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Bombing raid statistics

Hi Devi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.33.201.151 (talk) 11:04, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

In the section Bombing raid statistics (currently 9.1), the cities are ranked by total bomb tonnage; however, Exeter stands out with very low tonnage (which also doesn't meet the inclusion criterion of 'over 100 tons'). I'm assuming the number is wrong, and probably should be in the 800-900 range (possibly 875?). Does anyone know the correct figure? DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:56, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

FYI, total bomb tonnage dropped on the UK by the Luftwaffe in the period 1939-45 was approximately 70,000 long tons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.144.50.176 (talk) 17:50, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Italian involvement

Italian planes bombed Felixstowe and Harwich. (109.153.101.46 (talk) 10:24, 23 November 2018 (UTC))

map

Can't we make a map of the UK with the position of the bombed places like in Baedeker Blitz? ※ Sobreira ◣◥ ፧ (parlez)⁇﹖ 21:29, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Death toll

The lead paragraph makes the following claim: 'More than 40,000 civilians were killed by Luftwaffe bombing during the war.' Well, yes, it was more than 40,000. Quite a lot more. Like 50 per cent more. Richard Overy, in The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945, Penguin, London, 2014, ISBN 978-0-141-00321-4 (not cited in the article's bibliography despite being the current standard work on the subject, which tells you a lot about Misplaced Pages), p.194, says, 'Total wartime casualties from all forms of bombing were 60,595 killed and 86,162 seriously injured.' Overy's table on p.187 (cited from the same source, the National Archives file Home Office 191/11, Ministry of Home Security, 'Statement of Civilian Casualties in the United Kingdom from the Outbreak of War to 31 May 1945', dated 31 July 1945) gives a total 44,307 men, women and children killed from August 1940 to December 1941 alone. Khamba Tendal (talk) 17:24, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

"The Week"

It looks like someone may have vandalised this page as a joke, by adding "... Herbert Morrison to order, with the support of the Cabinet, the stoppage of the Daily Worker and The Week". The Week is a more modern publication -- certainly, the "history" section of the link given here to The Week says it was founded in 1995. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.225.80.50 (talk) 15:10, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

In Popular Culture

Forgive me if I am missing something obvious, I am very new, but is there a reason that this page lacks a "In Popular Culture" section? Literature, etc. about the Blitz is not uncommon.Birdsinthewindow (talk) 16:39, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

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