Operation Carthage, on 21 March 1945, was a controversial British air raid on Copenhagen, Denmark, during World War II. The target of the raid was the Shellhus, Gestapo headquarters, in the city centre, a building that had been used for the storage of dossiers and the torture of Danish citizens. A similar raid against Gestapo head quarters in Aarhus October 31, 1944, had been successful.
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| - Operation Carthage, on 21 March 1945, was a controversial British air raid on Copenhagen, Denmark, during World War II. The target of the raid was the Shellhus, Gestapo headquarters, in the city centre, a building that had been used for the storage of dossiers and the torture of Danish citizens. A similar raid against Gestapo head quarters in Aarhus October 31, 1944, had been successful.
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- Various antiaircraft defences
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| - The air raid on the Shellhus
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- Eight Danish prisoners of the Gestapo killed
- Nine crew members killed, One taken prisoner
- Six aircraft destroyed
- The Danish headquarters of the Gestapo destroyed
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- Royal Air Force
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| - Operation Carthage, on 21 March 1945, was a controversial British air raid on Copenhagen, Denmark, during World War II. The target of the raid was the Shellhus, Gestapo headquarters, in the city centre, a building that had been used for the storage of dossiers and the torture of Danish citizens. A similar raid against Gestapo head quarters in Aarhus October 31, 1944, had been successful.
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