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Originally Posted by Kyt  Yes but the decision to bomb Dresden was not due to it's industry but at the instigation of Churchill, at the behest of the Russians, both of whom thought that it would disrupt the communications network. At that time the bombings were being carried out on larger industrial facilities such as oil production.
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Dresden had already been bombed twice by USAAF bombers before the February raid, causing nearly 700 fatal civilian casualties.
Churchill merely asked his Chief of Staffs to organise a bombing campaign to help the Russians, he didn't pick Dresden as a target, that was done by the Joint Intelligence Committee who drew up the target list