TY - JOUR
TI - Traces of the second world war in European cities
AU - Racoń-Leja, Kinga
TI - Traces of the second world war in European cities
AB - 
	This paper presents the diverse typology of devastation in European cities during the Second World War. In practice, total war meant ruthless destruction of cities – those situated on the frontline defended as strongholds and those blown up on purpose. The bombing raids which destroyed Warsaw, Rotterdam, Coventry and other cities wrote a separate and unusually tragic chapter in the history of atrocities. Carpet and precise bombings organized by the Allies in retaliation within the adopted tactic of weakening the enemy’s morale ruined a number of German cities – Dresden makes a particularly drastic example in the descendants’ memory. In the years of World War II, a huge part of Europe’s urban heritage was lost irretrievably.
VL - 2013
IS - Architecture Zeszyt 1-A (3) 2013
PY - 2014
SN - 0011-4561
C1 - 2353-737X
SP - 101
EP - 118
DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.14.006.1984
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/traces-of-the-second-world-war-in-european-cities
KW - World War II
KW - war devastation in European cities
KW - bombing raids on cities
KW - city rebuilding and reconstructing