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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Texas John, post: 1152732, member: 25813&quot;]Ironically, the Soviets requested the destruction of Dresden, supposedly to disrupt German communications prior to the final invasion. Historians later said Stalin had as a goal the destruction of as much of the part of Germany his armies would occupy as possible, knowing as he did that the Germans had a standard of living far in excess of what his soldiers had ever seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later, the Communist state the Soviets established in eastern Germany condemned the bombing of Dresden as a cruel and unnecessary act, committed by the Western Allies out of pure bloody-mindedness.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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