 There is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre." KV
But we do need to be intelligent and well-informed about violence and war. Your task: Create context for Slaughterhouse Five by researching the Dresden bombing. Directions:
**The catch? No repeats! Let's gather up as much information as we can to help create the backdrop for this truly wacky and meaningful novel.
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David Carvajal
10/4/2016 02:35:46 pm
In March of 1945, the German government ordered for a false casualty report of 200,000 as a result of the bombing when it was believed to be over 500,000. -Wikipedia
Kat Tidwell
10/4/2016 02:37:08 pm
A 1953 United States Airforce report defended the operation as the justified bombing of a strategic target, which they claimed was a major rail transport and communication centre, housing 110 factories and 50,000 workers in support of the German war effort. -Wikipedia
Lizzy Matthews
10/4/2016 02:41:10 pm
Between February 13th and 15th 3,900 tons of bombs were dropped by British and American air forces on Dresden. (Source Wikipedia)
Mya Junkin
10/4/2016 02:42:10 pm
The bombing became almost instantly controversal with defenders saying that they were stratigically targeting railroad, communication centers, and factories, but critics claim that Dresden, a city filled with cultural landmarks, was not a strategic city to strike and the industrial area wasnt even hit.
Luke McGoldrick
10/4/2016 02:45:21 pm
The Dresden bombing occurred between February 13 through 15, 1945. Dropping a total of 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs.
Danielle
10/4/2016 03:06:50 pm
It was the single most destructive war, other than Hiroshima and Nagasaki. - history.com
Alaina Hilditch
10/4/2016 03:10:35 pm
After the raid had finished, SS guards were brought in from a nearby camp to burn the bodies in the city’s Old Square.There were so many bodies that this took two weeks to complete. -The History Learning Site
Destiny Allen
10/4/2016 03:12:21 pm
The United States Army Air Forces dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city of Dresden.
Ashley Headley
10/4/2016 03:25:47 pm
Before the war, Dresden was one of the world's most beautiful cities because of it's architecture, like the baroque style houses, cathedrals, and museums. Frauenkirche, Church of Our Fair Lady, was one of the many buildings destroyed in the bombing.
Julia Gilpin
10/4/2016 04:03:48 pm
The planes that dropped the target indicators were called the Mosquito marker planes. They glowed red and green to help guide the bombers.
Sydney Shaw
10/4/2016 04:09:30 pm
Although no German city remained isolated from Hitler’s war machine, Dresden’s contribution to the war effort was minimal compared with other German cities.--- http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-dresden
Malerie
10/4/2016 04:33:29 pm
At the end of the war, Dresden was so badly damaged that the city was basically leveled. A handful of historic buildings–the Zwinger Palace, the Dresden State Opera House and several fine churches–were carefully reconstructed out of the rubble, but the rest of the city was rebuilt with plain modern buildings.
Karie
10/4/2016 05:13:20 pm
Operation Thunderclap was planned in 1944 to bomb Berlin. The operation was postponed and the bombing of Dresden was the result of the planning. --newworldencycolpedia.com
Bella
10/4/2016 05:42:57 pm
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/s/slaughterhousefive/critical-essays/understanding-the-bombing-of-dresden
Jessica Hammersla
10/4/2016 05:54:48 pm
The basements in houses that were close together were connected with a thin partition used to separate the two for normal use. This was intended to allow people to break down the partition to run into another person's basement in the case of a fire. Many tried to escape the fire that they did not realize was engulfing the entire town, causing mass groups to die at the end of a line of joined cellars (Wikipedia).
Juneau Daggs
10/4/2016 06:01:01 pm
"The city was not simply a cultural centre – there were factories there producing weapons and equipment for the Nazi war effort. Therefore, the city was a legitimate target. It was also a rail base to send troops to the war front with the Russians."
Noah Gross
10/4/2016 06:33:22 pm
After the war, investigators from various countries, and with varying political motives, calculated the number of civilians killed to be as little as 8,000 to more than 200,000. Estimates today range from 35,000 to 135,000.
Hailley Manfull
10/4/2016 07:22:34 pm
"Though a night fighter group at Klotzsche airfield had scrambled, they were unable to be in position for thirty minutes and the city was essentially undefended as the bombers struck."
Kaitlyn Boyd
10/4/2016 07:42:47 pm
There were a lot of refugees in Dresden at the time of the bombing which is part of the reason the death toll estimates are so skewed.
Kaitlyn Boyd
10/4/2016 07:43:42 pm
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-dresden
Megan Hardy
10/4/2016 08:03:55 pm
Dresden was virtually unprepared for an attack, as exemplified by the very few public air raid shelters in the city. The largest one, however, was located underneath the main railroad station and housed approximately 6,000 refugees during the attack. (Wikipedia) 10/4/2016 08:13:30 pm
The bombing and the fires killed thousands of people but due to the altitude of the city, oxygen was sucked out of the atmosphere and thousands more suffocated to death.
Hailey McGuire
10/4/2016 09:29:19 pm
Other raids were carried out the night of the bombings to confuse the German air defense. 60 miles from Dresden, 375 bombers bombed a synthetic oil plant in Böhlen. -Wiki
Mercedes
10/4/2016 09:40:46 pm
"Florence of the Elbe" was the nickname for Dresden, also it was the most destructive bombing in World War II worse than Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Liam Freaking Buhr
10/4/2016 09:54:02 pm
At the end of the war, Dresden was so badly damaged that the city was basically leveled. A handful of historic buildings–the Zwinger Palace, the Dresden State Opera House and several fine churches–were carefully reconstructed out of the rubble, but the rest of the city was rebuilt with plain modern buildings.
Morg McKinney (:
10/4/2016 10:47:09 pm
800 British bombers had dropped more than 1,400 tons of high-explosive bombs and more than 1,100 tons of incendiaries on Dresden
Aneyla
10/5/2016 10:39:06 am
The destruction of Dresden impacted the people so greatly because of the striking contrast it held. Before the raid, Dresden was known as one of the most beautiful cities in Germany, and it was even dubbed the, "Florence of Elbe," because of its world renowned collection of Baroque architecture. - Rense.com
Jared Sheppard
10/5/2016 10:46:06 am
There was 200,000 incendiaries in all with the high explosive bombs ranging in weight from 500-4000 pounds. -Wikipedia
Eric Johnson
10/5/2016 11:56:10 am
According to some estimates, more people died during the Bombing of Dresden than during the entire London Blitz.
Brittney Brossart
10/5/2016 08:59:38 pm
It is believed that the amount of deaths that occurred were between 22,700-25,000. wikipedia
Ashley Hess
10/5/2016 09:04:03 pm
(I forgot yesterday) Both British and American planes dropped bombs on Dresden, leaving the city in flames for seemingly no reason. However, the allies claim that they were disrupting enemy communication lines, there were other cities that were more involved in the war. -history.com Leave a Reply. |
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