A plane zooms overhead. It floats, almost, gliding on the air. On its wings are British symbols, painted on. It's a British Avro Lancaster. For the people watching from the concentration camps below, it might have been a mercy flight. But for others, this simple plane put fear in their hearts. More Lancasters appeared, along with De Havilland Mosquitoes. 796 Lancasters altogether and 9 mosquitoes. Eventually, 311 US B-17s dropped their bombs. Nearly 3,900 tons of bombs were dropped over a period of about three days. This is the horror of the Dresden firebombing.

About Firebombing

Firebombing is a technique that was used numerous times in World War II. Here, I will mostly mention Dresden and Tokyo, though other places were firebombed. Many countries did some firebombing, but I mainly mention America and Britain, for they were the ones to bomb Dresden and Tokyo. Also will be mentioned arguments against and...