DRESDEN, Germany — On the apocalyptic night when the British bombers came by the hundreds, Ingeborg Hommelsheim crawled from the cellar of her family’s burning home to find the Dresden sky a red dome ...

During three harrowing days -- Feb. 13 to 15, 1945 -- more than 1,200 American and British planes firebombed Dresden. More than 1,600 acres of the historic, architecturally significant city center ...

Britain’s bombing of Dresden near the end of the Second World War was proof that civilian targets “were never a good idea” in conflict, Jeremy Corbyn has said. Speaking to the HuffPost UK, the Labour ...

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 ...

Ursula Kretschmer remembers crouching in the cellar of her home on the night of Feb. 13, 1945, as waves of British bombers flew overhead, producing such a demonic roar that ”I thought my eardrums were ...

A visitor sits behind candles in the Frauenkirche cathedral (Church of Our Lady) in Dresden, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 two days before the 75th anniversary of the Allied bombing of Dresden ...

"The firestorm is incredible... Insane fear grips me and from then on I repeat one simple sentence to myself continuously: 'I don't want to burn to death'. I do not know how many people I fell over. I ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

On the 70th anniversary of the devastating raids, Getty Images' photographer Sean Gallup has revisited the sites of historic photographs of Dresden and digitally merged them with present day scenes On ...

Feb. 13 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1668, Portugal was recognized as an independent nation by Spain. In 1861, the first Medal of Honor was awarded. It went to Col. Bernard Irwin, an assistant ...