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The Bomber Command and USAAF Bombing of Dresden, 13-15th February 1945

6th May 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Pre-Op Test Flights and Briefings On the morning of 13th February it was cold with rain in the Lincolnshire Wolds, after an extremely cold January with a mean temperature of -2 degrees Celsius. By the [more…]

The Bomber Command and USAAF Bombing of Dresden, 13-15th February 1945, Part Two

15th October 2020 Blown Periphery 0

The City of Dresden in 1945 A rather strange myth had grown over the city of Dresden since the mid-1940s. That is was a benevolent municipality, untouched by the horrors of the war raging around, [more…]

The Bomber Command and USAAF Bombing of Dresden, 13-15th February 1945, Part One

29th September 2020 Blown Periphery 0

When he became Air Officer Commanding (AOC) of Bomber Command and at the start of the bombing campaign, Harris said, quoting the Old Testament: The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that [more…]

The Bomber Command and USAAF Bombing of Dresden, 13-15th February 1945

The Bomber Command and USAAF Bombing of Dresden, 13-15th February 1945, Part Two

The Bomber Command and USAAF Bombing of Dresden, 13-15th February 1945, Part One

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