Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Battle of Berlin (air), Bombings of Heilbronn in World War II, Bombing of Berlin in World War II, Bombing of Braunschweig in World War II, Bombing of Bremen in World War II, Bombing of Cologne in World War II, Bombing of Darmstadt in World War II, Bombing of Dresden in World War II, Bombing of Duisburg in World War II, Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II, Bombing of Hamburg in World War II, Bombing of Hanau in World War II, Bombing of Kassel in World War II, Bombing of Leipzig in World War II, Bombing of Nordhausen in World War II, Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II, Bombing of Schwabisch Hall in World War II, Bombing of Stuttgart in World War II, Bombing of Ulm in World War II, Bombing of Wiener Neustadt in World War II, Kammhuber Line, Operation Hurricane (1944), Second Raid on Schweinfurt. Excerpt: The Bombing of Dresden was a military attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, that took place in the final months of the Second World War. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 722 heavy bombers of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city. The resulting firestorm destroyed fifteen square miles (39 square kilometres) of the city centre and caused tens of thousands of civilian casualties. Post-war discussion of whether or not the attacks were justified has led to the bombing becoming one of the moral causes celebres of the Second World War. A 1953 United States Air Force report defended the operation as the justified bombing of a military and industrial target, which was a major rail transportation and communication centre, housing 110 factories and 50,000 workers in support of the German war effort. However, several researchers have...