“The Russians would lose 305,000 troops in the last 42 miles approaching Berlin---about the number of American army soldiers who died in all of World War II. Of the 125,000 of Berlin's civilians who died in the Russian attack, 6,400 were suicides;” Wwii History Casualty Book:The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour Source: The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour