The raid was a rush job, a request by the Soviets to an RAF who had no strategic interest in the city. If the RAF ‘spared’ the factories, then it wasnt deliberate. Just sheer luck.
Dresden was an important military hub. Thats why it was bombed, to help the Soviets.
“The raid was a rush job, a request by the Soviets to an RAF who had no strategic interest in the city. If the RAF ‘spared’ the factories, then it wasnt deliberate. Just sheer luck.
Dresden was an important military hub. Thats why it was bombed, to help the Soviets.”
That may very well be true that Dresden was attacked to help the Soviets. But I don’t follow how you say the RAF had no strategic interest in the city and then go on to say it was an important military hub. wha?
The first wave was high explosives to destroy the buildings. Why come back three more times with incendiary bombs and hit the exact same area over and over, unless the intention was to kill civilians? My only point is to say that this raid from the start doesn’t pass the smell test. Just be honest and say we killed civilians as part of our total war strategy and be done with it.