Re:My new favorite book of all time
by KineticLensman on Monday January 29, 2018 @05:28PM
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> It was what stopped the British led allied bombing which had escalated out of the Blitz. Dresden was not a military target and its destruction killed so many civilians that they stopped night time bombing raids.
No. Dresden was bombed on 15 February 1945 [0]. The British continued night raids until the end of the war, peaking in March, and with the last raid on Berlin on the night of 21/22 April (76 Mosquitos) and the final raid on the night of 25/26 April [1]
No. Dresden was bombed on 15 February 1945 [0]. The British continued night raids until the end of the war, peaking in March, and with the last raid on Berlin on the night of 21/22 April (76 Mosquitos) and the final raid on the night of 25/26 April [1]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden#Second_World_War
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command#Strategic_b...