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Bombing of Dresden

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1945

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill14 February 1945

Dresden · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Allied bombing of Dresden leaves 25,000 dead

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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