Not all Europeans, just Germans.
It does actually. The only difference is how long it took and arguably Dresden was in worse shape than Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
> I'm not trying to diminish the scale of destruction in Dresden
Well, forgive me.
> but there are many cities other than it that got destroyed in similar, "conventional" way
No, there aren't. That's exactly why Dresden stands out.
> I don't see why it should be treated in a special way.
You really should go and have a look at those before and after pictures then. They are nothing short of incredible.
Warsaw, Breslau or Tokyo (and Rotterdam, for that matter) do not compare even though the destruction there was widespread.
I don't think it should be treated as a "most destroyed city" contest, but you should really research the scale of destruction in the cities I've mentioned. [1] looks quite comparable to [2], [3] looks arguably worse.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_destruction_of_Warsaw#...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_Wa...
[3] https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2d/10/af/2d10af195da2779dbd4c31ddf...
From [2]: "By January 1945, between 85% and 90% of the buildings had been completely destroyed; this includes up to 10% as a result of the September 1939 campaign and following combat, up to 15% during the earlier Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 25% during the Uprising, and 40% due to systematic German demolition of city after the uprising"
It's not me underestimating the scale of destruction of Dresden, but rather you underestimating the scale of destruction in other cities.
[1] http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bombing_of_Dresden...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_destruction_of_Warsaw
If you compare overall damage then Dresden had less than 50% of its building destroyed, while Warsaw had been destroyed in 80%-90%.
It really must have required special kind of ignorance to write this sentence.
Bigger raids happened after Dresden as well and Harris gave his opinion: “I do not personally regard the whole of the remaining cities of Germany as worth the bones of one British Grenadier.” Luckily he alone didn’t make describe I guess.
No. Dresden was bombed on 15 February 1945 [0]. The British continued night raids until the end of the war, peaking in March, and with the last raid on Berlin on the night of 21/22 April (76 Mosquitos) and the final raid on the night of 25/26 April [1]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden#Second_World_War
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command#Strategic_b...