Witness History: Witness Archive 2015 - The Bombing of Dresden

On February 13th 1945 the Allies began a series of air raids against the German city of Dresden. The bombing started a firestorm in which tens of thousands of civilians were killed, and the cultural and architectural centre of Dresden was completely destroyed.

(Photo: Dresden in the aftermath of the bombardment. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Published on Thursday, 12th February 2015.

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