On February 3, 1945, three months before the end of World War II, some 937 bombers of the U.S. Air Force bombed Berlin. Berlin suffered 2,500 deaths in the February 3 raid, and about 120,000 Berliners were left homeless.

    On February 3, 1945, three months before the end of World War II, some 937 bombers of the U.S. Air Force bombed Berlin. Berlin was hit by the February 3 raids that killed 2,500 people and left some 120,000 Berliners homeless. The bodies of the dead were piled in the streets. An aerial bombardment of nearly 1,000 U.S. Air Force B-17s by the Eighth Air Force bombed the German capital Berlin on February 3. The February 3 bombing focused on the government district and aimed to crush the will of Berlin's citizens. The February 3 bombing was the most damaging February 3 bombing in Berlin's history.

　The bombing caused city fires that spread eastward on the wind to the southern part of Berlin and the adjacent northwestern part of the city. The fires lasted for about four days, reducing all combustible materials in the area to ashes and allowing the fire to reach Berlin's waterways, boulevards, and parks. Approximately 1854 tons of high-performance bombs and 226 tons of incendiary bombs were dropped. Most of the bombs used in the raid were high explosives, not incendiaries. As the bombs fell and exploded around them and the city began to burn, thousands of Berlin citizens were immediately cremated where they stood. Every day in February and March 1945, the capital Berlin was attacked by air raids. The Royal Air Force and the U.S. Air Force stopped bombing Berlin on April 16, just before the Soviets entered the city.

　The first air raid on the capital Berlin by British forces in World War II was executed on the night of August 25, 1940. More sporadic attacks occurred in the following months. The first phase of the bombing campaign continued until the fall of 1941. Thereafter, Berlin was virtually never attacked again until January 1943; during the whole of 1942, Berlin's alarm sirens sounded about nine times. Berlin was not the only target of the strategic air campaign, but a very important one. Berlin was the capital of the German Empire and an important industrial and weapons base. beginning in March 1944, the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) raided during the day and the Royal Air Force (RAF) Luftwaffe raided at night. in February and March 1945, the capital Berlin was bombed almost daily.