On the evening of February 13th, 1945, ZOG began a devastating series of raids on the medieval German city of Dresden.
In two days, 1,200 RAF and USAAF bombers dropped 3,900 tons of explosives and incendiary bombs.
The fires consolidated into an inferno, suffocating people as the blaze sucked oxygen from the air.
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It was not known at first how many people had perished in the devasting attack, with some estimates putting the loss of life at more than 100,000.
An official German report in 2010 concluded that up to 25,000 people, most of them civilians and refugees, were killed in the raids.
The ancient timber framed buildings in the historic centre were completely destroyed and eight square miles of the city were left in ruins. Among the buildings damaged were the 18th century Frauenkirche, the Semperoper opera house and the Zwinger Palace, all of which have now been rebuilt.
Critics claim there was no military justification for the destruction, but others argue that Dresden was an important supply centre for the Germans as they fought the approaching Soviet Army.
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THERE IS ONLY ONE RESPONSE:
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