yaniv%mush.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (ran el-Yaniv) (08/15/90)
From: ran el-Yaniv <yaniv%mush.huji.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Hello, From the "War Maps, campaigns and battles of WWII" by R. Natkiel, Tiger Books, ISBN 1-870461-10-X: Dresden, Feb 13-14, estimates - 35,000 - 135,000 casualties. From "An Encyclopedia of Battles" by D. Eggenberger, Dover Books, ISBN 0-486-24913-1: Dresden, estimate - 135,000 casualties. Hiroshima, 71,379 DIRECT casualties. Tokyo, 83,793 casualties. The Dresden double raid (RAF by night, USAF by day) is considered the most lethal. Tokyo ranks second. yaniv