THE BOMBING OF DRESDEN
Snt,—Recently you published a letter from Lord Beveridge which incor- porated one he had received from a German about conditions in Germany. With regard to this in general I have no comment to make, but there is one passage which does, I think, warrant a reply. The German states that the air attack made on Dresden had no military objective. This is a serious charge against Great Britain and is entirely without foundation. The attack on Dresden was no terror raid. Dresden is a very important rail and road communication centre, and the Germans were using it for the transfer of troops between their Western and Eastern fronts. It was to prevent the transfer of troops and tanks that it was so heavily bombed. There was every justification for a heavy attack on Dresden at that stage of the war ; the Germans were being pressed from both sides and were transferring their fighting machines from one side to another in order to stem the tide of the Russian advance. There was no parallel justification for the German bombing of Rotterdam, Warsaw or Canterbury.—Yours faithfully, GEOFFREY LE M. MANDEL Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton.
Previous page
