Talk:Bombing of Stalingrad

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Comparison to Darmstadt

I somehow have to ask myself why the writer of this article compares this "event" to the bombing of Darmstadt, when there is a much more similar bombing of a city/town of similiar structure e.g. Tokyo or other towns/cities in Japan, made mostly of wood. Second thing which strikes me, is that apparently for 1,000 sorties there were only three losses, a loss rate of 0,3% (is this realistic? The soviets say 90 which is more realistic, but most likely overdone). And what puzzles me most: ONLY one source to this major event in the history of Stalingrad?! 2003:A:1409:BB00:4844:F96A:AC73:67C6 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 11:16, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Casualties

Highly questionable number of 40 000 is used when mentioning the death toll of the aerial attacks. No sources given, and the only ones I know are unreliable witness reports and a misinterpreted account of a russian historian, who claimed that 40 000 civilians died *during the whole battle of Stalingrad*, not only on the 23 august 1942. 2A02:3032:40D:5C69:1:2:3DA5:8ABE (talk) 10:54, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

US Tons or Imperial Tons?

In this section here: "The city was firebombed with 1,000 tons of high explosives and incendiaries in 1,600 sorties on 23 August" the amount of bombs dropped on the city is not made clear, is it US Customary Tons (2000lbs) or UK Imperial Tons (2240lbs) I know the difference isn't that big all things considered but the article should be as clear as possible 2A0A:EF40:833:3901:4343:EDDA:EC3:FB60 (talk) 11:39, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]