German air force launches Operation Castigo against Yugoslavia, Greece

German air force launches Operation Castigo against Yugoslavia, Greece
German air force launches Operation Castigo against Yugoslavia, Greece

Tuesday, April 6

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Today in History

The German air force launches Operation Castigo, the bombing of Belgrade, on April 6, 1941, as 24 divisions and 1,200 tanks drive into Greece.

The attack on Yugoslavia was swift and brutal, an act of terror resulting in the death of 17,000 civilians—the largest number of civilian casualties in a single day since the start of the …