The Dresden Firebombing: Memory and the Politics of Commemorating Destruction

by Tony Joel

Book Overview

The firebombing of Dresden marks the terrible apex of the European bombing war. In just over two days in February 1945, over 1,300 heavy bombers from the RAF and the USAAF dropped nearly 4,000 tonnes of explosives on Dresden's civilian centre.Since the end of World War II, both the death toll and the motivation for the attack have become fierce historical battlegrounds, as German feelings of victimhood complete with those of guilt and loss. The Dresden...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350159077
• ISBN13: 9781350159075
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"