Bombing of France during World War II

Between the time of the German victory in the Battle of France and the liberation of the country, the Allied Forces bombed many locations in France.

In all 1,570 French cities and towns were bombed by the Allies between June 1940 and May 1945.

The French historian Henri Amouroux in La Grande histoire des Français sous l’Occupation, says that 20,000 civilians were killed in Calvados department, 10,000 in Seine-Maritime, 14,800 in the Manche, 4,200 in the Orne, around 3,000 in the Eure.

During the year 1943 alone, 7,458 French civilians died under Allied bombs.

The deadliest Allied bombings during the German occupation were: On May 27, 1943, Allied bombings killed 3,012 French civilians in bomb runs over Marseille, Avignon, Nîmes, Amiens, Sartrouville, Maisons-Laffitte and Eauplet.