Between February 13th and 15th, 1945, British and American bombers dropped nearly 4,000 tonnes of bombs on the refugee-crammed city of Dresden. David Spark relates how an officer at the British Air Ministry tried to get the raids called off.
The Russian ruler died of pneumonia on March 2nd, 1855.
Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of the union of two branches of the Roosevelts, on March 17th, 1905
James Barker on ‘Bomber’ Harris, the RAF’s wartime bombing campaign of Germany, and propaganda.
Tim Benson, founder of the Political Cartoon Society, introduces his ten favourite cartoons published in Britain.
