Dresden

The technological developments that assisted bombing, the impact of bombing on the German economy, the impact of bombing on the German civilian morale and also the effects on the German war effort all help explain why the Allied strategic bombing of Germany during the Second World War was significant to quite a far extent. Each of the following paragraphs will analyse the impacts of the Allied strategic bombing on different aspects of Germany and also what factors assisted the Allied bombing campaign in creating a significant impact on Germany during the Second World War.

Many people were baked alive in this raid. About 873 bombers were bombing the German city. Dresden did not have any military or industrial targets that opposing countries would have wanted to destroy; it became known as a terror bombing by the British because it was not a target. The raid caused many unwanted deaths and destroyed a small city. The casualties that occurred in these events would not have happened if it were not for the new and improved aircraft.

At 8:16 A.M on August 6, 1945, 80,0000 people ceased to breathe immediately upon the bombed dropped on Hiroshima (History.com.) Meanwhile, three days later another atomic bomb discharged from the aircraft of the Enola Gay, navigating its way on Nagasaki killing 40,000 people instantly. As a result, others endured severe burns and were contaminated with radiation illness due to the exposure from the bomb. In addition, the dynamic blast that plummeted onto Nagasaki and Hiroshima was equivalent to the power of 15,000-18,000 tons of TNT (History.com.) The United States wanted to put a stop to World War II as soon as possible and decided to release two dominant charges on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ryan Browne from CNN states, “Rushay said that Hiroshima was one of four potential targets and that Truman left it up to the military to decide which city to strike. Hiroshima was chosen as a target because of its military importance.” President Harry Truman wanted to make a statement to the world and Japan by releasing the two atomic bombs, which is similar to the government (Big Brother) in 1984 when

The main occurrence in the novel was the nonsensical bombing of the culturally enriched and beautiful city in Dresden, Germany. On February 13, 1945 amidst World War II this city was attack

It was dropped on August 9, 1945. It leveled 6.7km2 of land and killed 74,000 people by the end of 1945. The temperature on the ground reached 4000℃ and induced radioactive rain to pour down.

When British and American forces raided the city with firebombs, Vonnegut and his fellow captives were saved due to their underground imprisonment. The bombing killed more than 135,000 people, most of whom were innocent civilians, more than the deaths of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. After the bombing, Vonnegut was given the morbid task of carrying the corpses from Air-Raid shelters, including women, children, and the elderly; dead from concussions, fire, or suffocation. In a letter to his father, Vonnegut described his job and the reaction of the locals, “Civilians cursed us and threw rocks as we carried bodies to huge pyres in the city,” (Boomhower). His distressing internment in Dresden not only furthered his anti-war sentiments, but also established a reoccurring theme in his books: the irrationality of government and the senselessness of war. Vonnegut saw the bombing of Dresden and the slaughter of innocents as wasteful and meaningless. He could not comprehend the purpose of destroying a “beautiful” and fully functional civilization (Wiswell 5). The annihilation of the city and lives of the innocent affirmed his views of war as a waste, and even lead to his feeling that, “civilization ended in World War I” (Vitale). This view indicated Vonnegut believed World War II was a meaningless act committed by the uncivilized.

However, because of the unreliability of bomber commands performance the Nazis managed to quickly control the situation. They ensured that no photographs or news reports were published from the bomb stricken reports meaning that the rest of Germany could only gather information from stories and tales. On top of this only a small part of Germany was bombed as the allied forces simply did not have the technology to reach the majority of the Reich. That it was relatively easy for the country to regroup, resulting in heavy retaliation and a continuous growth in German production. However, in the last years of the war bombing technology drastically improved and the attacks were relentless. As opposed to less than one quarter of bombs dropping within five miles of the target, each bomb now hit their target and inflicted maximum damage due to new aiming technology. Bombing raids were now performed twenty-four hours a day, in the night by Bomber Command and in the day by the heavily armoured bombers in the American 8th squadron. 1,500 bombers were now available after a huge increase in production speed, each with the

On the night of September 7, 1940 Germany attacked Great Britain. “About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over” (Pyle). They targeted the “gigantic dome of St. Paul's Cathedral”, along with many other populated places. “Flames seemed to whip hundreds of feet into the air” (Pyle). The smoke was so bad they you could barely see the St. Paul's Cathedral (“The Bombing of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, September 7,1940”)“On September 4, the Luftwaffe switched tactics again and, on Hitler's orders, set about destroying London and other major cities” (“BBC History-The Battle Of

The bomb exploded with the power of 22,000 tons of TNT and 70,000 people died in 1945 from the bomb.

The bombing of Dresden from February 13 to February 15, 1945 remains one of the most controversial bombings in World War II. Located in eastern Germany, Dresden was targeted by Allied bombers during the final months World War II in the European theatre. The justification of the bombing remains controversial because the city was neither a political center nor an industrial center contributing to the Nazi war effort. The one word that describes Dresden before its decimation was innocence.

The ally powers partook in area bombing which involves enemy industries becoming obliterated. Allies were dropping thousands of bombs on Germany every day. On February 13, Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers came into the city in two waves and dropped their cargo on the city. The city of Dresden’s air force was weak and by morning the following day, more than 1,400 tons of explosives which led to the destruction of the beautiful city and many civilians dead. As survivors were trying to make it out of the city, over 300 United States bombers began to bomb Dresden’s transportation facilities and killed thousands of civilians. On February 15, another 200 U.S bombers carried on with the attack on the architecture. The U.S Eighth Air Force dropped more than 950 tons of explosives and there was more than 290 tons of incendiaries on Dresden. The Eighth Air Force then proceeded to drop 2,800 more tons of bombs on the city throughout three other attacks.

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GDR, a process in which the Dresden raids played a prominent role. As a result, in the

Taking a look at the people, processes, platforms and programs, there is no doubt that Dresden’s success is no