Editorial Commentary - The Bombing of Dresden in WW2

During the Second World War, in 1945, the Allies were advancing on Germany from four sides. The Red Army was closing in from the East, conquering everything in its path. The Red Army was a few days from the city of Dresden, a medieval city in the south of Germany, when the Americans and British suddenly decided that the USSR was getting too powerful, so they decided to show their power. To show it, they decided to create a firestorm in Dresden, even though they knew perfectly well that many innocent people would die. Between February 13th and February 15, 1945, 12,000 planes from both the English RAF (Royal Air Force) and the USAAF (United States Army Air Force), continously bombed a part of the city of Dresden with both inciendiary and explosive bombs. This created a firestorm, a terrific fire which uses all the oxygen in the air, so people can't breathe. Recent researches show that about 35,000 people died but some German sources say as many as 100,000 people died (more than from the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki). The bombing of the city of Dresden was one of the most horrific actions made by humanity, and there is absolutely no excuse that such a thing happened, not even in a war situation like the Second World War was.

What I Like About Trieste

I like Trieste very much, because it is my home city and it is a wonderful city, with an ancient and mysterious history, and it is placed in a magnificent position, between hills and on the tip of the Adriatic Sea. The thing I like most of Trieste is the view that I can see from my house. In fact, when the weather is nice, there are always tons of people just above my house, at the Obelisco (which was built in 1830 to commemorate the inauguration of a new road) to see the view. The second best thing of Trieste is the sea. I love the sea and the sea smell that is everywhere, especially when one is on the Rive or at the port, in the part where there are all the ships. I especially like going on a boat, usually my uncle's boat, Blue, because my uncle always lets me keep the rudder, and I especially like steering, even though I'm not really good at going in boats, because I've never done sailing lessons. In any case, I like almost everything in and around Trieste, and I am very happy I live in this wonderful region.