Thebombing ofZagreb in World War II was carried out by theAllies from 1944 until 1945. According to a 1950 census of war victims, a total of 327 people were killed by bombing.[1]
Over the course of the bombing, the areas ofČrnomerec,Borongaj andPleso were hit the hardest.[2] Borongaj was targeted as a location of a military airfield.[3]
On February 22, 1944, a Dominican monastery was hit by the bombing, resulting in the deaths of eight theology students.[4] In response to these deaths, archbishop of ZagrebAloysius Stepinac sent a letter to the British ambassador to theHoly See.[5]
On May 30, 1944, 100 bombs were dropped on Borongaj, each weighing 250 kg.[6][7]
^"Biografija bl. Alojzija Stepinca" (in Croatian). Roman Catholic Parish of Budaševo, Sisak, Croatia. Archived fromthe original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved2010-04-20.Stepinac je osudio savezničko bombardiranje hrvatskog kopna 1944., gdje su njemačke snage imale jaka uporišta. U pismu upućenom britanskom veleposlaniku pri Svetoj stolici 7. ožujka 1944. navodi [...]
