Bombing of Bratislava in World War II

Bombing of Bratislava
	Part of Oil Campaign of World War II and Strategic bombing during World War II
	; 15th Air Force B-24s attacking the Apollo oil refinery, June 16, 1944
Date	16 June 1944 – 26 March 1945
Location	Bratislava, Slovak Republic48°08′38″N 17°07′36″E / 48.14389°N 17.12667°E
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United States; Soviet Union;	Slovakia; Nazi Germany; Kingdom of Hungary;
Commanders and leaders
Nathan Twining; Sergei Goryunov	Ferdinand Čatloš; Hermann Höfle; Conrad von Ohlen; Richard Reimann; Aladár Heppes
Units involved
USAAF 15th Air Force; Aircraft: B-17 Flying Fortress; B-24 Liberator; P-38 Lightning; P-51 Mustang; ; Soviet 5th Air Army; Aircraft: B-25 Mitchell; Petlyakov Pe-2; Ilyushin Il-2; ;	Slovak Air Force 13 JG 52 (13. Staffel); Pohotovostná letka; ; Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6; Avia B-534; ; Luftwaffe Jagdgeschwader 27; Jagdgeschwader 300; ; Anti-aircraft forces: 18th Flak Division; ; Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 109G; Focke-Wulf Fw 190A; Messerschmitt Me 410; Messerschmitt Bf 110G; Junkers Ju 88C; ; Royal Hungarian Air Force 101st Home Air Defence Fighter Wing; ; Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6; ;
Casualties and losses
2 aircraft destroyed,; 12–20 airmen captured or killed;	300–770 civilians killed,; 80% of Apollo refinery destroyed,; Main Railway Station, Winter Harbor, Vajnory Airport, Slovak National Museum, gasworks and railway bridges damaged;

The bombing of Bratislava (principally the bombing of the Apollo refinery) was a series of air raids conducted by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. The most significant attack occurred on June 16, 1944, marking the first major Allied strike against the territory of the wartime Slovak Republic, a client state of Nazi Germany and an Axis state.