World War II has been explored in many books and films, which offer a broad number of views on the war. One book that does this is Slaughterhouse 5, which was written by Kurt Vonnegut. The book is about a P.O.W. named Billy Pilgrim and the way he keeps his sanity during his imprisonment. He leaves reality and visits people, places and things whenever and wherever he wants. Great historical events like the bombing …showed first 75 words of 323 total…

…showed last 75 words of 323 total…usually in highly populated cities civilian casualties were high. The city Dresden was one of the cities destroyed by strategic bombing. This German city had not been harmed throughout the entire war because it was of no military importance. Their were thousands refugees that were being brought to the city because the Soviet Army was marching through Germany. This additional group of people nearly tripled the population of the city and the resulting death toll.