Dresden Bombed To Atoms: OPERATION THUNDERCLAP

OPERATION THUNDERCLAP: THE BOMBING OF DRESDEN BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICHARD A. CONROY AF.mil Precision bombing of military targets was a reality in War II by the end of 1943. By February, 1945, the war in Europe was nearly over. Why, then at that late date, was the city of Dresden destroyed by allied firebombing? As a Second Lieutenant, I …