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Tango01 | 27 Jan 2015 12:30 p.m. PST |
…Fire-bombed Dresden. "Seventy years ago, in one of the most controversial actions of World War Two, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped circa 4000 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on Dresden. Only months before the end of World War II, in four fierce raids between 13 and 15 February the allied bombers obliterated over 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) of the historic city center, and the bombing and the resulting firestorm killed at least 25,000 German people. If someone were to look out at the burned Baroque city in the days after the devastating attacks, from the Town Hall tower – seriously damaged but still standing among the ruins of the downtown – they would have been shocked by the horrific view. Now, seventy years after the bombing, visitors of Panometer gasometer in Dresden can watch and remember what happened in the hell of war as artist Yadegar Asisi has created a 1:1 scale, 100 metres wide and 30 metres high circular panorama that depicts the smouldering ruins of Dresden in the immediate aftermath of the Allied firebombing. The goal of the huge 360 degree artwork is more than remembering the horrors of Dresden as the artist explains…" Main page. link Amicalement Armand |
zoneofcontrol | 27 Jan 2015 8:23 p.m. PST |
Wow! A truly dramatic and scary piece of work. |
Tango01 | 28 Jan 2015 11:24 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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