On the evening of February 13th, 1945, the Allies began a devastating series of raids on the medieval German city of Dresden. In two days, 1,200 RAF and USAAF bombers dropped 3,900 tons of explosives and incendiary bombs. An official German report in 2010 concluded that up to 25,000 people, most of them civilians and refugees, were killed in the raids. On the 70th anniversary of the devastating raids, Getty Images' photographer Sean Gallup has revisited the sites of historic photographs of Dresden and digitally merged them with present day scenes The famous statue on the tower of City Hall looking down at the ruins of the city centre Picture: Richard Peter Sr/Archive Photos/Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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