Bombardiranje Dresdna

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Dresden, glavno mesto nemške zvezne dežele Saške, sta Britansko kraljevo vojno letalstvo (RAF) in Ameriško vojno letalstvo bombardirala 13., 14. in 15. februarja 1945.

Bombardiranje Dresdna je še danes moralno zelo vprašljivo dejanje, prej kar vojni zločin zaveznikov. Sporno je predvsem to, kako so ga bombardirali; najprej so namreč porušili stavbe, da so na plan prišli leseni tramovi, potem pa so metali zažigalne bombe in s tem načrtno povzročili ognjeno nevihto. Mesto je bilo skoraj v celoti porušeno in požgano, število žrtev pa ocenjujejo med 35.000 do več kot 100.000.

Požig Dresdna je skozi oči glavnega junaka opisan v Vonnegutovi Klavnici 5, kjer avtor, takrat ujeti ameriški vojak v Dresdnu, primerja pogorišče z Luninim površjem.

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Official RAF site: Bomber Command: Dresden, February 1945
"Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945". By Frederick Taylor;
- US review, Pub (NY): HarperCollins, ISBN 0060006765.
- UK review, Pub (Lon): Bloomsbury. ISBN 0747570787.
Luftkriegslegenden in Dresden von Helmut Schnatz
"The Destruction of Dresden".(correction)^(i.) By David Irving Pub: William Kimber; London 1963; but see
The Bombing of Dresden in 1945, by Richard J. Evans, Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, a detailed critique of problems with David Irving's book .
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 14-15 FEBRUARY 1945 BOMBINGS OF DRESDEN Prepared by USAF Historical Division Research Studies Institute Air University, II. Section ANALYSIS: Dresden as a Military Target, paragraph 9 (backup site)
Antony Beevor, Berlin: the Downfall, 1945. ISBN 0670886955 Page 83
Official RAF site: Campaign Diary March 1945 Note 11 March, Essen (1,079 aircraft) and 12 March, Dortmund (1,108 aircraft)
"The Bombers" by Norman Longmate, Hutchins & Co, (1983), ISBN 0091515087,
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- Harris quote Page:346. Source: Public Records Office ATH/DO/4B quoted by Lord Zuckerman "From Apes to Warlords" p.352.
AIR FORCE Magazine Online: The Dresden Legend October 2004, Vol. 87, No. 10