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Inside Europe: Dresden commemorates bombing annniversary

Daniel Pelz
February 14, 2020

On Thursday, commemorations took place in the German city of Dresden to mark the 75th anniversary of the city's destruction by allied aircraft during World War II. On February 13th, 1945 British and American warplanes launched raids in an attempt to destroy Nazi Germany's morale in the final months of the war. Around 25,000 people were killed in the ensuing firestorm. Daniel Pelz reports.

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