It's called "collateral damage" when we do it.
Dresden was a British-American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World War II. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city.[1] The bombing and the resulting firestorm destroyed more than 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) of the city centre.[2] An estimated 22,700[3] to 25,000[4] people were killed.[a]
We won’t discuss the loss of lives and destruction in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Death is a component of all wars and a very necessary component, such as the above mentioned examples.
Good old Bomber Harris.
Pathetic.
Dresden, Nagasaki, and Hiroshima are all cities in countries that DECLARED WAR ON US.
(And yeah, Dresden is a city in a country that Britain declared war on because it brutally invaded Poland.)
The depths to which you Putinistas will drop yourself to to defend your multibillionaire corruptocrat that wants to re-establish the USSR is…
…pathetic
Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were 77 years ago.
Are you really trying to equate Russian massacres of today with actions 3 generations ago?
It's called "collateral damage" when we do it.
The firebombing of Dresden was horrific. I’ve read several books on that raid, and I still think it was over-kill. Germany was on its knees, with its back to the wall, and was — behind the scenes, at least — seeking terms with the Brits and US. Hitler, of course, opposed any capitulation. But we, however, insisted on unconditional surrender; and rightfully so.
For the longest time after WW2 the Soviets pushed the casualties at Dresden as over 100,000. This was a propaganda move to “show” how bad the West was. Much later the true figures came out. I think they used some Dresden pics in the 1966 British docudrama THE WAR GAME.