U.S. assault on Bratislava.

U.S. assault on Bratislava. A gigantic column of smoke of explosive origin rises from the Nazi-operated Apollo Oil Refinery at Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, after an attack by heavy bombers of the 15th U.S. Air Force June 16, 1944. The smoke was visible 150 miles away when the planes headed for their bases in the Mediterranean after dropping concentrations of high explosives on the refinery and railroad nearby. The bombers, which were escorted by Mustang fighters, were making their first attack on a German target in Czechoslovakia.