Talk:German bombing of Rotterdam

Regarding contradictory-tagged statement on number of wounded and dead

I saw the statement 'Although exact numbers are not known, nearly 1,000 people were killed and 85,000 made homeless.' marked as contradictory with the leading text, and on attempting to verify the source I found both the link dead and the (archived version) containing different numbers and talking about the total of dead and wounded during the invasion, specifically mentioning also hand-to-hand combat. Unless there's another source for those new numbers, the sentence should probably be deleted?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.105.18.45 (talk • contribs) 02:13, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is not clear to me which number the 1,000 or the 85,000 that you think is inaccurate. For previous discussions of the numbers with sources see:
Here are sources for the about 1000
  • Grayling, A.C. (2014). Among the Dead Cities: Is the Targeting of Civilians in War Ever Justified?. A&C Black. pp. 30–. ISBN 978-1-4725-3405-7. "one hundred tons of explosives and incendiaries on Rotterdam, Killing 900 civilians".
  • Air Power History (Volumes 44-45). Air Force Historical Foundation. 1997. p. 71. "At Rotterdam on May 14, 1940 approximately 900 civilian were killed"
  • Wilms, Wilfried; Rasch, William (2006). Bombs Away!: Representing the Air War Over Europe and Japan. Rodopi. p. 399. ISBN 90-420-1759-7."Though widely believed at the time 'on 14 May [1940] came the bombing of Rotterdam, killing it was believed, 30,000 civilians. The true number as we now know was 1000, and in any case the raid might have been justified as preceding a military advance' (LongmateThe Bombers P. 83)."
Here are sources for both numbers:
  • Veranneman, Jean-Michel (2014). Belgium in the Second World War. Pen and Sword. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-78337-607-0. "where the bombing of Rotterdam caused at least 1,000 dead and 85,000 homeless"
  • Mitcham, Samuel W. (2008). The Rise of the Wehrmacht. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-275-99641-3. "Nine hundred and eighty people were killed and 78,000 left homeless."
-- PBS (talk) 14:09, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Seems odd to me that the sources for estimating the amount of casualties of the German bombing on Rotterdam come from a Belgium and an English source.. Aglaria (talk) 17:35, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The precise number in the Infobox "884 civilian dead" I think s probably wrong it is the same as the number claimed as the total killed by the Allies when they bombed Rotterdam (at that time in this article). This number was added with Revision as of 19:43, 31 December 2012. -- PBS (talk) 14:36, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 1 February 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page to the proposed title at this time, but I have altered the redirect to point at this page per the discussion below; a hatnote remains in place for the article on the Allied bombing. Dekimasuよ! 21:47, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

German bombing of Rotterdam → Bombing of Rotterdam – Per WP:TWODABS; this is the primary topic. A hatnote can take care of the Allied bombing of Rotterdam. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:57, 1 February 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. Warm Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 04:53, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please see monthly pageviews: [1]. --K.e.coffman (talk) 06:57, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Ww2

Did Germany and Thier allis bomb windmills? 105.163.158.50 (talk) 17:34, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did this actually happen? (Para drop on a stadium)

The uncited text is from the bulk of a paragraph in the article on Home Guard (United Kingdom) (section Paratrooper Defence): 

The use of German paratroopers in Rotterdam, where Fallschirmjäger landed in a football stadium[citation needed] and then hijacked private transport to make their way to the city centre, demonstrated that nowhere was safe. It was widely reported that the paratroops in the Netherlands had been assisted and guided by ethnic German servants in reaching their targets and that was reported as fact by the British ambassador.

I take with pinch of salt the allegation of a single parachutist drop concentrated on a football stadium, as I don't see it reflected in this article. It is tempting to think there is a joke somewhere from a football-mad user.Cloptonson (talk) 14:14, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rotterdam_Blitz