I Must Not Burn: The Bombing of Dresden 1945
Conflicted: A History Podcast
00:00
The Christmas Trees of Dresden
The people of dresden noticed something drifting down from the sky, not falling, but slowly drifting like snow. The entire city was bathed in red and green light by what the dresdeners started referring to as christmas trees. They were actually marker flares dropped by british pathfinders to illuminate the city for the bombers. After seeing the christmas trees, many dresdener start to feel a hum, a deep resonance that could be felt in their chests and made their inner ears crackle. The hum, which ed soft and continued to grow, was the combined roar of 254 bombers screaming over the city. Bombers on approach to dresden. Seek
Transcript
Play full episode
