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Dresden: The Fire and the Darkness by Sinclair McKay (Paperback, 2020)
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The bestselling historian's gripping account of the Allied bombing of Dresden for the 75th anniversary In February 1945 the Allies obliterated Dresden, the 'Florence of the Elbe'. Explosive bombs weighing over 1,000 lbs fell every seven and a half seconds and an estimated 25,000 people were killed. Was Dresden a legitimate military target or was the bombing a last act of atavistic mass murder in a war already won? From the history of the city to the attack itself, conveyed in a minute-by-minute account from the first of the flares to the flames reaching almost a mile high - the wind so searingly hot that the lungs of those in its path were instantly scorched - through the eerie period of reconstruction, bestselling author Sinclair McKay creates a vast canvas and brings it alive with touching human detail. Along the way we encounter, for example, a Jewish woman who thought the English bombs had been sent from heaven, novelist Kurt Vonnegut who wrote that the smouldering landscape was like walking on the surface of the moon, and 15-year-old Winfried Bielss, who, having spent the evening ushering refugees, wanted to get home to his stamp collection. He was not to know that there was not enough time. Impeccably researched and deeply moving, McKay uses never-before-seen sources to relate the untold stories of civilians and the military. This is a master historian at work.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books Ltd
ISBN-139780241986011
eBay Product ID (ePID)3046382850
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
Publication NameDresden: the Fire and the Darkness
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGovernment, History
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
AuthorSinclair Mckay
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight312 g
Item Width129 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSinclair Mckay
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