On the night of 15-16 July 1943, 168 Halifax bombers of the Royal Air Force flew over Sochaux with the mission of destroying the Peugeot factories requisitioned for the German war effort. Their bombs fell next door, sowing death among the civilian population. A book telling the story of this tragedy has just appeared in the Cêtre Editions.
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On the night of 15-16 July 1943, 168 Halifax bombers of the Royal Air Force flew over Sochaux with the mission of destroying the Peugeot factories requisitioned for the German war effort. Their bombs fell next door, sowing death among the civilian population. A book telling the story of this tragedy has just appeared in the Cêtre Editions.