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Originally Posted by Kieken
Oh, and Dresden? Hitler killed some 30.000 people in London and destroyed it almost over the course of 4~5 years, the Allies killed something between 30.000 and 65.000 people in one night and thereby destroyed the entire city in just a couple of hours. In total 3900 tons of bombs were dropped and 1.300 tons of incendiaries. When you take in fact that the Allies knew how the weather was (very cold so hot air would raise fast => suction) but still decided to continue. Another thing is that the factories were situated around Dresden, but where were the bombs dropped? In the centre.
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The firestorm was a deliberate tactic to destroy the city, from the brilliant mind of astrophysicist Freeman Dyson (as I recall). Remember Dyson spheres? same bloke. He is still alive and publishing. His son did some interesting things too, like live up a tree in British Columbia for a year.