I Must Not Burn: The Bombing of Dresden 1945
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Battle of Dresden
The bomber crews were never told their target until the day the attack would take place, for obvious security reasons. The intentions of the attack are to hit the enemy where he will feel it most, behind an already partially collapsed front and, incidentally, to show the russians when they arrive, what bomber command can do. An airman named miles tripp recalled nobody had ever heard of dresden being raided before. It was a request that was not without strategic merit. Winston churchill, sir arthur harris and bommer command were eager to politically it was a smart move. But none of that political gamemanship mattered in dresden - especially not to our old friend
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