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A fact from Bombing of Rome in World War II appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 January 2007. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Pope Pius XII tried to prevent the bombing of Rome in World War II? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/January.

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The article now implies that Rome was not an open city, saying " Pope Pius XII unsuccessfully attempted to get Rome declared an open city ...". Eventually Rome was declared an open city, - see also: Rome, Open City. Ekem 19:25, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

clarified with ref. Ekem 17:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are substantial gains in context and reduced repetition from covering these in the same article. In the unlikely event that this article becomes extremely long, this may be considered as a potential sub-article. As it is, there is more than enough context at Vatican City during World War II and all of the (rather terse) information that we have about the Vatican City bombings is at a level of detail that would be appropriate even in an article about the Rome bombings as a whole. Savidan 23:06, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article stated that it was the British in an accidental bombing, but another article said that it was the Italians who did it with the belief that the Vatican Radio was sending messages to the Allies. Which is it? 96.57.184.26 (talk) 02:40, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In most sources (in English) on the WWII bombing of Rome, the July 19 bombing of San Lorenzo is listed as the first bombing of Rome. What is the source of the information about a bombing in May? Soggiornoselvaggio (talk) 19:42, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have a similar question. If there was a bombing in May then the one in July was not the first. Which is it? Rmrwiki (talk) 03:07, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article affirms that "The first bombardment occurred on July 19, 1943 and was carried out by 500 .." later the same article affirms that "On July 19, 1943, Rome was bombed again, more heavily, by 521 Allied planes..."

What is the date of the very first bombing? And where was the striking airforce based, in Britain, Africa or Sicily? By Lawrence from Milano Italy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.228.136.198 (talk) 07:59, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In the quick facts box of the article there is a 40000 civilian casualties number that is not sourced and not referenced anywhere else in the article. It seems like it would be essential that this number be sourced, especially since it looks quite disproportionate in comparison with the apparent scale of the bombing campaign itself. Does anyone have any idea about where this number came from, a source, or a possible replacement? Choucas Bleu (talk) 15:06, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Italian Wiki gives a source for a much lower number of casualities (719). Sadly, I have no access, nor do I speak Italian, so I can't verify that. "Allied Air Attacks and Civilian Harm in Italy, 1940–1945." Bombing among Friends, London (2023) by Matthew Evangelista gives "as many as two or three thousand dead". The amount of the casualities amongst the attackers also seems extremely off to me.Iluzalsipal (talk) 19:27, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think for now this figure should absolutely be removed Aliy Dawut (talk) 04:42, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with both of you, this figure is unsourced and highly disproportionate for the scale of the campaign, I have no idea why this is still sitting in the infobox, it does not belong there. Aliy Dawut (talk) 04:42, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Y Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 16:18, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]