The bombing of Dresden remains a controversial period in the Allied air war over Europe.

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The city of Dresden was largely reduced to rubble as a result of the February 1945 Allied bombing campaign. (Rob Welham/Universal History Archive via Getty Images) For 15 hours beginning on the night ...