{"id":100730,"date":"2026-02-06T04:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=100730"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:02:09","slug":"firestorm-dresden-three-days-in-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/02\/06\/firestorm-dresden-three-days-in-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Dresden Part 2 &#8211; Firestorm Dresden: Three Days In Hell!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fed0sUNTcY0?si=FRTq9TcCCyW3fb_j\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>HardThrasher<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 5 Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p>In &#8220;Firestorm Dresden: 3 Days in Hell&#8221;*, we&#8217;ll unpack the bombing and subsequent firestorm in February 1945. We&#8217;ll look at how first the RAF night raids and then the US 8th Air Force daylight attacks unfolded, the damage they did and the horrific impact on the ground. We&#8217;ll look at how the aftermath shaped the myths and understanding surrounding the raid, and the fate of Arthur Harris and those who&#8217;d planned the raid. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<p><em>* Proof once more, as if it were needed, how shit AI is &mdash; I have, apparently, to put the title of the video into the first words in the description to attract Google&#8217;s attention &#8230; I am so sorry to brutalise the English language like this.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<strong>NR<\/strong>: Part one was posted <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/01\/22\/dresden-part-1-targets-tangents-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> on January 22nd, should you want to watch it first.]<\/p>\n<p>00:00 \u2013 02:22 \u2013 Opening<br \/>\n02:26 \u2013 06:20 &#8211; The weather<br \/>\n06:20 \u2013 16:12 \u2013 The attack<br \/>\n16:18 &#8211; 25:17 \u2013 Horror on the ground<br \/>\n25:22 \u2013 29:26 \u2013 USAAF Attacks<br \/>\n29:30 \u2013 34:30 \u2013 Dealing with the bodies<br \/>\n34:34 \u2013 44:59 \u2013 Reaction in the west<br \/>\n45:03 \u2013 48:06 &#8211; The Soviet view<br \/>\n48:10 \u2013 54:27 \u2013 Summing up and close<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>i.   \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVZfQi1teHZNN1VvSWxWdjBQdEphQnVCdHZ2UXxBQ3Jtc0ttbzBKR1VNemdqNmNxNlE5NTY4blI0MkdlbUdrZFJ1R1RfSlMzdnNGM3hKVjZfT0IwMWp0amNTd2hCbkVZamxISGJxNjJRc3lkQnZ4cG41VXFLd3RTZ0RnTUNQVnktbmpnSlJMTTFkbXVISEpwcDdlVQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Foceansgovernclimate.medium.com%2Feurope-in-ice-age-january-1940-why-bc513303f831&#038;v=Fed0sUNTcY0\" target=\"_blank\">europe-in-ice-age-january-1940-why<\/a><br \/>\nii. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWpOZ1MtNDU4RTBTQXBXU2VqT25IZG9RNkJNd3xBQ3Jtc0ttSzRVREN1d1pXN19RZ3FUVVFaTFRUR1hxZDkyYjFWVk9xTzNlNWQwUGlEZUo1MjBmdGlEUk5VRWQzQm9FcWJDZVhfanNaZ1pJc0w3anh5LV9sSlBsMUREYWFNVmE2VjhuQ3JuLVhtRWl2Z1B1Y3Z3Zw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.extremeweatherwatch.com%2Fcities%2Fberlin%2Fyear-1944&#038;v=Fed0sUNTcY0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.extremeweatherwatch.com\/c&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\niii. Frederick Taylor, <em>Dresden<\/em>, Bloomsbury Books, 2004 (Electronic version 2011) p.518<br \/>\niv. Max Hastings, <em>Bomber Command<\/em>, (Pan Military Classics), p. 376). Pan Macmillan. Kindle Edition<br \/>\nv. Middlebrook &#038; Everitt, <em>The Bomber Command Diaries, An Operational Reference Book 1939-945<\/em>, Penguin, 1985 (from 1990 ed) p.271-273<br \/>\nvi. Middlebrook &#038; Everitt, <em>ibid<\/em>, p.633<br \/>\nvii. Westermann, <em>Flak: German Anti-Aircraft Defenses 1941-1945<\/em>, University Press of Kansas 2001, p.279<br \/>\nviii. Taylor, <em>op. cit.<\/em>, p.312 and on<br \/>\nix. Taylor, <em>op. cit.<\/em>, p.360<br \/>\nx. Peter Reichler, <em>Dresden Hauptbahnhof<\/em>, Egglham, 1998, p. 54.<br \/>\nxi. <em>HStaD Feuerwehpolizei Bereitschaft<\/em> 9 Commanders Report, 3rd Company<br \/>\nxii. Overby, <em>The Bombing War in Europe<\/em>, Penguin, 2014, p.395<br \/>\nxiii. Richard G. Davis, <em>Carl A Spaatz and the Air War in Europe<\/em>, Centre for Air Force History, 1993, p.556<br \/>\nxiv. Taylor, <em>op. cit.<\/em>, p.412<br \/>\nxv. Davis, <em>op. cit.<\/em>, p.558<br \/>\nxvi. Sinclair, <em>Dresden: The Fire and Darkness<\/em>, Penguin, p.257<br \/>\nxvii. Taylor, <em>op. cit.<\/em>, p.448<br \/>\nxviii. Taylor, <em>op. cit.<\/em>, p.452<br \/>\nxix. Taylor, <em>op. cit.<\/em>, p.469<br \/>\nxx. Taylor, <em>op. cit.<\/em>, p.475<br \/>\nxxi. Taylor, <em>op. cit.<\/em>, p. 488<br \/>\nxxii. Taylor, <em>op. cit.<\/em>, p. 508<br \/>\nxxiii. Taylor, <em>op. cit.<\/em>, p. 505<\/p>\n<p>Join the Hellfire Club here! &#8211; patreon.com\/LordHardThrasher<br \/>\nEmail me here! \u2013 lordhardthrasher@gmail.com<br \/>\nShout at my Socials here ! \u2013<br \/>\nTwitter @hardthrashe<br \/>\nBluesky @lordhardthrasher.bsky.social<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; @lordhardthrasher (I kind of use it, kind of not)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HardThrasher Published 5 Feb 2026 In &#8220;Firestorm Dresden: 3 Days in Hell&#8221;*, we&#8217;ll unpack the bombing and subsequent firestorm in February 1945. We&#8217;ll look at how first the RAF night raids and then the US 8th Air Force daylight attacks unfolded, the damage they did and the horrific impact on the ground. 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