Bombing Of Dresdon
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On February 13-14, 1945 the British Royal Air Force gave the final
clearance to commence what would later become known as one of the greatest
atrocities that has ever been commited against a civilian population. That
night the RAF launched 796 bombers and 9 Mosquitoes which carried 1,478
tons of ex ....
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.... final rationalization
for the program Bomber Command was undertaking., and it would henceforth
be paper-clipped to the plans of the bomber offensive. (Hastings). In his
report, Lindemann estimated that forty tons of explosives detonated in
heavily populated areas would destroy the homes of 4,000-8,000 people. The
report also stated that there was a population of 22 million people in
fifty-eight of the major cities in Germany. Lindemann claimed that a
nation of refugees could be the result of s ....
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