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Vonnegut described the city as looking "a lot like Dayton, Ohio" with a lot of open spaces. "There must be tons of human bone meal in the ground"(Vonnegut 1). Dresden took years and years to build back up again. Many survivors, architects and city planners came together and rebuilt the city. By 1969 Dresden started to look like a town again. Today, Dresden contains lots of museums and unique architecture. Dresden had many types of architecture like Renaissance and postmodernism. The most popular place to go and tour is the Frauenkirche Church. The church is a Lutheran church.

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The city of Dresden was and still is a beautiful sight. City folk liked to see plays and operas for entertainment.Before the bombing it was a safe city that didn't contribute much to the war. Most factories and production plants were stationed in other cities in Germany. Dresden was not in thought of needing protection, so it did not have any defences or troops around. The Allies saw that as a weakness and chose to bomb Dresden for various reasons. One was to get back at the Germans and two, to open a path for the Russians.

Image: Dresden’s Frauenkirche Church before and after bombing

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Blitzkrieg of London – Sept 1940 - May 1941 – Bombing attack

D Day - June 6, 1944 – Beaches of Normandy– Allied victory and turning point of the war

Battle of the Bulge – Winter 1944-45

Dresden was bombed on February 13, 1945. It was nearing the end of the long brutal war. After the bombing of Dresden, the battle of Iwo Jima begins, the Germans surrender and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are dropped in result of Japan surrendering.

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The Dresden floor was now covered in bodies and rubble. All buildings and monuments were flattened. Nothing was left. About 34,000 civilians died. There were many refugees coming and going in Dresden bcause of the Nazies invading. About 100,000 were killed. The true number of fatalities will never be known due to burning, bodies ripped apart, bodies under heavy rubble ect. Around 10,000 people were alive. The number of survivors are undefined, but some share their stories of that traumatic day.

Picture: Zwinger Art Museum in 1946 and 2015

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This bombing was between the Allies and the Axis powers(Germany, Italy, Japan). Specifically, British and American air forces delivered the 1,800 degrees fahrenheit firestorm to Dresden. They used thousands of incendiary bombs which cause rapid fire when coming in contact to the ground. Waves upon waves of British and American bombers came to Dresden all day targeting factories and railroads. Dresden people were in terror of the 24 hour bombing for three days straight. About 4,000 tons of bombs were dropped on Dresden.