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McKay, Sinclair.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Dresden.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
Dresden (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
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McKay, Sinclair.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Dresden.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
Dresden (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945.
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The fire and the darkness : the bombing of
Dresden
, 1945 / Sinclair McKay.
by
McKay, Sinclair.
St. Martin's Press, 2020.
Call #:
940.544 M153f
Subjects
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Germany
--
Dresden
.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Aerial operations, British.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Aerial operations, American.
Dresden
(
Germany
)
--
History
--
Bombardment, 1945.
ISBN:
9781250258014 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Bombing of
Dresden
, 1945
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
xxv, 369 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: United Kingdom : Viking, 2020.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part one: the approaching fury. The days before
--
In the forests of the Gauleiter
--
The dethroning of reason
--
Art and degeneracy
--
The glass man and the physicists
--
'A sort of little London'
--
The science of doomsday
--
The correct atmospheric conditions
--
Hosing out
--
The devil will get no rest
--
Part two: Schreckensnacht. The day of darkness
--
Five minutes before the sirens
--
Into the abyss
--
Shadows and light
--
10.03 p.m.
--
The burning eyes
--
Midnight
--
The second wave
--
From among the dead
--
The third wave
--
Part three: aftershock. Dead men and dreamers
--
The radiant tombs
--
The meanings of terror
--
The music of the dead
--
Recoil
--
'The Stalinist style'
--
Beauty and remembrance.
Summary:
Narrative nonfiction account of the history of the
Dresden
Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of
World
War
II. Looks at the life of the city in the days before the attack, tracks each moment of the bombing, and considers the long period of reconstruction and recovery. reconstruction of this unthinkable terror from the points of view of the ordinary civilians: Margot Hille, an apprentice brewery worker; Gisela Reichelt, a ten-year-old schoolgirl; boys conscripted into the Hitler Youth; choristers of the Kreuzkirche choir; artists, shop assistants, and classical musicians, as well as the Nazi officials stationed there.
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