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Extracts from a report on Dresden prepared by Bomber Command, October 1944
(Catalogue ref: AIR 40/1680)
AIR 40/1680; Bomber Command report on Dresden, 1944 AIR 40/1680; Bomber Command report on Dresden, 1944 AIR 40/1680; Bomber Command report on Dresden, 1944
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AIR 40/1680; Bomber Command report on Dresden, 1944

Questions
  1. According to this report, what are the main industries in Dresden?

  2. Which of these industries would be useful in wartime?

  3. Where are these industries mainly located?

  4. Is Dresden an important industrial area? Give reasons to support your answer.

  5. Why might the details in this report be inaccurate?
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