num_pages: 255
description: The Destruction of Dresden is a 1963 non-fiction book which describes the February 1945 bombing of Dresden in World War II. The book is based on a series of 37 articles written on the strategic bombing during World War II by David Irving called Wie Deutschlands Städte starben ( How Germany's Cities Died) for the German journal Neue Illustrierte. The book became an international bestseller during the 1960s debate about the morality of the World War II area bombing of the Nazi Germany civilian population.
language: English
title: The Destruction of Dresden
titlecomplete: The Destruction of Dresden
characters: Winston Churchill
genres: Military Fiction, History, German Literature, World War II, Germany, Military History, War, European History, Nonfiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 231
places: Dresden
publisher: Elmfield Press