The Atrocious Bombing of Dresden, Germany

On 13th - 14th February 1945, a brutal bomb explosion in Dresden Germany gave final permission later called one of the greatest atrocities against civilians. That night, the Royal Air Force launched 796 bombs and 9 mosquitoes, threw 1,478 tons of bombs and 1,182 tons of incendiary bombs (Dear 311), making German Dresden a virtual hell. The attack included another attack by the US Air Force of the next morning.

On the eve of German surrender after half a century, Dresden carried out a series of bombing on 800 aircraft in the United States and the UK. Dresden, known as "Elbe's Florence", is a medieval city known for its artistic and architectural treasures. It has no role in war production or important industries. The two-day bombing involved 3,400 tons of explosives, causing a certain storm that lasted for several days. When the fire was over, the street was full of burnt bodies ... Including many children. The exact number of these people (mostly civilians) were murdered, but an estimated 135,000 people were killed and buried in a collective graveyard. Various reasons have been proposed, but consensus is that it is mission to collectively punish Germans and weaken morale.

On the day of 1945, the Allied aircraft bombed the city of Dresden in Germany, which was not militarily important, issued tens of thousands of people and destroyed almost all cities. The bombing destroyed the cultural center of Stormwind, but the only possible military or economic goal - military camp in the northern part of the city and the train station - was intact. Many of the partially destroyed buildings, such as the Zwinger Palace and the Dresden State Opera, are being rebuilt today, but the remains of soot are still left on the outer walls of the two buildings.

Slaughterhouse-Five is a semi-autobiographical record of the Dresden shooting of the British and American Air Force in Germany in February 1945. The destruction of this non - military city during the war still controversial, the controversy is at the center of Vonnegut 's book. By February 1945, Dresden was one of the few German major cities that were not bombed in an Allied campaign targeting the entire city to destroy German military morale. It is the main shelter for civilians to escape from the Soviet army beyond Eastern Europe. It is also the hometown of an American prisoner of war, like Vonegut, captured in a prominent fight. Dresden had no obvious military purpose, but the Allied Commander later suggested that the city is an important communication link between Eastern Europe and Western European Germans.