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The Wikipedia article you cite there mentions that Essen, which is on the other side of the country from Dresden, was the primary target of that campaign, and t
by cwyers 11y ago
The Wikipedia article you cite there mentions that Essen, which is on the other side of the country from Dresden, was the primary target of that campaign, and that it ended in 1943, when the firebombing of Dresden didn't begin until 1945.
- kuschku 11y agoWell, that is annoying. The German article mentions a larger timespan. I had hoped the english one would be equivalent, but it seems that’s rarely the case anymore :/
- cwyers 11y agoLink the German one; my German is incredibly rusty, but I can see if I can muddle through.
- kuschku 11y agohttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Bombing https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Bombing It has stuff like "the monthly bombing rate in 1944 was 90'000 tons", etc. In general, the German article focuses more on the concept in general than about the specific directive. Read more on the actual article that I wanted to link, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsm%C3%BCdigkeit https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsm%C3%BCdigkeit