Slaughterhouse+Five+-+Dresden

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Notes and Comment
Dresden use to be a beautiful city. But between February 13 - 15, 1945 it was bombed. The raids saw over 1,300 heavy bombers drop over 3,900 tons of high explosive bombs with incendiary devices in four raids. The bombing destroyed over 13 square miles of the once beautiful city. The bombing caused a firestorm that consumed and destroyed the city centre. The fire bombing caused between 24,000 - 40,000 innocent civilian deaths. After the bombing many researchers have argued that Dresden was a cultural landmark and had little or no military significance. Allies described the operation as the justified bombing of a military industrialized target, which was a major rail transportation and communication centre, housing 110 factories, 50,000 workers in support of the German war effort. In the post war period estimates of the dead ran from a low of 8,200 to a high of 300,000 and have been the subject of distortion. The raids continue to be included among the worst examples of civilian suffering caused by strategic bombing.

Quotations
Pg.155 In my prison cell I sit, With my britches full of shit, And my balls are bouncing gently on the floor. And I see the bloody snag When she bit me in the bag Oh, I'll never f___ a Polack any more

Pg. 155 Me and Mike, ve vork in mine. Holy shit, ve have good time. Vunce a veek ve get our pay. Holy shit, no vork next day.

Quote Info
I chose these quotes for my own amusement, and I thought that everyone else would find them funny.

Links

 * 1) [|Wikipedia page on Dresden]
 * 2) Revert to Rhonda's chapter 9 for more information Dresden and the fire bombing.