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Dresden
Frederick Taylor

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Dresden

Tuesday, February 13, 1945

HarperCollins (Feb 03, 2004)
0060006765
| Hardcover
518 pages | 152 x 229 mm | USA | English
$ 26.95 | Value: $ 26.95

Genre

  • History

Subject

  • Europe
  • European Theater of World War II
  • Germany
  • Twentieth Century (1900s)
  • World War II, 1939-1945

Plot

For decades it has been assumed that the Allied bombing of Dresden -- a cultured city famous for its china, chocolate, and fine watches -- was militarily unjustifiable, an act of retribution for Germany's ceaseless bombing of London and other parts of England.

Now, Frederick Taylor's groundbreaking research offers a completely new examination of the facts and reveals that Dresden was a highly militarized city actively involved in the production of military armaments and communications. Incorporating first-hand accounts, contemporaneous press material and memoirs, and never-before-seen government records, Taylor proves unequivocally the very real military threat Dresden posed -- and how a legacy of propaganda shrouded the truth for sixty years.