At the close of WWII, Prague was subjected to several air raids resulting in extensive damage and loss of life. The three air raids took place on 15 November 1944, 14 February 1945 and on 25 March 1945. The bombings claimed the lives of more than 1200 people and primarily damaged the New Town, Holešovice, Smíchov, Vršovice, Vinohrady, Žižkov, Libeň, Kbely, Letňany and Čakovice. In 2015, IPR was offered to make use of unique aerial photographs taken by Allied reconnaissance airplanes before the end of the war in April and May 1945. These aerial photographs are owned by German company Luftbilddatenbank Dr. Carls GmbH, whose exclusive partner for the Czech Republic is PRIMIS Ltd. These photographs were taken to assess the success of the RAF and US AAF bomber command missions and provided extraordinarily high-quality images with great detail. Besides showing development structure, the appearances of individual buildings, squares and other public areas, the photographs also make it possible to clearly identify the direct impact of war and the consequences of the bombardment (Emauzy, Vysočany, Libeň etc.) on air defence and other installations (air defence batteries, trenches), fire water reservoirs and several other elements. In order to provide more context for users, the photographs are accompanied by commentaries describing individual buildings and period photographs from the IPR archives.
Contact: Mgr. Ladislav Monzer
At the close of WWII, Prague was subjected to several air raids resulting in extensive damage and loss of life. The three air raids took place on 15 November 1944, 14 February 1945 and on 25 March 1945. The bombings claimed the lives of more than 1200 people and primarily damaged the New Town, Holešovice, Smíchov, Vršovice, Vinohrady, Žižkov, Libeň, Kbely, Letňany and Čakovice. In 2015, IPR was offered to make use of unique aerial photographs taken by Allied reconnaissance airplanes before the end of the war in April and May 1945. These aerial photographs are owned by German company Luftbilddatenbank Dr. Carls GmbH, whose exclusive partner for the Czech Republic is PRIMIS Ltd. These photographs were taken to assess the success of the RAF and US AAF bomber command missions and provided extraordinarily high-quality images with great detail. Besides showing development structure, the appearances of individual buildings, squares and other public areas, the photographs also make it possible to clearly identify the direct impact of war and the consequences of the bombardment (Emauzy, Vysočany, Libeň etc.) on air defence and other installations (air defence batteries, trenches), fire water reservoirs and several other elements. In order to provide more context for users, the photographs are accompanied by commentaries describing individual buildings and period photographs from the IPR archives.
Contact: Mgr. Ladislav Monzer
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