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WW II Casualties: Europe
Each symbol indicates 100,000
dead in the appropriate theater
of operations
WW II Casualties: Asia
Each symbol indicates 100,000
dead in the appropriate theater
of operations
WW II Casualtie
s
Country Country Men in war Men in war Battle deaths Battle deaths WoundedWoundedAustralia Australia 1,000,000 1,000,000 26,976 26,976 180,864180,864Austria Austria 800,000 800,000 280,000 280,000 350,117350,117Belgium Belgium 625,000 625,000 8,460 8,460 55,51355,51311
BrazilBrazil22 40,334 40,334 943 943 4,2224,222Bulgaria Bulgaria 339,760 339,760 6,671 6,671 21,87821,878Canada Canada 1,086,3431,086,34377 42,04242,04277 53,14553,145ChinaChina33 17,250,5217,250,52
1 1 1,324,516 1,324,516 1,762,0061,762,006
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia — — 6,6836,68344 8,0178,017Denmark Denmark — — 4,339 4,339 ——Finland Finland 500,000 500,000 79,047 79,047 50,00050,000France France — — 201,568 201,568 400,000400,000Germany Germany 20,000,0020,000,00
0 0 3,250,0003,250,00044 7,250,0007,250,000
Greece Greece — — 17,024 17,024 47,29047,290Hungary Hungary — — 147,435 147,435 89,31389,313India India 2,393,891 2,393,891 32,121 32,121 64,35464,354Italy Italy 3,100,000 3,100,000 149,496149,49644 66,71666,716Japan Japan 9,700,000 9,700,000 1,270,000 1,270,000 140,000140,000Netherlands Netherlands 280,000 280,000 6,500 6,500 2,8602,860New Zealand New Zealand 194,000 194,000 11,62511,62544 17,00017,000Norway Norway 75,000 75,000 2,000 2,000 ——Poland Poland — — 664,000 664,000 530,000530,000Romania Romania 650,000650,00055 350,000350,00066 ——South Africa South Africa 410,056 410,056 2,473 2,473 ——U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. — — 6,115,0006,115,00044 14,012,0014,012,00
00United Kingdom United Kingdom 5,896,000 5,896,000 357,116357,11644 369,267369,267United States United States 16,112,5616,112,56
6 6 291,557 291,557 670,846670,846
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 3,741,000 3,741,000 305,000 305,000 425,000425,000
1. Civilians only.2. Army and navy figures.3. Figures cover period
July 7, 1937 to Sept. 2, 1945, and concern only Chinese regular troops. They do not include casualties suffered by guerrillas and local military corps.
4. Deaths from all causes.5. Against Soviet Russia;
385,847 against Nazi Germany.
6. Against Soviet Russia; 169,822against Nazi Germany.
7. National Defense Ctr., CanadianForces Hq., Director of History.
Massive Human Dislocations
The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two
Superpowers of the later 20c
The Bi-Polarization of Europe: The Beginning of
the Cold War
The Division of Germany:1945 - 1990
The Creation of the U. N.
The Nuremberg War Trials:
Crimes Against Humanity
Japanese War Crimes Trials
General General Hideki TojoHideki Tojo
Bio-Chemical Bio-Chemical ExperimentsExperiments
7 Future American Presidents Served in World War II
The Race for Space
Early Computer Technology
Came Out of WW II
Mark I, 1944
Admiral Grace Hooper, 1944-1992COBOL language
Colossus, 1941
The Emergence of Third World Nationalist
Movements
The De-Colonization of European Empires
