The bombing of Stuttgart in World War II was a series of 53 air raids that formed part of the strategic air offensive of the Allies against Germany. The first bombing occurred on August 25, 1940, and
World War II RAF photograph of the devastated Stuttgart city center
1956 photo of the New Palace, destroyed during the war
A sketch of the destruction in the city center by Walter Kittel, dated 1950
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet,, commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butcher" or "Butch" Harris, was a British-Rhodesian
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 24 April 1944
Harris, c. 1943 by William Timym