In February 1945, British and American bombers firebombed the city of Dresden, Germany. The city was filled with refugees at the time and had virtually no air defence.
A large number of German civilians were killed (somewhere between 35,000 and 135,000, depending on who you believe).
Dresden did have a few defense plants, but the city was mainly known for it's art and architecture. At the time, Dresden's main contribution to the Nazi war effort was serving as a refugee relocation center for bombed out Berliners and German civillians from Poland and Silesia fleeing the approaching Soviet Army.
Were the US Army Air Corps and the Royal Air Force justified in bombing Dresden? Or was it a war crime, on par with the German Luftwaffe bombing of Warsaw, Rotterdam, London and Coventry?
2006-12-14
06:15:09
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