“Take a look at pictures of the city of Dresden….”
This instance has been debated since it happened over and over. Firstly, It was a joint British/American series of raids, spread out over a few days. Dresden WAS a target with some military significance. The town itself housed thousands of workers who produced aircraft and other weapons outside the town’s center. It was also a major rail junction. The Americans hit the rail yards during the day, while the RAF came later that night. Throughout the three days of attacks, clouds obscured many parts of the city and beyond. Some bomber groups became so lost that they bombed other cities! The plan to bomb Dresden was taken by the British. Churchill knew there would be great loss of life, but considering the fact that Minister Speer and his department were getting bombed factories back into operation quicky, thought that going after the workers themselves justified the attacks..Dresden was a old town of great cultural heritage. So were Guerenica, Rotterdam, Coventry, London and Warsaw. Just because the British came back and showed the Germans how to do the job properly; It’s difficult to side with their complaints. And of course, Goebbels and the Nazi leadership had no fault in continuing a war which most of them knew was lost?.And, the Japanese were very close to producing a “dirty” atomic bomb, which, once they received the extra shipment of uranium from the Germans in 1945, they planned to drop one each on Bremerton WA, San Francisco, and the Panama Canal. .War is Hell, and cruel. I abhor the loss of innocent civilians, but for these two actions, the U.S. owes no apologies.
“Take a look at pictures of the city of Dresden….”
This instance has been debated since it happened over and over. Firstly, It was a joint British/American series of raids, spread out over a few days. Dresden WAS a target with some military significance. The town itself housed thousands of workers who produced aircraft and other weapons outside the town’s center. It was also a major rail junction. The Americans hit the rail yards during the day, while the RAF came later that night. Throughout the three days of attacks, clouds obscured many parts of the city and beyond. Some bomber groups became so lost that they bombed other cities! The plan to bomb Dresden was taken by the British. Churchill knew there would be great loss of life, but considering the fact that Minister Speer and his department were getting bombed factories back into operation quicky, thought that going after the workers themselves justified the attacks..Dresden was a old town of great cultural heritage. So were Guerenica, Rotterdam, Coventry, London and Warsaw. Just because the British came back and showed the Germans how to do the job properly; It’s difficult to side with their complaints. And of course, Goebbels and the Nazi leadership had no fault in continuing a war which most of them knew was lost?.And, the Japanese were very close to producing a “dirty” atomic bomb, which, once they received the extra shipment of uranium from the Germans in 1945, they planned to drop one each on Bremerton WA, San Francisco, and the Panama Canal. .War is Hell, and cruel. I abhor the loss of innocent civilians, but for these two actions, the U.S. owes no apologies.