A firestorm caused by Allied bombers destroyed the historic centre of Dresden in February 1945.

DRESDEN, Germany — On the apocalyptic night when the British bombers came by the hundreds, Ingeborg Hommelsheim crawled from the cellar of her family’s burning home to find the Dresden sky a ...

On Feb. 13, 1945, thousands of Allied planes started bombing the German city of Dresden in World War II. The attack caused a firestorm that destroyed the city.

Dresden bombing 75 years on: A survivor recalls the horror he witnessed in the German city. Rifleman Victor Gregg recalls the firestorm left behind when Allies attacked the city in 1945 ...

In the otherwise innocuous editorial “V-E Day at 50″(May 8), one sentence disturbed me greatly: “To compare asphyxiation in the Dresden firestorm to death in the gas chamber is to confuse ...

Ursula Kretschmer remembers crouching in the cellar of her home on the night of Feb. 13, 1945, as waves of British bombers flew overhead, producing such a demonic roar that ”I thought my eard… ...

Of 13 February 1945, Allied forces in World War II (WWII) began a three-day bombing raid on Dresden killing as many as 25,000 people and triggering firestorms that swept through the city centre.

Jeremy Corbyn On Dresden 'Civilian Targets' Aerial view of Dresden city centre, the area around Pirnaischer Platz, devastated by the Anglo-American bombing of the 13th and 14th of February 1945 ...

DRESDEN, Germany - When the air raid sirens sounded in Dresden on Feb. 13, 1945, ... The bombing ignited a deadly firestorm - and a controversy that has yet to burn itself out.

How Dresden Looked After a World War II Firestorm 75 Years Ago Germany commemorated 75 years since the Allied bombing devastated the city. But the milestone has taken on new meaning with the rise ...