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 | Heidefriedhof cemetery, Dresden.
Location of mass grave for the estimated 35,000 victims of the Allied bombing raids in February 1945. Many other victims were cremated on the Altmarkt. A sad reminder of the horrors of war. |  | 11/11/2007 | 456 | 
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 | From the diary of Dresden:
In the evening February 13th, 244 Lancaster bombers and 9 Mosquitos of the 5th Bomberfleet of the RAF took of from their base in South-England. Codename of the mission: Chevin.
21.39: Air raid warning in Dresden
21.45: The newsspeaker in Dresden reports the approach of strong forces.
22.00: The first marking ... |  | 08/15/2005 | 926 |
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 | The Blaues Wunder is a three-hinged cantilever truss bridge over the Elbe river. It connects Dresden-Blasewitz and Dresden-Loschwitz. |  | 05/03/2006 | 258 |
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 | The first nuclear power plant built in the United States. Dresden 1 was activated in 1960. The three Dresden units are General Electric boiling water reactors. It is located on a 953 acre (3.9 km²) site in Grundy County, Illinois, near Morris, Illinois. It serves Chicago and the northern quarter of the State of Illinois. Dresden 1 was retired in 1978.
Dresden was the first nuclea... | | 10/24/2006 | 547 |
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 | The Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz serves as a transmitting tower for television and radio broadcasts. Due to its visibility over large distances and its unusual form it has become a landmark of Dresden and the Elbe valley. | | 05/03/2006 | 177 |
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 | Some notable spots in Dresden.
Editors note - Hopefully, as Google Earth updates, we'll get better high resolution shots of these locations. |  | 09/12/2005 | 907 |
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 | Note the damage of prior raids. | | 02/27/2007 | 412 |
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 | The german city of Dresden in 3D. | | 07/12/2007 | 2,015 |
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 | 461 Lancasters and 153 Halifaxes to Stuttgart. 17 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes lost, 4.6 per cent of the force. This was the first of 3 heavy raids on Stuttgart in 5 nights and the only report available is a composite one for the 3 raids. The 3 raids caused the most serious damage of the war in the central districts of Stuttgart which, being situated in a series of narrow valleys, had eluded Bomb... | | 02/11/2007 | 383 |
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 | What to do on a weekend in Dresden - including Festung Koenigstein, Frauenkirche and others. Content is in German. | | 11/25/2008 | 105 |
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 | Wooden bridge which spanned the Mae Klong River (renamed Kwai Yai River in 1960). Construction began in October 1942, it was completed and operational by early February 1943. Both the wooden and the adjacent steel bridge were subjected to numerous air raids between January and June 1945 | | 10/15/2005 | 3,267 |
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 | The small but beautyful Zoo in Dresden. Zoom closer to watch the elephants (look for the shadows to find them ;-) |  | 03/31/2006 | 448 |
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