The Dresden Firebombing Memory And The Politics Of Commemorating Destruction
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The firebombing of Dresden marks the terrible apex of the European bombing war. In just over two days in February 1945, over 1,300 heavy bombers from the RAF and the USAAF dropped nearly 4,000 tonnes of explosives on Dresden's civilian …
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The firebombing of Dresden marks the terrible apex of the European bombing war. In just over two days in February 1945, over 1,300 heavy bombers from the RAF and the USAAF dropped nearly 4,000 tonnes of explosives on Dresden's civilian centre. In this book, Tony Joel focuses on the historical battle to re-appropriate Dresden, and on how World War II continues to shape Britain and German identity some 70 years later.
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