However, the number of casualties was much less because the population rendered homeless escaped to the less damaged outskirts (Arbanasi and Stanovi) as well as Zadar's islands. It is estimated that in the spring of 1944, there were fewer than 4,000 civilians left in the city.
Despite this, the death toll was considerably smaller due to the homeless population relocating to less damaged regions like Arbanasi and Stanovi, as well as Zadar's islands. Approximately fewer than 4,000 civilians were still present in the city by spring of 1944.