Why was Dresden the most significant turning point of WW2?

It wasn't a turning point, it was just one of the most successful raids of the war, as far as Bomber Command was concerned. The US attacks did not go so well. Dresden was just one of Germany's eastern cities attacked in support of Russian successe... read more

TAMI BIDDLE: I think Russia staying in the war in 1942 and 1943 is very important. You know, I think if Germany had won the war in the East - the way they won the war in the East in the First World War - then you start to think about dropping atomic bombs on Germany. Because I don’t know how you would have done it. The other huge piece is the Battle of Britain. read more

From February 13 to February 15, 1945, during the final months of World War II (1939-45), Allied forces bombed the historic city of Dresden, located in eastern Germany. The bombing was controversial because Dresden was neither important to German wartime production nor a major industrial center, and before the massive air raid of February 1945 it had not suffered a major Allied attack. read more