THE SCENE IN DRESDEN in 1923 when the city was occupier! by Prussian troops, the Saxon Government overthrown and the State absorbed into the German Reich. Saxony was annexed by Prussia in 1815. Just prior to the Armistice in 1918 the State broke away from the German Empire and became a republic. Dresden to-day, an important rail and industrial centre, is being battered by the Allied Bomber Command in direct support of the Russian advance from the East. Koniev's spearheads are reported to be half-way between Breslau and Dresden.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 39, 15 February 1945, Page 5
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89THE SCENE IN DRESDEN in 1923 when the city was occupier! by Prussian troops, the Saxon Government overthrown and the State absorbed into the German Reich. Saxony was annexed by Prussia in 1815. Just prior to the Armistice in 1918 the State broke away from the German Empire and became a republic. Dresden to-day, an important rail and industrial centre, is being battered by the Allied Bomber Command in direct support of the Russian advance from the East. Koniev's spearheads are reported to be half-way between Breslau and Dresden. Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 39, 15 February 1945, Page 5
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