Talk:Bombing of Stalingrad

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 * Children’s Dance fountain in Stalingrad, 23 August 1942.jpeg

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)

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)