Dresden was a civilian town with no military significance. Why did we burn its people?

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83. With 70 years passing, there are questions that can be asked

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I am a passionate WWII buff.

I think, after over 70 years, it might be time to keep in mind that not everyone who fought in the German Army was a committed Nazi. The SS divisions were certainly were Nazis. Those in the Wehrmacht, the German regular army, may or may not have been committed Nazis.

Some of older career Wehrmacht officers might NOT HAVE BEEN committed to the Nazi cause, but simply were forced to go along, in order to keep their positions in the military and of course to avoid execution and the brutal consequences that would follow for their family members.

The officers who attempted to assassinate Hitler were Wehrmacht who knew that the war was lost, and that Hitler was destroying Germany. At least in France today, these men are now referred to as German Resistors, not Nazi brass.

I am too busy to add to the discussion by asking why many villages in Normandy, those with no strategic significance, were equally bombed to bits by the Allies, since the French civilians were not our enemies, and certainly NOT wartime accomplices to the Nazis.

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