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02-14-2008, 10:55 AM
1945: Thousands of bombs destroy Dresden
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British and US bombers have dropped hundreds of thousands of explosives on the German city of Dresden.
The city is reported to be a vital command centre for the German defence against Soviet forces approaching from the east.
Last night, 800 RAF Bomber Command planes let loose 650,000 incendiaries and 8,000lb of high explosives and hundreds of 4,000lb bombs in two waves of attack. They faced very little anti-aircraft fire.
As soon as one part of the city was alight, the bombers went for another until the whole of Dresden was ablaze.
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1993: Missing two-year-old found dead
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Police have confirmed a body found on a railway embankment in Merseyside is that of missing toddler James Bulger.
A murder inquiry has been launched. His injuries were described as "horrific" by Merseyside police.
Detectives are now trying to establish if the two-year-old had been killed before being taken to the railway or died as a result of being tied to the tracks.
The site where the body was found is less than three miles from the Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle where he disappeared during a shopping trip with his mother on Friday.
:g1: from BBc news
JOjO
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39941000/jpg/_39941995_14_2_1945dresden238.jpg
British and US bombers have dropped hundreds of thousands of explosives on the German city of Dresden.
The city is reported to be a vital command centre for the German defence against Soviet forces approaching from the east.
Last night, 800 RAF Bomber Command planes let loose 650,000 incendiaries and 8,000lb of high explosives and hundreds of 4,000lb bombs in two waves of attack. They faced very little anti-aircraft fire.
As soon as one part of the city was alight, the bombers went for another until the whole of Dresden was ablaze.
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1993: Missing two-year-old found dead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38568000/jpg/_38568135_jamesbulger_88x65.jpg
Police have confirmed a body found on a railway embankment in Merseyside is that of missing toddler James Bulger.
A murder inquiry has been launched. His injuries were described as "horrific" by Merseyside police.
Detectives are now trying to establish if the two-year-old had been killed before being taken to the railway or died as a result of being tied to the tracks.
The site where the body was found is less than three miles from the Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle where he disappeared during a shopping trip with his mother on Friday.
:g1: from BBc news
JOjO