These days, February 13 to 15, remind the world of the madness and badness of war.
Yesterday people came together in Dresden and formed a human chain in the name of peace.
On these dates in 1945 the RAF and USAF bombed Dresden into smithereens.
No one knows how many people were killed. The original numbers of dead were said to have been in the region of 26,000. Since then experts have estimated that as many as 200,000 may lost their lives in the capital of Saxony.
The bombing and the resulting firestorm destroyed over 6.5 square kilometres of the city centre.
1,249 US and RAF bombers were used in the bombing.
They went back to carry out further bombing raids in Dresden on March 2 and April 17.
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