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From: wag1@cbnewsl.att.com (Doug Wagley)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: WWII city bombings
Message-ID: <1991May3.063513.5786@amd.com>
Date: 3 May 91 00:34:23 GMT
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From: wag1@cbnewsl.att.com (Doug Wagley)


werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) writes:
> > Further more I am very curious as to the number of civilian deaths
> > caused by the allied bombardments of Germany
> 
>From 'Deutsche Kulturgeschichte': (a college text)

"Rund 1 1/2 Mill. Menschen verloren ihr Leben durch Luftangriffe
(600 000 in Deutschland und 360 000 in Japan)".

I posted my last msg to soc.culture.german also, and had the above
"near instant" follow-up by Doug, which translates:

	"Approximately 1.5 million people lost their life in
	 air attacks, 600,000 in Germany, 360,000 in Japan"

Note, that the quote does not say "Germans" or "civilians" anywhere,
though I'd be surprised if battle casualties were included, but
expect that men killed while in uniform in the cities were counted.

Doug

	[Further discussion to soc.history, please. --CDR]