Seven miles long, this enormous pall of smoke pours from the burning VKF plant at Erkner, and floats towards the heart of Berlin, 18 miles away. An important ball bearing plant, the factory received this attention from US Army 8th Air Force bombers

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Keywords: bombing, germany, war, world, ww2, wwii