Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) died this week. I have read a few of his books and admired his anti-war stance for many years. His last book attached the Bush presidency and the Iraq War. For me, he will be the person who enlightened me about the Dresden bombings by Allied Forces toward the end of WWII. The Allies planes obliterated this beautiful city which was a symbol of baroque humanism and all that was best in Germany.
With 25,000–35,000 German civilians killed in the Dresden fire-bombings, the casualties suffered in the Dresden bombings were similar to those suffered in other German cities which were subject to firebombing attacks during area bombardment. Overall, British-American bombing of German cities claimed between 305,000 and 600,000 civilian lives. Whether these attacks hastened the end of the war is a controversial question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_bombing
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