Iranian channel reminds the world of the Dresden massacre . I wonder why America keeps wanting to overthrow Iran - Kotaku In Action 2

Iranian channel reminds the world of the Dresden massacre . I wonder why America keeps wanting to overthrow Iran (media.kotakuinaction2.win)

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– TheImpossible1 -4 points 1 year ago +6 / -10

However, in March 1945, the German government ordered its press to publish a falsified casualty figure of 200,000 for the Dresden raids, and death tolls as high as 500,000 have been claimed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II

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– AntonioOfVenice 0 points 1 year ago +2 / -2

I don't consider Wikipedia a trustworthy source, but I have to agree that 200,000 and 500,000 is too high. The highest I've heard is in the low 100k.

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– dekachin 0 points 1 year ago +4 / -4

The actual German authorities said 22-25k. Goebbels lied and added a zero, because that was his job as propaganda minister.

It's obvious to anyone who knows about strategic bombing of cities to see that even the 22-25k figure was high, and it really isn't conceivable for it to be higher under the circumstances. The firebombing of Tokyo, for example, was far, far more destructive, on the same level as an atomic bomb (it killed more people than the actual nukes) and yet it only killed about 100k.

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