Title
Ruins of Dresden (Saxony, Germany), in 1945.
Caption
Overall view of Dresden (Saxony, Germany) in ruins,
after the raids of the Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force and the US Air Force, in February 1945.
The bombing of Dresden was the deadliest of World War II (perhaps 250,000 dead; the exact number will never be known, as many of the victims were refugees from the Eastern territories invaded by the Red Army and were not registered by the city services.
Date
1945
Credit line
Photo12/Collection Bernard Crochet
Reference
CRO01169_028
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
12,2Mb (864,5Kb) / 7,9in x 6,0in / 2362 x 1802 (300dpi)