Bombing of Dresden

February 13–15, 1945 · Dresden

British and American air raids that started a firestorm in the centre of Dresden and killed about 25,000 people, one of the most debated Allied raids of the war.

Key people

Arthur Harris Commander of RAF Bomber Command

Participants

Battles 1

World War II September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
- Invasion of Poland September 1 – October 6, 1939
- Battle of the Atlantic September 3, 1939 – May 8, 1945
- Operation Weserübung April 9 – June 10, 1940
- Battle of France May 10 – June 25, 1940
  - Battle of Dunkirk May 26 – June 4, 1940
- Battle of Dunkirk May 26 – June 4, 1940
- Western Desert campaign June 11, 1940 – February 4, 1943
  - Operation Compass December 9, 1940 – February 9, 1941
  - Siege of Tobruk April 10 – November 27, 1941
  - Second Battle of El Alamein October 23 – November 11, 1942
- Battle of Britain July 10 – October 31, 1940
- Operation Compass December 9, 1940 – February 9, 1941
- Invasion of Yugoslavia April 6–18, 1941
- Siege of Tobruk April 10 – November 27, 1941
- Battle of Crete May 20 – June 1, 1941
- Operation Barbarossa June 22, 1941 – January 7, 1942
- Second Soviet-Finnish War June 25, 1941 – September 19, 1944
- Siege of Leningrad September 8, 1941 – January 27, 1944
- Battle of Moscow October 2, 1941 – January 7, 1942
- Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
- Pacific War December 7, 1941 – September 2, 1945
  - Second Sino-Japanese War July 7, 1937 – September 2, 1945
  - Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
  - Malayan campaign December 8, 1941 – January 31, 1942
  - Solomon Islands campaign January 1942 – August 21, 1945
  - Battle of Bataan January 7 – April 9, 1942
  - Battle of Singapore February 8–15, 1942
  - Battle of the Coral Sea May 4–8, 1942
  - Battle of Midway June 4–7, 1942
  - Kokoda Track campaign July 21 – November 16, 1942
  - Guadalcanal campaign August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943
  - Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October 25–27, 1942
  - Battle of Tarawa November 20–23, 1943
  - Operation Hailstone February 17–18, 1944
  - Battle of Saipan June 15 – July 9, 1944
  - Battle of the Philippine Sea June 19–20, 1944
  - Battle of Peleliu September 15 – November 27, 1944
  - Battle of Leyte October 17 – December 31, 1944
  - Battle of Leyte Gulf October 23–26, 1944
  - Battle of Luzon January 9 – August 15, 1945
  - Battle of Manila (1945) February 3 – March 3, 1945
  - Battle of Iwo Jima February 19 – March 26, 1945
  - Battle of Okinawa April 1 – June 22, 1945
  - Operation Ten-Go April 7, 1945
- Burma campaign December 14, 1941 – September 13, 1945
  - Battle of Imphal March 8 – July 3, 1944
  - Battle of Kohima April 4 – June 22, 1944
  - Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay January 1 – March 29, 1945
- Solomon Islands campaign January 1942 – August 21, 1945
- Battle of Singapore February 8–15, 1942
- Battle of Midway June 4–7, 1942
- Lidice massacre June 10, 1942
- Battle of Stalingrad July 17, 1942 – February 2, 1943
- Kokoda Track campaign July 21 – November 16, 1942
- Guadalcanal campaign August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943
  - Battle of the Eastern Solomons August 24–25, 1942
  - Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October 25–27, 1942
- Manhattan Project August 13, 1942 – January 1, 1947
- Battle of the Eastern Solomons August 24–25, 1942
- Operation Torch November 8–16, 1942
- Tunisian campaign November 17, 1942 – May 13, 1943
- Battle of Kursk July 5 – August 23, 1943
- Allied invasion of Sicily July 9 – August 17, 1943
- Italian campaign July 9, 1943 – May 2, 1945
  - Allied invasion of Sicily July 9 – August 17, 1943
  - Allied invasion of Italy September 3–16, 1943
  - Battle of Monte Cassino January 17 – May 18, 1944
  - Battle of Anzio January 22 – June 4, 1944
  - Operation Olive August 25 – December 31, 1944
  - Spring 1945 offensive in Italy April 6 – May 2, 1945
- Allied invasion of Italy September 3–16, 1943
- Battle of Tarawa November 20–23, 1943
- Tehran Conference November 28 – December 1, 1943
- Battle of Monte Cassino January 17 – May 18, 1944
- Battle of Anzio January 22 – June 4, 1944
- Operation Hailstone February 17–18, 1944
- Battle of Kohima April 4 – June 22, 1944
- Operation Overlord June 6 – August 30, 1944
- Battle of Saipan June 15 – July 9, 1944
- Battle of the Philippine Sea June 19–20, 1944
- Operation Bagration June 22 – August 19, 1944
- Lvov–Sandomierz offensive July 13 – August 29, 1944
- 20 July plot July 20, 1944
- Warsaw Uprising August 1 – October 2, 1944
- Operation Dragoon August 15 – September 14, 1944
- Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive August 20–29, 1944
- Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine August 25, 1944 – March 7, 1945
  - Operation Market Garden September 17–25, 1944
  - Battle of the Bulge December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945
- Operation Market Garden September 17–25, 1944
- Battle of Metz September 27 – December 13, 1944
- Battle of Aachen October 2–21, 1944
- Battle of Debrecen October 6–29, 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf October 23–26, 1944
- Rescue of the Lost Battalion October 26–30, 1944
- Battle of the Bulge December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945
- Siege of Budapest December 26, 1944 – February 13, 1945
- Vistula–Oder offensive January 12 – February 2, 1945
- East Prussian offensive January 13 – April 25, 1945
- Battle of Manila (1945) February 3 – March 3, 1945
- Yalta Conference February 4–11, 1945
- Battle of Iwo Jima February 19 – March 26, 1945
- East Pomeranian offensive February 24 – April 4, 1945
- Western Allied invasion of Germany March 22 – May 8, 1945
- Battle of Okinawa April 1 – June 22, 1945
  - Operation Ten-Go April 7, 1945
- Vienna offensive April 2–13, 1945
- Battle of Berlin April 16 – May 2, 1945
- Prague offensive May 6–11, 1945
- Potsdam Conference July 17 – August 2, 1945
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 6–9, 1945
- Surrender of Japan September 2, 1945