Over the years the truth has come out about Dresden. That the massive casualty figures were made up by infamous Holocaust denier David Irving and that Dresden was in fact the largest regional rail marshaling facility and of strategic importance. This is not to say that many people weren't killed. But the numbers that are often bandied about are about 10x larger than reality.
I'm more of a "Bomber Harris" fan myself. But that's just
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Over the years the truth has come out about Dresden. That the massive casualty figures were made up by infamous Holocaust denier David Irving and that Dresden was in fact the largest regional rail marshaling facility and of strategic importance. This is not to say that many people weren't killed. But the numbers that are often bandied about are about 10x larger than reality.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Trudy. I find many of your contributions invaluable.
DeleteThat aside, as a youth I very much enjoyed Vonnegut's novels.