The Bombing of Dresden

Published: Feb. 12, 2015, 8:50 a.m.

On February 13th 1945 the Allies began a series of air raids against the German city of Dresden. The bombing started a firestorm in which tens of thousands of civilians were killed, and the cultural and architectural centre of Dresden was completely destroyed.

(Photo: Dresden in the aftermath of the bombardment. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)