The Positive Effects Of The Bombing Of Dresden

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Critics may argue that the bombing of Dresden conveyed a positive aspect in that nation. This city have a simply cultural centre. Cultural centre was a type of producing weapons factory. Dresden has several specifics regarding military significances. Factories had precise engineers in the 1900’s, they designed weapons and manufactured them. Therefore when allied leaders Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met at the USSR they had different comprises towards deciding what territory to would conquer. Churchill and Stalin continued the bombing campaign against east germany. Soon in the 1940’s the bombing of Germany took place, over two tons of bombs were dropped by the nazi’s.
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