The fire and the darkness : the bombing of Dresden, 1945

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"A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II. On February 13th, 1945 at 10:03 PM, British bombers began one of the most devastating attacks of WWII: the bombing of Dresden. The first contingent killed people and destroyed buildings, roads, and other structures. The second rained down fire, turning the streets into a blast furnace, the shelters into oven...

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Dresden (Germany) History Bombardment, 1945

World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British

World War, 1939-1945 Germany Dresden

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ISBN:

9781250258014

Edition:

First U.S. edition

Description:

xxv, 369 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Bombing of Dresden, 1945

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Part one: the approaching fury
The Days Before
In the Forests of the Gauleiter
The Dethroning of Reason
Art and Degeneracy
The Glass Man and the Physicists
'A Sort of Little London'
The Science of Doomsday
The Correct Atmospheric Conditions
Hosing Out
The Devil Will Get No Rest
Part two: SchreckenSnacht
The Day of Darkness
Five Minutes Before the Sirens
Into the Abyss
Shadows and Light
10.03 p.m.
The Burning Eyes
Midnight
The Second Wave
From Among the Dead
The Third Wave
Part three: aftershock
Dead Men and Dreamers
The Radiant Tombs
The Meanings of Terror
The Music of the Dead
Recoil
'The Stalinist Style'
Beauty and Remembrance

LCCN:

2019044455

Control Number:

2983433

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