Toward the end of World NIKE SHOX II

Toward the end of World NIKE SHOX II, as Allied planes rained death and destruction over Germany, the old Saxon

city of Dresden lay like an island of tranquillity amid desolation. Famous as a cultural center and possessing

no military value, Dresden had been spared the terror that descended from the skies over the rest of the

country.

Dresden was a hospital city for wounded soldiers. Not one military unit, not one anti-aircraft battery was

deployed in the city. Together with the 600,000 refugees from Breslau, Dresden was filled with nearly 1.2

million people…