But 80 years on Dresdeners are debunking Nazi myths.Victor Klemperer was an eyewitness to the Dresden bombings at the end of World War II, on February 13 and 14, 1945.

BERLIN — The Allied firebombing of the eastern German city of Dresden in 1945 killed no more than 25,000 people — far fewer than scholars' previous estimates running as high as 135,000 — a ...

Toward the end of World War II, allied forces bombed the lightly defended city of Dresden, ... Dresden Marks WWII Bombing 68 Years Ago Toward the end of World War II, ...

World War II bombs 'felt in space' Previous attacks had annihilated entire German cities. In July 1943, hundreds of RAF bombers took part in a mission against Hamburg, named Operation Gomorrah.

Dresden commemorates 1945 WWII area bombing 02/13/2019 February 13, 2019. Tens of thousands gathered in Dresden's old town to pay tribute to the victims of Allied air raids in 1945.

02/12/2025 February 12, 2025. At the end of World War II, Allied forces destroyed the baroque German city on the Elbe. Debate continues about whether the raids were morally or militarily justified.

A quick note to Eric Lucas on “A Spiritual Journey,” [Dec. 23]. While I appreciate your obviously heartfelt if somewhat fuzzy and lightweight ponderings on forgiveness and spiritualism, I feel ...

Up to 25,000 people died in the Allied bombing of Dresden during World War II - fewer than often estimated, an official German report has concluded. The Dresden Historians' Commission published its ...

Undetonated WWII explosives are discovered fairly regularly in Germany - even so many decades after the end of the war. Back in 2022, for example, two half-tonne bombs were found in different ...

Far-right demonstrators and counterprotesters faced off in Dresden, Germany, over the commemoration of the city’s bombing 75 years ago toward the end of World War II.

A new monument to the war in Aleppo, Syria, is causing a backlash in Dresden, Germany -- a city that was destroyed by firebombing in World War II. News Home Page ...

German authorities evacuated a downtown area of the eastern city of Dresden after an unexploded World War II-era bomb was found during construction work.. Around 8,700 people were evacuated from ...