In Deutschland und anderen Staaten wird heute an das Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs und die Befreiung von der NS-Diktatur erinnert. | tagesschau

29K views · 130 reactions | On the evening of #ThisDayInHistory in 1945, a series of Allied firebombing raids began against the German city of Dresden, reducing the historic town to rubble and flames, and killing roughly 25,000 people. Despite the horrendous scale of destruction, it arguably accomplished little strategically, since the Germans were already on the verge of surrender. https://www.history.com/news/dresden-bombing-wwii-allies | HISTORY | Facebook

34K views · 308 reactions | WWII-Era Bombs Force Cologne Into Largest Evacuation Since 1945 | War History Online | Facebook