[sci.military] Dresden and Hiroshima

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