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On this day, February 13, 1945, the Allies begin firebombing Dresden. [View all]
Today in 1945, the Allies begin firebombing Dresden. 25,000 civilians perish in the inferno. "The moment has come when the question of bombing German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror should be reviewed," an uneasy Churchill will later write
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Mon Feb 13, 2023: On February 13, 1945, the Allies begin firebombing Dresden.
Thu Feb 13, 2020: Dresden Bombing. 13-15 February 1945
Sun Feb 15, 2015: Dresden was a civilian town with no military significance. Why did we burn its people?
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