Jean Victor Marie Moreau, a rival of Napoleon, died at a battle fought in this city. It was the home to a military complex named after King Albert called the Albertstadt and it contains a large mural depicting princes called the Furstenzug. One event in this city featured men like Gottfried Semper, Mikhail Bakunin, and Richard Wagner standing on top of barricades during the revolutionary 1848 May Uprising. The most notable wartime event involving
Jean Victor Marie Moreau, a rival of Napoleon, died at a battle fought in this city. It was the home to a military complex named after King Albert called the Albertstadt and it contains a large mural depicting princes called the Furstenzug. One event in this city featured men like Gottfried Semper, Mikhail Bakunin, and Richard Wagner standing on top of barricades during the revolutionary 1848 May Uprising. The most notable wartime event involving this city was defended by Arthur Harris, who used the label "a mass of munitions works" to refer to this so-called "Florence on the Elbe," even though Winston Churchill felt attacking this city was "simply for the sake of increasing the terror." For 10 points, name this capital of the German state of Saxony, which was annihilated by firebombing during World War II.
Jean Victor Marie Moreau, a rival of Napoleon, died at a battle fought in this city.
Dresden [accept Drazdany, Drezno, or Dresda]