand for? ANS3 United light metal works QSN4 How many civilians were killed in the Allied bombing raids in World War II? ANS4 more than 6,000 QSN5 How many bombing raids were there during World War II? ANS5 88