13 February 1945 A.D. 100s of British Bombers in 2 Waves Hit Dresden, Germany—the “Florence of the Elbe;” 35,000 to 135,000 Civilian Casualties
13 February 1945 A.D. 100s of British Bombers in 2 Waves Hit Dresden, Germany—the “Florence of the Elbe;” 35,000 to 135,000 Civilian Casualties Editors. “ 1945 – Hundreds of British bombers loaded with incendiaries and high-explosive bombs descend on Dresden, a historic city located in eastern Germany. ” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/february-13/ . Accessed 12 Feb 2015. 1945 – Hundreds of British bombers loaded with incendiaries and high-explosive bombs descend on Dresden, a historic city located in eastern Germany. Before the massive air raid of February 1945 it had not suffered a major Allied attack. By February 15, the city was a smoldering ruin and an unknown number of civilians–somewhere between 35,000 and 135,000–were dead. At Yalta. Churchill and Roosevelt, promised Stalin the bombing campaign against eastern Germany in preparation for the advancing Soviet forces would continue. Before World War II, Dresden...