This report describes the tragic air attacks on the Red Cross vehicles that carried the women from Ravensbrück on their way to Sweden and it revaluates the role of the different parties involved with the rescue operation. The positive outcome of the rescue operation was very much the result of the right people being in the right place at the right time. It is less the result of preceding negotiations between Folke Bernadotte and Heinrich Himmler. The Nazis never stuck to their promises and hadn’t made noticeable concessions until there was no way out. In the case of Ravensbrück, this was when the Soviet Forces reached Berlin.