A survivor of the Dresden bombing recalls the horror he witnessed in Germany

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Rifleman Victor Gregg recalls the firestorm left behind when Allies attacked the city in 1945

recalls the firestorm left behind when Allies attacked the city in 1945City of dust: visitors to an exhibition in Dresden study a 360-degree panorama of the city after the Allied raids in February 1945n 13 February 1945, Victor Gregg was a 25-year-old British rifleman being held by the Germans in the beautiful city of Dresden.

 

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Also described in the writings of the Swedish author Stig Dagerman: German Autumn (1947)

Yes, war is horrifying. But maybe carpet bombing people who murdered millions for bigoted reasons was a necessary evil. Hitler was never someone who would have been persuaded to stop. He only understood force. And by god, did we show it to him.

Maybe we carpet bombed it because there were no Ford plants of IG Farbun plants there, never forget the financial class who made good off this war funding both sides

We forget both sides committed atrocities.

It’s called Slaughterhouse Five.

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