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==The raids==

At 3:18 pm on [[23 August]] [[1942]] marked the initial bombing and the beginingbeginning of the battle for Stalingrad itself. The advance of the Axis troops was well known, but Stalin resisted the evacuation of civilians, in part due to the importance of the city's factories to the war effort. The virtually unopposed German bombers began bombing the city. The [[Heinkel He 111|Heinkel 111]] aircraft approximately 4400 lbs (2000 kg) of bombs. The extensive bombing caused numerous fires. In the first few hours of bombing, the headquarters of the city's air defences were bombed. Stalingrad was bombed block-by-block for five days.

Many civilians, including women and children were killed in the bombing. The civilians that survived, were involved in preparing the defense of Stalingrad.

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Over the course of the battle, the [[Germans]] flew 70,000 sorties dropping over a million bombs. {{Fact|date=May 2007}}

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