The civilian casualties in Dresden, Germany, during the Allied bombing in February 1945 are estimated to be between 25,000 and 35,000, while the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in an estimated 140,000 and 74,000 deaths, respectively, by the end of that year. While Dresden's toll was significant, the immediate and long-term effects of the atomic bombs caused far greater destruction and loss of life. Additionally, the context of these bombings differs; Dresden was targeted as part of conventional warfare, whereas Hiroshima and Nagasaki were specific targets for nuclear warfare, marking a pivotal moment in military history.
If you mean by the US then Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The USA atomic bombed Hiroshima (1) and Nagasaki (2) after Japan refused to surrender. Japan surrendered after the bombing of Nagasaki. More people died when Tokyo (1st) and Dresden (2nd) then died at Hashim (3rd) and Nagasaki (4th). The atomic bombing of the two cities brought the war to a speedy end and saved countless lives.
Manila, Philippines is the 2nd most devastated city in the world during WWII Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden. Cassino, Italy (the town not the abbey)
There were quite a few major cities bombed during WW2 by all sides such as Tokyo , Berlin , London , Leningrad , Stalingrad , Cologne , Hamburg , Coventry , Dresden , Warsaw , Hiroshima & Nagasaki , etc . . .
I do not have the exact figures, but, I think they are ranked in this order: 1) Tokyo, Japan suffered the worst. 2) Dresden, Germany. 3) Hiroshima, Japan 4) Nagasaki, Japan. I am very sure that is the correct list of the cities that suffered the most from aircraft bombers in WWII. Of course, a lot of people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who did not die directly from the bomb attacks, would later die from the long term effects of radiation.
If you mean by the US then Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Dresden, Germany Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan Warsaw, Poland
The USA atomic bombed Hiroshima (1) and Nagasaki (2) after Japan refused to surrender. Japan surrendered after the bombing of Nagasaki. More people died when Tokyo (1st) and Dresden (2nd) then died at Hashim (3rd) and Nagasaki (4th). The atomic bombing of the two cities brought the war to a speedy end and saved countless lives.
Manila, Philippines is the 2nd most devastated city in the world during WWII Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden. Cassino, Italy (the town not the abbey)
it honors war crimes by the allies, bombing of hamburg, dresden, hiroshima and nagasaki, cowardness of the western allies who relied on russian menpower, led by stalin,, to defeat hitler.
a civilian group
London, Berlin, Tokyo, Dresden, Stalingrad, were all heavily bombed during WW2. But none were destroyed as completely as the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 06 & 09 August 1945.
Everyone did, this is why war is a very bad thing. The Nazi's violated peoples human rights a lot but so did the Americans when they killed innocent civilians in the firebombing of Dresden and when they dropped the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
There were quite a few major cities bombed during WW2 by all sides such as Tokyo , Berlin , London , Leningrad , Stalingrad , Cologne , Hamburg , Coventry , Dresden , Warsaw , Hiroshima & Nagasaki , etc . . .
I do not have the exact figures, but, I think they are ranked in this order: 1) Tokyo, Japan suffered the worst. 2) Dresden, Germany. 3) Hiroshima, Japan 4) Nagasaki, Japan. I am very sure that is the correct list of the cities that suffered the most from aircraft bombers in WWII. Of course, a lot of people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who did not die directly from the bomb attacks, would later die from the long term effects of radiation.
Manila was declared an "open city" , and thus spared destruction. I would have thought that Dresden, Hamburg and Hiroshima/Nagasaki were the most devastated. Manila was the second most destroyed city, after Warsaw, Poland in WWII
Nuclear weapons were used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki because that was the Only way to get the Japanese to surrender, short of a manned invasion by the Allies in November 1945. The total death toll for the two cities was around 350,000 people. More people died when Tokyo (1st) and Dresden (2nd) were burned to the ground than died at Hiroshima or Nagasaki. The atomic bombing of the two cities ended WW II and have deterred the world from having a nuclear WW III since 1945.