Joe Goebbels asked the German people if they wanted "Total War" and they said 'Ja.'
Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.
I wonder if the struture of the city, the location of its main buildings, etc. and the weather had much to do with the inferno? I dont know much about the specific geography of the city, but is it possible that some natural features of the topography would have caused a fire bombing to escalate because of wind direction and the concentration of fuel for the fire?
Anyone out there with a sense of this?
Dresden was a good lesson on why supporting and propping up madmen and evil ideologies is bad for your health.
Really? Did Goebbels ask every German, from the newborn up to the old Granpa? And they all said "Ja"?? It´s more that the audiance was carefully selected, so that nobody could screm "Nein".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportpalast_speech