Dresden casualties and an Atom bomb target?

[edwest]

These are legitimate questions and I am puzzled at the insistence of some to prohibit or even question the motives of anyone asking. This type of fire bombing was given as retaliation against the V-1 bombing against England. And yes, the number of dead in various cases were inflated or deflated for propaganda purposes during and after the war. V-2 strikes were initially blamed on gas main explosions in England to help avoid panic.

It is unclear if Dresden was an atom bomb target. The Americans received unexploded V-1s and parts from the British, produced a copy they called the "Loon," and were planning on launching them against the Germans but the end of the war in Europe came first.


Ed