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#Dresden1945
#Refugees [many were camping in #Dresden at the time of the raids]
#WarCrimes

Wikipedia: "On 13 February 1945, bad weather over Europe prevented any USAAF operations, and it was left to RAF Bomber Command to carry out the first raid. It had been decided that
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>the raid would be a double strike, in which a second wave of bombers would attack three hours after the first, just as the rescue teams were trying to put out the fires.[De Bruhl 2006; pp. 203–206]
As was standard practice, other raids were carried out that night to confuse
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>German air defences[:]..bombed ..oil plant in #Boehlen, ..97 km..from Dresden, while 71 ..Mosquito..bombers attacked #Magdeburg [and further] Mosquitos carrying out nuisance raids on #Bonn, Misburg near Hanover and #Nuremberg
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