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bombed many locations in France. In all 1,570 French cities and towns were bombed by the Allies between June 1940 and May 1945. The total number of civilians killed was, at least, of 68,778 men, women and children (including the 2,700 civilians killed in
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The total number of injured was more than 100,000. The total number of houses completely destroyed by the bombings was 432,000, and the number of partly destroyed houses was 890,000. The cities that saw the most destruction were the following:
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On May 27, 1943, Allied bombings killed 3,012 French civilians in bomb runs over
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Henri
Amouroux, La Grande histoire des Français sous l’Occupation, volume 8.
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Eddy
Florentin: Quand les Alliés bombardaient la France, Perrin, Paris 1997.
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438:"La Rochelle / Sauver la Rochelle plutĂ´t que Royan? - en quelques mots"
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The deadliest Allied bombings during the German occupation were:
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Aerial view after the bombardment in Vire, Normandy, 1944
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Paris western suburbs 9 and 15 September 1943, 395 dead,
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26:Between the time of the German victory in the
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213:2–3 March 1942, more than 600 people killed,
178:, says that 20,000 civilians were killed in
481:(1st American ed.). New York: Viking.
342:5–11 September 1944, more than 5,000 dead,
219:9, 14, 17 and 18 November 1942, 228 dead,
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246:16 and 23 September 1943, 1,247 dead,
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477:D-Day : The Battle for Normandy
336:6–7 June 1944, more than 1,000 dead,
89:Le Portel (Pas-de-Calais) : 94%
300:26 May 1944, more than 1,000 dead,
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348:5 January 1945, 1,700 dead, etc.
521:World War II strategic bombing
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294:19 and 23 May 1944, 300 dead,
231:again 4 April 1943, 403 dead,
135:(Finistère) : 80 %
282:20–21 April 1944, 670 dead,
276:18–19 April 1944, 392 dead,
270:18–19 April 1944, 464 dead,
264:18–19 April 1944, 900 dead,
252:24 November 1943, 450 dead)
237:8 September 1943, 510 dead,
129:(Morbihan) : 80 %
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258:9–10 April 1944, 450 dead,
107:(Pas-de-Calais) : 85%
74:(Pas-de-Calais) : 95%
288:27–28 May 1944, 400 dead,
86:(Charente-Maritime): 95%
32:liberation of the country
330:6–7 June 1944, 400 dead,
324:6–7 June 1944, 700 dead,
312:27 May 1944, 1,752 dead,
473:Beevor, Antony (2009).
225:8 March 1943, 299 dead,
516:France in World War II
318:27 May 1944, 525 dead,
306:26 May 1944, 717 dead,
194:, around 3,000 in the
182:department, 10,000 in
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229:Boulogne-Billancourt
207:Boulogne-Billancourt
400:Operation Charnwood
395:Bombing of Normandy
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488:978-0-670-02119-2
280:Paris-La Chapelle
166:before and after
123:(Oise) : 80%
95:(Nord) : 90%
62:Tilly-la-Campagne
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56:Loire Atlantique
28:Battle of France
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190:, 4,200 in the
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500:Categories
406:References
354:Marseille
310:Marseille
235:Le Portel
93:Dunkerque
384:See also
340:Le Havre
180:Calvados
164:Normandy
139:Saint-LĂ´
121:Beauvais
111:Le Havre
66:Calvados
30:and the
378:Eauplet
358:Avignon
322:Lisieux
316:Avignon
292:Orléans
155:Lisieux
149:Falaise
127:Lorient
58:): 100%
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366:Amiens
250:Toulon
244:Nantes
223:Rennes
188:Manche
145:): 77%
143:Manche
117:): 82%
72:Calais
68:): 96%
34:, the
362:Nîmes
346:Royan
262:Rouen
256:Lille
211:Paris
209:near
168:D-Day
133:Brest
84:Royan
41:Royan
483:ISBN
376:and
334:Caen
328:Vire
304:Lyon
196:Eure
192:Orne
78:Vire
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