Regina Regina:
Mandatory reading of this book should be done when discussing this topic. People draw too much of their opinion from Pop Culture icons like Kurt Vonnegut.
Dresden: Tuesday 13 February 1945
by Frederick Taylor
Exactly! And don't forget the rank amateur net sleuths that stumble onto IHR or other revisionist garbage to quote-mine and throw out any stats they feel like. This event demands to be put into proper historical context.