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Dresden death toll '25,000 at most'

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Published Date: 18 March 2010
A GERMAN commission says its research has confirmed an initial finding that the 1945 Allied firebombing of Dresden killed a maximum of 25,000 people.
The figure is in line with its interim report in 2008. The 25,000 figure was well below scholars' previous estimates that were as high as 135,000.


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  • Last Updated: 17 March 2010 7:55 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Stephen Wayne Foster,

Miami, Florida 18/03/2010 00:40:55
This downsized statistic is a politically motivated monkeying around with the facts in a Germany that legally permits some people to downsize while sending other downsizers to prison.
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18/03/2010 02:20:25
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Carolyn 1,

18/03/2010 11:48:37
whatever the number, its too high and served no purpose
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Allan(handofgod137),

18/03/2010 17:22:30
Doubt this very much, the estimate appears to be based on the pre war population, and most reliable sources believe it may have been up to ten times as many, due to the city being flooded with people escaping the russian advance. Unfortunately the truth will never be known , as the firestorm vapourised the majority of the casualties.

 

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