Dresden was a manufacturing center.
Finally, someone points that out. I can't believe I'm reading these sob stories about innocent civilians. IT WAS AN ALL OUT NO HOLDS BARRED SURVIVAL WAR THAT GERMANY, ITALY, AND JAPAN STARTED. I'm glad the Allies devastated those totalitarian pricks and yes, their civilian enablers.
I'm with Patton who believed we should have kicked Russia's ass when we had the chance. I so tired of revisionists as they try to look so intellectual while they parse every little thing in history. Personally, I think we should have made Iraq a US protectorate territory after that win, while returning Aftganiscrap into their beloved 7th century shithole.
Why is it we are the only nation through history that always gives back the spoils of war? Hell, we could own Germany, Italy, Japan, Iraq, and other countries we've liberated through our childrens' blood.
USA! USA! THE most successful, most envied, generous, liberty example this rock has ever seen.