Brežice railway station ( sl, Železniška postaja Brežice) is the principal

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Brežice Brežice (; german: Rann ) is a town in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley, near the Croatian border. It is the seat of the Municipality of Brežice. It lies in the center of the Brežice Plain ( sl, Brežiško polje), which is part of the ...

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History

On the night of 8/9 June 1944, the station was attacked by a lone Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI of No. 255 Squadron RAF, flying an Intruder Patrol from its base at Foggia, Italy. The crew claimed "Two ammunition trains destroyed, one locomotive damaged and a tented camp at least frightened."The National Archives of the United Kingdom, document AIR27/1519.

References

External links

Official site of the Slovenian railways
Railway stations in Slovenia {{Slovenia-railstation-stub