Bombing of Dresden

When

13 Feb 1945 – 15 Feb 1945

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

22,700

Coordinates

51.05° N, 13.74° E

Description

1945 British/American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden

Injured

15930

Aerial bombing attacks in 1945

In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the German city of Dresden. The bombing and the resulting firestorm destroyed more than 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) of the city centre. Up to 25,000 people were killed.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bombing of Dresden (Germany) by the British Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces; 25,000-35,000 are estimated to have died”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Alliierten unternehmen einen schweren Luftangriff auf Dresden, der schätzungsweise 25.000–35.000 Tote fordert”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bombardement de Dresde par les avions britanniques et américains.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Alemania ―en el marco de la Segunda Guerra Mundial―, los aliados perpetran el bombardeo de Dresde”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2月15日——盟军轰炸德累斯顿，35,000人死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “連合国軍、ドレスデン爆撃。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page