Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 15 hours beginning on the night of Feb. 13, 1945, the historic city of Dresden, celebrated as the “German Florence” was ...

The evolution of air power transformed warfare from a conflict fought at the front lines into one that could reach deep into ...

Feb. 13 marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the allied bombing of the eastern German city of Dresden. In a series of aerial bombardments lasting until Feb. 15, 1945, the Allies dropped ...

DRESDEN, Germany - When the air raid sirens sounded in Dresden on Feb. 13, 1945, Rudi Warnatsch's family went wearily to the basement, hoping it was just another false alarm. After all, their ...

Victor Klemperer was an eyewitness to the Dresden bombings at the end of World War II, on February 13 and 14, 1945. The renowned scholar wrote what became known as the most vivid description of the ...

DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) - President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Germans they must reject racism and anti-Semitism at a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Allied bombing raids on Dresden, ...

Germany will mark 75 years since the destruction of Dresden in World War II on Thursday, with the far right seeking to inflate victim numbers and play down Nazi crimes. Historians think the February ...

For 15 hours beginning on the night of Feb. 13, 1945, the historic city of Dresden, celebrated as the "German Florence" was battered by Allied warplanes. Until that date, Germany's seventh largest ...