The definitive story of the shocking and controversial Allied bombing
of Dresden 'In narrative power and persuasion, he has paralleled in
Dresden what Antony Beevor achieved in Stalingrad' Independent on
Sunday 'Well-researched and unpretentious ... fascinating ... Taylor
skilfully interweaves various personal accounts of the impact of the
raids' Guardian At 9.51 p.m. on Tuesday 13 February 1945, Dresden's
air-raid sirens sounded as they had done many times during the Second
World War. But this time was different. By the next morning, more than
4,500 tons of high explosives and incendiary devices had been dropped
on the unprotected city. At least 25,000 inhabitants died in the
terrifying firestorm and thirteen square miles of the city's historic
centre, including incalculable quantities of treasure and works of
art, lay in ruins. In this portrait of the city, its people, and its
still-controversial destruction, Frederick Taylor has drawn on
archives and sources only accessible since the fall of the East German
regime, and talked to Allied aircrew and survivors, from members of
the German armed services and refugees fleeing the Russian advance to
ordinary citizens of Dresden.
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ISBN
9781408827741
Publisert
2015
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Bloomsbury Paperbacks
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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