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On April 18th 1945, 969 bombers set off on a mission to bomb Heligoland. Thats' nigh 1000 bombers bear in mind. To bomb this:
Ludicrous, isn't it? Not Berlin, not the industrial heartland of the Germany, not Peenemunde where V2 Rockets and other wonderweapons were being developed. Just little petty Helgoland.
I highly suspect that whatever it was, this was the "interesting" thing- there is a crater today in that location:
Because after that heavy dose of bombing the "Allies" did this to the poor little speck of rock:
Operation Big Bang - Wikipedia
Why on earth was such an apparently insignificant tiny island in the North Sea so important, considering the amount of ordinance used to reduce the place to kingdom come for some reason.
Heligoland - Wikipedia
The history of the place is interesting too. The island appears to have been bigger earlier in the past and shrinking with time:



Plenty of cities and places on the island too. The name is sometimes given as "Heilig(e)landt" (Heilig/Holy?). Or perhaps there is a connection with the Norse Goddess Hel, given the root of the name being "Hel"? Honestly, no idea. But something is definitely sketchy about the place. What was so important there to require over 1000 bombers and several thousand tons of explosives to annihilate?
I talked with an acquaintance about it, his first thought was "That must have been where their Nukes were." I highly doubt it was Nukes, rather something way more powerful and dangerous, something Old World.
Then there's the case of the various different naval jacks of the place.
The island was seized by Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars and only returned to Germany in the late 19th century.



So what's the deal with Heligoland?

PS: One of the maps above gives the dates for the changes in size of the island- IT CLEARLY SAYS: ANNIS CHRISTI 800, i300 and i649. The i again.
Ludicrous, isn't it? Not Berlin, not the industrial heartland of the Germany, not Peenemunde where V2 Rockets and other wonderweapons were being developed. Just little petty Helgoland.
I highly suspect that whatever it was, this was the "interesting" thing- there is a crater today in that location:
Because after that heavy dose of bombing the "Allies" did this to the poor little speck of rock:
Operation Big Bang - Wikipedia
Why on earth was such an apparently insignificant tiny island in the North Sea so important, considering the amount of ordinance used to reduce the place to kingdom come for some reason.
Heligoland - Wikipedia
The history of the place is interesting too. The island appears to have been bigger earlier in the past and shrinking with time:



Plenty of cities and places on the island too. The name is sometimes given as "Heilig(e)landt" (Heilig/Holy?). Or perhaps there is a connection with the Norse Goddess Hel, given the root of the name being "Hel"? Honestly, no idea. But something is definitely sketchy about the place. What was so important there to require over 1000 bombers and several thousand tons of explosives to annihilate?
I talked with an acquaintance about it, his first thought was "That must have been where their Nukes were." I highly doubt it was Nukes, rather something way more powerful and dangerous, something Old World.
Then there's the case of the various different naval jacks of the place.
The island was seized by Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars and only returned to Germany in the late 19th century.



So what's the deal with Heligoland?

PS: One of the maps above gives the dates for the changes in size of the island- IT CLEARLY SAYS: ANNIS CHRISTI 800, i300 and i649. The i again.