Featured Article Quiz #112
Bombing of Obersalzberg
#1 When was the bombing of Obersalzberg carried out?
25 April 1945
12 August 1942
6 June 1944
#2 Which British aircraft were the main bombing force used in the raid on Obersalzberg?
Avro Lancasters
B-17 Flying Fortresses
Heinkel He 111 bombers
#3 What was the central idea of the “Alpine Fortress” plan that was cited as a reason for the raid?
German forces would use alpine bunkers to continue fighting from Obersalzberg/Berchtesgaden
Allied forces planned to land there by air to retake Berlin
Hitler had a plan to surrender the site to the Allies immediately after the raid