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Originally Posted by wu_trax
yes, switching points of the rail network, in the city center, a target that never had been attacked before then and to help the russians, who never even reached dresden before the capitulation. and to do that, ofc you had to burn down the entire city center. yes, that makes sense.
oh and 3 hors later, just when the rescue attempts really started, the 2nd wave started bombing the outer areas to disturb them.
ofc, to destroy a railway station thats all ok, especially if its so damn imporatant that there wasnt even any flak in the city.
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Moving 500k of German troops via the dresden switches could conceivably put a large dent in russian progress.....this for the allies is a bad thing, you see why it became a target, yes?
The 2nd wave came later to prevent the fires being put out, yes. Generally you dont let the enemy repair the damage you've caused to him..thats just stupid unless of course part of your plan is to force him to divert resources away from somewhere else which in this case it was not.
There was flak around the city but not in it, in that you are correct.
1 outta 3 aint bad.
Perhaps you should try to understand *why* a rail centre is a vital strategic target before dismissing the notion.