#121 - Bombing of Dresden
Professor Buzzkill History Podcast
English - July 05, 2016 22:28 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsHistory Education buzzkill myths history mythbusting professor Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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[fusion_text]The bombing of Dresden on 13-14 February 1945 was one of the most destructive of the Allies’ late-war bombing campaigns over Germany. Somewhere between 22,000 and 25,000 people were killed and a famously beautiful city was leveled. It’s been called an Allied war crime, and Kurt Vonnegut’s famous novel, Slaughterhouse 5, reinforced that idea in the public mind for at least a generation. But was it a war crime? Was it unnecessary? Listen in, Buzzkillers, as Professor Phil Nash enlightens us![/fusion_text]