The bombings of Malmö and Lund were two violations of

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during

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in which bombs were dropped from British aircraft on Swedish soil.

Bombing of Malmö (1940)

On October 3, 1940, early in the morning, three bombs were dropped over

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, in neutral Sweden by an

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bomber of the

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. The explosions caused relatively minor damage to nearby buildings.

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claimed initially not to be involved with the bombing, but convincing evidence led to a recognition of the incident. The bombing raid was said to have been intended against Stettin in

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Bombing of Lund (1943)

On November 18, 1943, British aircraft dropped some fifty bombs over

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. Two of them hit the

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electrical transformer station, and in the outskirts of the city a bomb explosion opened a large crater. Thousands of windows were shattered and several greenhouses were destroyed, but no people were injured.

References

''Sydsvenskan'' 18 December 2001
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