The Kassel World War II bombings were a set of Allied strategic bombing attacks which took place from February 1942 to March 1945.

In a single deadliest raid on 22–23 October 1943, 150,000 inhabitants were bombed-out,[citation needed] at least 6,000 people died,[citation needed] the vast majority of the city center was destroyed, and the fire of the most severe air raid burned for seven days.

When the US First Army captured Kassel on 3 April 1945, only 50,000 inhabitants remained of its 1939 population of 236,000.

[citation needed] As well as being the capital of the provinces of Hesse-Nassau and Kurhessen, Kassel had some important targets: