
The Bombing Of Dresden
WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
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Dresden was a key nodal point, a communication centre for the war at that point. It's not just troops passing through Dresden to go to the Eastern Front, it's also troops Passing through Dresden to get into Italy which is still being fought. I think they're thinking let's cause more chaos to give the Germans real headaches and make sure that they've got to deal with refugees flowing in from the east. The ability to sort of not pause and think, well what does that actually mean, which are going to now hit the centre of the city that is swollen with refugees? You can see how that comes when you look at those blue book photos after each bombing raid. That
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