haqihana,
Not sure where you get this info, but it certainly is inconsistent with the information I have. Here's a quote:
<< First, the key facts about the bombing of Dresden on the night of February 13-14, 1945, 10 weeks before Germany's surrender, when everyone knew that Germany was beaten: Dresden was a beautiful Baroque city known as the Florence of the north. It had no war industry and little military value. Its population of 630,000 had been doubled by German refugees, mainly peasants from Silesia fleeing the Red Army. >>
eppc.org
How many B-17's were lost? How many were shot down, vs. other reasons? I presume you have some figures on that.
But, if the firebombing of Dresden had not occurred, that number of B-17s lost in the raids would have been zero.
What was accomplished militarily?
Regards,
Walkingshadow |
