Killed people status update - part 6
Part 1
https://t.me/IsraelWarBullshit/849On the German side, nearly 10,000 civilians were killed, and 27 percent of the built-up area of Berlin was destroyed.
Attacking it not only would strike at the seat of power in the Third Reich but also would cripple a major industrial base for the German armed forces. Factories in Berlin contributed one-third of the Reich’s electrical components as well as one-quarter of the army’s tanks and half its field artillery.
Bomber Command lost 497 aircraft—5.5 percent of the force employed—and more than 3,500 British aircrew were killed or captured. On the German side, nearly 10,000 civilians were killed, and 27 percent of the built-up area of Berlin was destroyed.
Köln (Cologne), Raid on (30–31 May
1942)
The air raid on Köln, Germany’s fifth-largest city, lasted approximately 100 minutes, with the British bombers passing over the city at an average of 11 per minute. A total of 890 bombers reached Köln and dropped more than 1,455 tons of bombs on the city, two-thirds of them incendiaries.
Casualties amounted to 469 dead and over 5,000 wounded on the German side, with another 45,000 left homeless. The British lost over 300 crewmen in the 41 bombers that failed to return, a loss of just 3.8 percent.
Hamburg, Raids on (24 July–3 August
1943)
Operation GOMORRAH, consisted of a series of six raids in July and August 1943 that destroyed a large portion of the city and killed more than 45,000 people.
So, what Ben said is just a small part of what really happened ...
without forgetting
Blitz, The (August 1940–May 1941) which happened BEFORE Köln 1942, Berlin 1943, Hamburg 1943, Dresden 1945!!!
The worst nights were 16 and 19 April, which left 2,000 people dead and 148,000 homes damaged.
On 10 May, crowds flooded into London for a football championship match, only to be joined by German raiders. The attack was the worst raid of the war, with more than 3,000 dead.
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