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Dresden 1945 The Devil`s Tinderbox by Alexander McKee
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Dresden 1945 The Devil's Tinderbox by Alexander McKee
ISBN 0 285 625152 . 1st Edition. Published by Souvenir Press Ltd. 1982.
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket and book in excellent condition. 59 Illustrations. 334 pages.
"During the night of 13th February 1945, RAF Bomber Command launched an 'all out' attack upon the city of Dresden. Two major raids took place, and the following dy American Flying Fortresses pressed home the attack. The city was reduced to rubble, and so intensive was the attack that the concentration of high explosive and incendiary bombs combined to turn the city into a blast furnace. A minimum of 35,000 people lost their lives, including thousands of refugees fleeing before the Russian advance from the East. The hospitals were full and many prisoners of war were based in the vicinity... "
"Haunted by the sheer brutality of the raid, he (author) has interviewed witnesses both on the ground and in the air, recording the impressions of the air crews and above all the horrific experiences of those who survived the inferno. Most of those who lived through the night lost family and friends, and again and again come stories like that of Marget Freyer, a survivor of German interrogation, who took refuge in a cellar and fond herself alone with the corpses of 41 people, mainly women and children."
Taken from the Dust jacket of thebook