Conflicted: A History Podcast

I Must Not Burn: The Bombing of Dresden 1945

May 12, 2020

01:55:13

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Area Bombing - The Only Way to Break the Will of the German People

02:49

The Bombing of Dresden

03:02

The Pestigo Paradime, Mother Nature's Nuclear Bomb

02:41

Introduction

2min

The Fire of Pestigo

4min

What if You Could Recreate This?

3min

The Bombing of Dresden

3min

The Legend of Dresden

3min

Victor Climperer, a German Nationalist

3min

Dresden and the Notses

3min

Victor Climperer's Diary

3min

The Battle of Dresden

3min

10.

The Last Man Standing Great Britain

3min

11.

The Blitz

3min

12.

Sir Arthur Harris - The Greatest Bomber of All Time

3min

13.

Airborne Bomber Command - Arthur Harris

4min

14.

The Bomber Crew

3min

15.

The Bomber Command's Frustration

3min

16.

Area Bombing - The Only Way to Break the Will of the German People

3min

17.

The End of the German Civil War

3min

18.

The Red Army and the Resurrection of Berlin

3min

19.

The Battle of Dresden

2min

20.

The Man Who Writes So Passionately About the Bombing of Dresden

2min

21.

Dresden, Germany - A Brief History of the German Air Force

3min

22.

The Christmas Trees of Dresden

2min

23.

The Bombing of Dresden

3min

24.

The Pestigo Paradime, Mother Nature's Nuclear Bomb

3min

25.

The Air Raid Shelter Is the Best Protection

3min

26.

The Great Fire of Dresden

3min

27.

The Trial Under Fire, We Did It

3min

28.

The Inferno of the City

2min

29.

I Don't Want to Burn to Death

3min

30.

The Night Before the Bombings

3min

31.

A Fire Storm Is an Amazing Thing

3min

32.

The City Goes

2min

33.

The Propaganda Gold Mine

4min

34.

The Dresden Bombing

2min

35.

The War on Dresden

4min

36.

The Bombing of Dresden

2min

37.

What Do You Have to Say About Dresden?

3min

38.

Did Any One Really Expect the World to Fight Back While Wearing Kid Gloves?

4min

In 1945, the German city of Dresden was consumed in a firestorm engineered by the Allies. Many consider it to be a war crime. Others, a necessary evil.

SOURCES

Taylor, Frederick. Dresden: Tuesday, February 13th, 1945. 2004.

McKay, Sinclair. The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden 1945. 2020.

Charles River Editors. The Firebombing of Dresden and Tokyo. 2017.

Gregg, Victor. Dresden: A Survivor’s Story. 2013.

Harris, Arthurs. Bomber Offensive. 1947.

Klemperer, Victor. I Will Bear Witness: A Diary. 1995.

Harmon, Christopher. "Are We Beasts?: Churchill and the Moral Question of World War 2 Area Bombing". 1991.

Editors, History.com. "Massive fire burns in Wisconsin". Nov 2009

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