Twelve-hundred, forty-nine heavy bombers of the army of the United states and the Royal Air Force, in FOUR waves, begin bombing Dresden, Germany—a city of little strategic value. But Dresden city is overpopulated with refugees fleeing the advancing Soviet Red Army.
Postscript: Dresden was bombed again the following day, on March 2 and April 17.
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References:
James Carroll, House of War: The Pentagon and the disastrous rise of American power, (Boston and New York: Houghton ifflin, 2006), 86.
“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 13 February 2011, News: 3.
Bombing of Dresden in World War II – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II
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