https://irving.video/videos/watch/6e79a68d-e79a-4099-908d-ab6858117ac9 OverviewA lecture delivered in Dresden in 1990 in which Irving discusses the bombing of Dresden in February 1945, the methodology of historical research into the event, and the broader context of aerial warfare during World War II. Irving examines primary sources, interviews with Allied bombing crews, and documentary evidence to reconstruct the attack and contextualize it within wartime bombing campaigns by both Axis and Allied forces. Topics coveredIrving's personal discovery of the Dresden bombing and his initial shame as an Englishman 00:02:31, Allied access to decrypted German Enigma communications and their role in understanding the bombing decision 00:04:06, Methodology of historical research: interviews with Allied aircrew and archive investigation 00:06:01, Accounts from British Air Marshal Harris and bombing crews, including pilot perspectives on precision targeting 00:08:01, Photographer Walter Hahn's documentation of Dresden's destruction and the visual evidence 00:10:01, Irving's career as a historian and biographer of Third Reich figures 00:11:00, Comparative analysis of German bombing campaigns: Warsaw, Rotterdam, Guernica 00:13:01, Winston Churchill's role in initiating the aerial bombing campaign against German cities 00:18:05, Key momentsIrving describes his confrontation with the reality of Dresden's destruction at the city cemetery, where he read a monument listing the dead 00:07:00, An interview with a British bombing pilot who describes his professional detachment during the attack, focusing on precision rather than the human consequences below 00:09:02, Irving's argument that the Dresden bombing was "completely pointless" and could not have shortened the war by even a single day 00:12:01, SourceRecorded in Dresden, Germany in 1990 as a public lecture. The audience appears to be German-speaking civilians and interested parties attending a local speaking engagement. No broadcaster attribution is evident from the available metadata; the recording is part of the David Irving Video Archive. About this archive: irving.video preserves the lectures, interviews, and TV appearances of historian David Irving. All videos are captioned, every transcript is searchable. Books at irvingbooks.com. Sat, 20 Jun 2026 02:06:19 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://irving.video https://irving.video/lazy-static/avatars/217f0272-12b9-4650-9c50-a2b60755061b.jpg https://irving.video/videos/watch/6e79a68d-e79a-4099-908d-ab6858117ac9 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://irving.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.