Today in 1945, the Allies begin firebombing Dresden. 25,000 civilians perish in the inferno. A young American POW by the name of Kurt Vonnegut is forced by the Germans to help recover bodies afterwards. The experience inspires him to write his anti-war novel Slaughterhouse-Five. pic.twitter.com/tMbaye2DKO
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