title: Operation Clarion
text: # Operation Clarion
  
  Operation Clarion was a late-war campaign of the Allied strategic bombing of Germany. 200 German communication network targets were $attacked^{:217}$ to open Operation Veritable/Grenade.
  
  3,500 bombers and nearly 5,000 fighters attacked targets across Germany in effort to destroy all means of transportation available. Targets included rail stations, barges, docks, and $bridges.^{:535}$
  
  