 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakupera kwaJanuary 1945 kurwisa kwaHitler kwakanga kwakundikana uye mauto eGermany akanga adzokera kunzvimbo yawo yokutanga, apera simba zvikuru uye asina mafuta. Mauto ehondo ehusiku akaramba ari muhondo, uye akawana kumwe kubudirira kwawo kwokupedzisira muna February 1945, asi sesangano rakanga risisiri chombo chinobudirira. Kurwisa kweBomb Command paDresden, rakatsigirwa neUnited States Army Air Force USAAF uye Operation Clarion yakaenda pasina chinopikisa. Bhomba nhanhatu bedzi ndidzo dzakarasika muDresden, nhatu dzokurasikirwa idzodzo dzakakonzerwa nemabhomba akadonhedzwa pabhomba raiva richibhururuka riri pasi. Hans Leickhardt, NJG 5, akanga ari iye bedzi mutyairi wendege wehondo yousiku weLuftwaffe kupa chikumbiro pausiku ihwohwo. NJG 2 yakarasikirwa neGeschwaderkommodore Paul Semrau akaurayiwa muna February panguva yezuva risina kurayirwa rekuedza ndege. Semrau akatsiviwa naWolfgang Thimmig. Akanga ari mukuru mukuru wechipiri uye wokupedzisira weNJG 2 akafira muchiito. 