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Dresden was considered a railhead for re-inforcing the Ostheer.

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Dresden was a lot of things. For example they had a lot of wounded soldiers there. For another, they had a lot of POWs there. For another, they had a lot of civilian refugees there.

Bomber Harris had his motives ~ and he kept them to himself.

Some analysts suggest bombing Dresden was a total waste of resources that could have been better used in taking out some of the railroads that led to the Nazi death camps.

Guess a lot of this stuff depends on your concerns.

Frankly, if we'd simply held off D-Day for a year, we'd had atom bombs and there'd been no need for an invasion. I have several relatives who'd have lived quite long lives without D-Day.