1. 14th of February 1945
The first day of the bombing of
Dresden

2. Dresden (1945)
 The capital of Saxony
 7th largest city of Germany
 A very important
industrial location
 2 important traffic routes
 A lot of weaponfactories
 642 000 citizens
 A cultural city

3. The night of 13/14 February
 The USAF and the RAF
 1249 heavy bombers dropped 3900 tons
of high-explosive bombs in four raids
 The target was the whole of Dresden
 The attack lasted 38 hours

4. The result
 25 000 casualties, a lot of them were
citizens
 The Nazi’s said that there were 200 000
victims, to show that the allies were cruel
 Fifteen square miles of the city was
destroyed (80% of the city)
 There were between 100-200 000 refugees

5. Rebuilding of the city
 A lot of the monuments of the city were
destroyed, but a lot of them are rebuild
with the help of charity organisations.
The Frauenkirche was ready in 2005, they
started in 1993

6. references
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Fra
uenkirche
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_
Dresden_in_World_War_II
 http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/bom
bing_of_dresden.htm