Kammala wannan jumla: A yakin duniya na biyu, an lalata gidajen fararen hula da gangan a kan babban sikelin, musamman a Gabashin Gabas bayan umarnin Soviet premier Joseph Stalin ya rushe gidaje, gonaki da filayen don hana amfani da su ga sojojin Nazi na Jamus. Belarus na ɗaya daga cikin yankuna da abin ya fi shafa, inda aka lalata kusan kashi 75% na gidajen birane da ƙauyuka da yawa. Dukkanin bangarorin biyu kuma sun shiga cikin manyan manufofi na fararen hula a cikin kamfen din bam din da suke gudanarwa. 'Yan Jamus sun ci gaba da kai hare-haren bama-bamai ba tare da nuna bambanci ba a kan yankunan fararen hula, irin su
Bombing na Belgrade a 1941 da kuma Baedeker Blitz a kan Ingila a 1942, da kuma Allies nemi demoralize Jamus ma'aikata ta hanyar lalata gidajensu-a manufofin da aka euphemistically da aka sani da dehousing. Kimanin kashi 25% na gidajen Jamus sun lalace ko kuma sun lalace sosai a cikin kamfen din bama-bamai na Allied, tare da wasu biranen da ke fama da asarar har zuwa kashi 97% na gidajen farar hula.