German Report: 25 000 Died in Dresden World War II Air Raids

World | March 18, 2010, Thursday // 14:07|  views

The Dresden Historians' Commission published its report after five years of research into the 13-15 February 1945 air raid by Britain and the US. Photo by davidduke.com

Up to 25 000 people died in the Allied bombing of Dresden during World War II, fewer than often estimated, an official German report has concluded.

The Dresden Historians' Commission published its report after five years of research into the 13-15 February 1945 air raid by Britain and the US.

The study was aimed at ending an ongoing debate on the number of casualties in the German city, the BBC reported.

Germany's far-right groups claim that up to 500,000 people died.

They say the bombing - which unleashed a firestorm in the historic city when Nazi Germany was already close to defeat - constituted a war crime.

Critics say there was no military reason for it, but others argue that Dresden was an important logistical point close behind German lines, as the Soviet Army approached from the east.

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