Bombing of Kassa

Bombing of Kassa
	Part of World War II
	; Bombing of Košice – clearing the rubble
Date	26 June 1941
Location	Kassa, Hungary
Result	Hungary declares war on the Soviet Union
Belligerents
Disputed: Soviet Union; Germany;	Hungary
Strength
Disputed: 3 Heinkel He 111 aircraft; 3 Ilyushin DB-3 aircraft;	N/A
Casualties and losses
	29 killed

The bombing of Kassa took place on 26 June 1941, when still unidentified aircraft conducted an airstrike on the city of Kassa, then part of Hungary, today Košice in Slovakia. This attack became the pretext for the government of Hungary to declare war on the Soviet Union the next day, 27 June.