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Bombing Of Frampol In World War II
The Bombing of Frampol occurred during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. On 13 September, the town of Frampol with a population of 4,000 was bombing, bombed by the German bombers of Luftwaffe's 8th Air Corps, under General Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen. The town had no military value, and the bombing was seen as a practice run for future missions. The bombardment According to Polish journalist Pawel Puzio and local historian Ryszard Jasinski no units of the Polish army were stationed in Frampol and the town did not have any military facilities. The Luftwaffe likely selected Frampol for an experimental bombing since the town had an extensive market square with a grid plan, making it appear as a large bullseye, and there were no Anti-aircraft warfare, anti-aircraft units located at Frampol.Dariusz Tyminski and Grzegorz Slizewski, "13 September 1939, the town of Frampol" in th Poland 1939 - The Diary of Luftwaffe Atrocities. In his 1968 book, ''Augen am Himmel'' (''Eyes on the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frampol Bombing
Frampol is a town in Poland, in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship. It has 1,431 inhabitants (December 2021), and lies in eastern Lesser Poland, near the Roztocze Upland. Frampol is surrounded by the ''Szczebrzeszyn Landscape Park'' and the Janów Lubelski Forest. The town is a junction of two local roads (the 74th and the Voivodeship road 835 (Poland), 835th). The distance to Lublin is 68 kilometers. History The town was founded in 1717 by Count Marek Antoni Butler, with a unique, highly symmetric layout of streets in the shape of concentric rectangles around a large central square. Frampol lies in the area where once the village of ''Radzięcin'' existed. Its name, originally spelled ''Franopole'', comes from Franciszka née Szczuka, the wife of Count Butler. In 1735, the Jewish community of Frampol already had its own cemetery, and in 1740, Józef Butler funded a wooden church, which since 1778 exists as a separate parish. In the second half of the 18th century, the town b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |