American bombers deluge Budapest, in more ways than one
On July 2, 1944, as part of the British and American strategy to lay mines in the Danube River by dropping them from the air, American aircraft also drop bombs and leaflets on German-occupied Budapest.READ MORE: The Allies Hoped Operation Market Garden Would End WWII. Here& 39;s What Went WrongHungarian oil refineries and storage tanks, important to the German war machine, were destroyed by the American air raid.