The bombing of Dresden in 1945 resulted in a firestorm that wiped out the 7th largest city in Germany. This event sparked a massive historical debate over whether it was legitimate or not, whether it was a war crime or not, and whether there were 25,000 fatalities, or 400,000! Using on-screen references, this historical documentary presents the real story of what happened in Dresden on the 13th of February 1945, and examines the evidence to conclude a reasonable estimate of the fatalities, and whether the Dresden bombing was a war crime or not.