Dresden commemorated the victims of World War II and the destruction of the city eight decades ago with several events on Thursday. View on euronews ...

It was in May/September 1945 when WWII ended – the bloodiest and most horrible war ever fought in human history. The war that ...

Outcome: The devastation of the German city of Dresden. There were five bombing raids on Dresden in 1945. The 8th USAAF bombed Dresden on 16 January and 2 March, as well as carrying out raids co ...

But in 1945, the plan was modified to carry out bombing raids on many cities in eastern Germany, including Dresden. “The aim was to hinder the reinforcement of German troops from the Western ...

The Duke of Kent has described “the grief we feel in our hearts” at the “terrible destruction and loss of life” in the Allied bombing of Dresden ... the aerial raid three months before ...

The researchers speak of "up to 25,000 people" who were killed in the air raids from February 13 to 15. This post on X wrongly claims that hundreds of thousands lost their lives in the Dresden ...

Dresden was not the only European city that suffered such bombardments. Even French and Belgian cities were devastated by allied bombing raids as the allies sought to dislodge the German occupiers ...

The Duke of Kent joins a human chain in remembrance in Dresden (Till Budde/British Embassy ... and American bombers launched the aerial raid three months before the end of the Second World War.

On 13 February 1945, Allied forces began a three-day bombing raid on Dresden, killing as many as 25,000 people and triggering firestorms that swept through the city centre. The British Royal ...

The Duke of Kent, the late Queen’s cousin, represented the King in Germany and took part in a human chain around the old town ...