Each open magazine was designed to hold 56 tons of bombs.
Three thousand tons of bombs were launched on the city between 1939 and 1942.
During this night raid more than 700 bombers, which dropped about 2300 tons of bombs, were used.
In the operation, 47 aircraft dropped 10 tons of bombs on the command center.
During the first mission on 18 February 36 bombers delivered 1,078 tons of bombs.
Over 7,000,000 total tons of bombs were delivered by the Americans.
On 11 June another effort dropped 1,000 tons of bombs in 1,070 sorties.
The air forces pounded the Germans on the east bank with 50,000 tons of bombs.
In over 300 missions, they dropped 19,000 tons of bombs.
The ground around the site was churned up by over 5,000 tons of bombs.
