Civilian casualties of strategic bombing

Civilian casualties of strategic bombing
B-24 "Sandman" on a bomb run over the Astra Romana refinery in Ploieşti, Romania, during Operation Tidal Wave.[1]
City Date Low estimates High estimates Attacking force Notes
Dresden 13/02/1945 to 15/02/1945 25,000 35,000 British Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Force		 Fire storm.[2][3]
See Bombing of Dresden in World War II.
Hamburg July 1943 50,000 50,000 British Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Force		 Fire storm.[4]
See Bombing of Hamburg in World War II.
Hiroshima 06/08/1945 90,000 140,000 United States Army Air Force First atomic bomb used in war.
See Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Nagasaki 09/08/1945 73,884 80,000 United States Army Air Force Plutonium bomb.[5]
See Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Duga, James; Stewart, Carroll (2002) (html--Google books). Ploesti. Brassey's. ISBN 9781574885101. http://books.google.com/books?id=KV8Ma-VA6fIC&pg=RA1-PA180. Retrieved 2009-03-26. 
  2. ^ Bergander, Götz. Dresden im Luftkrieg: Vorgeschichte-Zerstörung-Folgen.
  3. ^ Evans, Richard J. The Bombing of Dresden in 1945: Falsification of statistics.
  4. ^ Dyson, Freeman. "Part I: A Failure of Intelligence". Technology Review. http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/17724/page5/. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 
  5. ^ Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR VII) report to the National Academies of Science, 2007



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