Operation Retribution

Russian and American smiling next to each other: it's possible only in Belgrade PHOTO

He attended the commemoration of the victims of the bombing of Belgrade in April 1941, which was held at the New Cemetery in the Alley of the Victims of the Bombing of Belgrade.
On that occasion, the U.S. Ambassador stood right next to the Russian Ambassador Alexander Botsan Kharchenko.

Victims of 1941 Nazi bombing of Belgrade commemorated

BELGRADE - Belgrade City Manager Goran Vesic on Thursday laid a wreath at a Karadjordje Park memorial to commemorate the victims of the April 6, 1941 Nazi bombing of Belgrade.
Today is one of the saddest days for Belgrade, when the city faced what might have been the biggest destruction in its history, he said.

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Books laid to commemorate WWII bombing of National Library

BELGRADE - The National Library of Serbia was razed to the ground in the first hours of the Nazi bombing of Belgrade on this day in 1941.

Just like every year on this day, representatives of the Serbian government, diplomatic corps, city leaders and citizens gathered in Kosancic Venac Street to commemorate the event on Monday.