On the night of February 13 to 14, 1945, the Anglo-American Air Force destroyed the largely unscathed city of Dresden in a devastating bombing raid. At least 35,000 people died, world-famous buildings, almost the entire city center, and numerous residential areas were engulfed in the firestorm. For the people of Dresden, February 13 remains a traumatic date in their city's history to this day. In this richly illustrated volume with authentic imagery, the author Matthias Gretzschel, who grew up in Dresden, describes the background of the bombing war, the British strategy of moral bombing, and the situation in Dresden during the Nazi era and after 1945.