The Dresden Bombing by https://padlet.com/olivias19608/dresdenbombing By: Olivia Swaim, Nicolas Zambrano, Birgen Nelson, and Ethan Emmons en-us 2017-03-02 17:37:53 UTC 2026-01-03 22:39:08 UTC hello@padlet.com More than 1/5th of the city population gone nicolasz19763 https://padlet.com/olivias19608/dresdenbombing/wish/157416984 The allied forces dropped about 4,300 tons of bombs and 1,390 tons of incendiaries in Dresden and caused total destruction to the city.]]> 2017-03-02 17:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/olivias19608/dresdenbombing/wish/157416984 Purpose of bombing olivias19608 https://padlet.com/olivias19608/dresdenbombing/wish/157417413 Goal of the bombing was to demoralize the German troops in hopes of forcing an early surrender. 4295 tons of bombs and 1390 tons of incendiaries were dropped on Dresden my US and British forces.

]]> 2017-03-02 17:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/olivias19608/dresdenbombing/wish/157417413 Mixed messages of the bombing olivias19608 https://padlet.com/olivias19608/dresdenbombing/wish/157418085
  •  The allied forces declared that Dresden was a communication site and housed military installations, but they were actually full of refugees instead of soldiers. The bombing remained secret until 1978 when the US air force declassified many of the documents. 
    • Occurred during the final months of the war, 


    ]]>     2017-03-02 17:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/olivias19608/dresdenbombing/wish/157418085     Florence of Elbe olivias19608 https://padlet.com/olivias19608/dresdenbombing/wish/158106272 Dresden was known as “the Florence of the Elbe” due to its beautiful architecture and art work. Bombing Dresden provided little military gain and thus, has become the symbol for “terror bombing”.

    ]]>     2017-03-06 17:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/olivias19608/dresdenbombing/wish/158106272     Learning more about the Bombing of Dresden enhances our understanding of the book because it shows how people use war to justify crimes against other people. birgenn19316 https://padlet.com/olivias19608/dresdenbombing/wish/158107761 2017-03-06 17:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/olivias19608/dresdenbombing/wish/158107761