From a historical perspective, Hitler's bunker would be a cool piece of history. The above argument would be like saying that Confederate sympathizers might descend on Cold Harbor. It does not change the historical significance.
When everybody's motives are questioned about their opinions on any subject, as is the case with this author, true thought is impossible.
Dresden was my family's ancestral home (pre-WWI.) From what I've read and seen the entire old city was basically a World Heritage Site.
While part of me wants to believe that the firebombings of Dresden and Tokyo were necessary to win the war, another part of me thinks they were no more than brutal payback.
Was the price of victory (in this case, trying to shut down factories by burning the workers alive in their homes) too high? No, the German people were not "innocent"- but they were still human beings.
Even in a war for our very survival, should we stoop to burning women and children alive? It would be so easy to do- send B-52s loaded with incendiaries over Damascus, Tehran and Pyonyang. Burn all three cities to the ground, kill everyone- men, women, children.
Should we? Will we?
I think the Germans got off lightly. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. Like the Japanese, they had to learn the price of hubris.
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