yes, but the americans bombed it on daytimes and relatively accurate, but the RAF did it during the night. this was the warcrime. they couldnt hit highvalue targets, they just tried to hit everything. I'm from Dresden, so i know a little bit about it
From what i know the crime was about bombing the center of Dresden in particular, because the bombing target was there. However military installitions were outside the town (barracks, but i dont even know if they were in use at that time). There wasnt even flak around the city, because at that time this batallion was in russia. No military personal or equipment, just civilians at that time in the city, thats what made it a warcrime. However as you said you know more, because you live there
