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Destruction of Dresden - 75 years (Grafik Content!)


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Dresden, 13th - 15th February 1945

Churchill later commented: It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under other pretexts, should be reviewed. Otherwise we shall come into control of an utterly ruined land The destruction of Dresden remains a serious query against the conduct of Allied bombing. I am of the opinion that military objectives must henceforward be more strictly studied in our own interests than that of the enemy.
The Foreign Secretary has spoken to me on this subject, and I feel the need for more precise concentration upon military objectives such as oil and communications behind the immediate battle-zone, rather than on mere acts of terror and wanton destruction, however impressive
(Churchill).

Three views of Dresden after the raids. It was originally estimated that 40.000 people died in the bombings. Present day figures have been corrected to between 20.000 and 25.000

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Wer das Weinen verlernt hat, der lernt es wieder beim Untergang ...

Victims of the air raids mummified by the intense heat, discovered 1946

Tod im Bombenkrieg

Dresdner Bombennacht: "Nackte Leichen überall, vom Phosphor ...

Dresdner Bombennacht: "Nackte Leichen überall, vom Phosphor ...

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Discovered 1946

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Cellar discovered in 1946

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70 Jahre Kriegsende: Die Sonne scheint, es ist Frühling - Kultur ...

Grundsteinlegung für 70 Wohnungen und 11 Läden im September 2017 ...

Dresden-Neumarkt, 2017 - foundations dug for 70 new appartments, visible are the old foundations and cellars and a deep layer of charred material in the sediment.

Dresden: Der letzte Bombensplitter vom 13. Februar 1945 - Dresden ...

Over 70 years later, the last bomb fragment from the 13. February 1945

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Another photo of the ruins of Dresden, after the 13th February 1945 - now 74 years.

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Dresden 1988, ruins of the former Frauenkirche depicted on a DDR postcard

 

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