Operation Clarion

Date22–23 February 1945

Location

Nazi Germany

51°N 09°E / 51°N 9°E / 51; 9

Operation Clarion
Part of Combined Bomber Offensive
Date 22–23 February 1945 Location Nazi Germany 51°N 09°E / 51°N 9°E / 51; 9
Belligerents
RAF Bomber Command US Army Air Forces	Luftwaffe
Strength
20,000 bombers and escort fighters.[1]

Operation Clarion was a late-war campaign of the Allied strategic bombing of Germany. Two hundred German transport targets were attacked to open Operation Veritable–Operation Grenade.^{[2]: 217 [1]} The Allied air forces sent 3,500 bombers and nearly 5,000 fighters against targets in Germany to destroy all means of transport available. Targets included rail stations, barges, docks, and bridges.^[3]: 535