Martin Fiebig
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Martin Fiebig was a German Luftwaffe general who commanded several air corps and equivalent-sized formations during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Le
Fiebig in 1943
German bombing of Belgrade
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Operation Retribution or Operation Punishment was the April 1941 German bombing of Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia, in retaliation for the coup d'état that overthrew the government that had signed
Martin Fiebig
…After World War II had ended, Fiebig was extradited to Yugoslavia, where he was tried and convicted of war crimes, specifically for his role in the bombing of Belgrade in April 1941. Fiebig was sentenced to death and executed in 1947. Martin Fiebig was born on 7 May 1891 in Rösnitz, Upper Silesia. He served in World War I, and was…
Bomb-damaged buildings in Belgrade in April 1941
The bomb-damaged Old Palace in central Belgrade, struck during the first wave of bombing on 6 April 1941
A 2008 photograph of the ruins of the old National Library of Serbia, bombed on 6 April 1941
Monument to the Yugoslav pilots killed during Operation Retribution, located in Zemun