[wolf78]

Dresden saved the lives of at least 100,000 Americans and certainly of more Germans than leaving it alone would have.

C'mon, that's more wishful thinking than reality...

[wideawake]

C'mon, that's more wishful thinking than reality...

It is stark reality.

We lost 20,000 Americans in a few weeks in a defensive battle fought against the Wehrmacht at the Bulge.

If Dresden had been used as intended to reinforce the Eastern front, then Western Wehrmacht forces would have dug in and the effort to penetrate them offensively would certainly have been more punishing than the Bulge.

It would have taken months and been extremely costly.