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Bombing of Dresden (1945)

13–15 Feb 1945 — Firestorm kills ~25,000. The ethics of area bombing are debated to this day.

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Site of memory
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End of WW2 in Europe (chapter 13 of WW2)
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The War Room — WW2, 1936–1945
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Map showing Bombing of Dresden (1945), site of memory in The War Room — WW2, 1936–1945
SITE OF MEMORY · THE WAR ROOM — WW2, 1936–1945

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