Wreckage from the destructive Italian bombing raid on the Abyssinian city of Dessie in December 1934 seen through the eyes of the locals. – Vintage Photograph

Dimensions: 19.1 x 26.4 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-IMS-04902202

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OCR computer generated text:

Avd. Krig. Copyright: Reportagebild inf.1934-39.

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20004947 FEARFUL HAVOC OF THE ITALIAN BOMBING RAID ON DESSIE THE ITALIANS MADE THE MOST FEROCIOUS BOMBING RAID-OF THEIR WAR ON ABYSSINIA ON DECEMBER WHEN A SQUADRON OF 18 BOMBING PLANES FLEW OVER DESSIE AND DROPPED DEATH DEALING EXPLOSIVE AND INCENDIARY BOMBS. MOME 300 BOMBS WERE DROPPED INA SINGLE DAY, THE FED CROSS HOSPITAL AND EMPEROR’S PALACE WERE AMONG THE MANY BUILDINGS HIT THE EMPEROR LATER VISITED THE HOSPITAL AND ALSO ASSISTED AT THE DI GGI NG OF GRAVES FOR THE DEAD, MORE THAN 40 WERE KILLED AND 325 INJURED. P ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: A BOENE REMINISCENT OF AN EARTHQUAKE WAB PRESENTED BY DESSIE AFTER THE RAID, HERE WE SEE NATIVES SEARCHING THE SMOULDERING DEBRIS OF WRECKED HOMES, ROTH 130771 201235 f EA-1