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From: smh@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Stephen Head)
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Subject: Re: Hiroshima/Dresden
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Date: 16 Aug 90 03:02:31 GMT
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From: smh@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Stephen Head)

[Re: Hiroshima/Dresden]

> It seems to me that I remember that Dresden casualties were estimated at
> somewhere between 70 to 200 thousand.  I think that casualties at Hiroshima
> were around 50 thousand. Anybody have any reliable figures?

According to the "The Destruction of Dresden", by David Irving,
the most reliable figure for Dresden dead comes from the city government's
own estimate, 135,000.  Hiroshima dead were counted as 71,379 according
to the Japanese.  There are only rough estimates for Dresden because
of the destruction of records and remains incurred by the city at the time
of the Soviet occupation, in the months after the attack.

Steve Head