Bombing and Memory: Britain and France, 1940-1945 

Senate House, London, 15 January 2014

Andrew Knapp

Civilian Deaths from Bombing, UK and France

United Kingdom France Remarks

1939-40 23,767 3,543 France: about 2,500 from German bombing

1941 19,918 1,357

1942 3,236 2,579

1943 2,372 7,446

1944 8,475 40,200

1945 1,860 1,548

Northern Ireland 967

Total 60,595 56,673 French figure approximate

Source: US Strategic Bombing Survey

Metric tonnes % of total

Germany 1 284 342 51.1

Austria, Hungary, and Balkans 168,397 6.7

Italy (incl. Sicily) 344 334 13.7

France 517 758 20.6

Other 198 558 7.9

2,513,390 100.0

Allied bombs on France as % German bombs on UK 690%

Destinations of Allied bombs