Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - E rua anō ngā whakaekenga 1,000 o ngā kaipāho pahū i whakahaeretia i runga i a Essen me Bremen, engari he iti ake te pānga i te whakangaromanga i Cologne. Ko nga hua o nga whakaekenga nui ma te whakamahi i te whakakotahitanga o nga poma nui me nga pupuhi ahi i hangaia he ahi ahi i etahi taone nui. Ko nga tauira tino nui i puta mai i te whakaeke i Hamburg i roto i te Operation Gomorrah (45,000 mate), me nga whakaeke i Kassel (10,000 mate), Darmstadt (12,500 mate), Pforzheim
(21,200 i mate), Swinemuende (23,000 i mate), me Dresden (25,000 i mate).