Was Churchill right toorder the bombing of Dresden?
Here we go again. Some people in Dresden and elsewhere claim that the Bombing of Dresden by the RAF AND the USAAF is a war crime. In my opinion it was not I am not in any way denying the fact that what happened in Dresden was horrific and appalling. I do deny that the men who undertook the mission have any crime to answer for. The bombing of Dresden has been used since 1945 as a tool to beat the RAF about its conduct of “terror bombing” during WW2. Dresden burned so heavily for several reasons. It was a medieval city with many wooden buildings. There had been a dry winter in the region which meant many buildings were tinderboxes. The population were not used to air raids and did not therefore have the knowledge that you need to put incendiaries out quickly The raid had little opposition because its Anti aircraft defence had been taken away by the Germans for use on the Eastern front. Therefore the bombers were able to put their loads in a concentrated space with little or no opposition
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