
Dresden marks 80th anniversary of World War II Allied bombing
Dresden commemorated the victims of World War II and the destruction of the city eight decades ago with several events on Thursday.
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Dresden is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth largest by area, and the third-most populous city in the area of former East Germany, after Berlin and Leipzig. Dresden's urban area comprises the towns of Freital, Pirna, Radebeul, Meissen, Coswig, Radeberg, and Heidenau and has around 790,000 inhabitants. The Dresden metropolitan area has approximately 1.34 million inhabitants.
Dresden commemorated the victims of World War II and the destruction of the city eight decades ago with several events on Thursday.
The city of Dresden was the site of some of the most devastating bombing campaigns of the Second World War.