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WW2
Your World War II Resource
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Statistics
Military & Civilian Casualties
of the Belligerent Nations
[The two tables on this page were derived from different sources. Hence, the variation in some numbers.]
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Red Beach Two (Tarawa)
David Pentland
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Military & Civilian Casualties, Belligerent Nations
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population
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armed forces
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killed & missing
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wounded
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POW
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civilian
casualties
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AUSTRALIA
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6,900,000
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1,340,000
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29,400
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39,800
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26,400
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-
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BELGIUM
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8,300,000
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650.000
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500
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?
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?
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12,000
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BULGARIA
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6,300,000
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500,000
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32,000
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?
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50,000
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CANADA
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11,100,000
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1,100,000
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39,300
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53.200
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9,000
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-
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CHINA
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450,000,000
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14,000,000
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1,400,000
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1,800,000
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?
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8,000,000
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DENMARK
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3,800,000
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6,600
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?
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?
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?
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215,000
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FINLAND
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3,800,000
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?
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89,900
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201,600
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?
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4,400
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FRANCE
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42,000,000
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4,600,000
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122,000
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335,000
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1,450,000
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470,000
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GERMANY
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78,000,000
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17,900,000
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3,250,000
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4,606,000
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?
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2,350,000
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GREECE
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7,000,000
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?
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18,300
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60,000
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?
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415,000
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HUNGARY
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10,000,000
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?
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136,000
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250,000
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?
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300,000
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INDIA
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359,000,000
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2,582,000
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36,100
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64,300
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79,500
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-
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ITALY
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43,800,000
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?
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226,900
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?
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?
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60,000
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JAPAN
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72,200,000
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9,100,000
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1,740,000
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94,000
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41,000
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393,400 *
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NETHERLANDS
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8,700,000
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400,000
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13,700
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6,900
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?
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150,000
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NEW ZEALAND
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1,600,000
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?
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12,200
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19,300
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8,500
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-
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NORWAY
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2,900,000
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25,000
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2,000
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?
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?
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3,800
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POLAND
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34,800,000
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290,000
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70,800
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146,700
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787,000
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5,300,000**
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RUMANIA
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19,600,000
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540,000
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794,000
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?
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340,000
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S. AFRICA
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10,000,000
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250,000
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8,700
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14,400
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14,600
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-
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UK
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47,500,000
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5,896,000
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305,800
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277,100
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172.600
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146,800***
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USA
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129,200,000
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16,354,000
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405,400
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670,800
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139,700
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-
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USSR
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194,100,000
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30,000,000
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11,000,000
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?
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6,000,000
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6,700,000
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YUGOSLAVIA
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15,400,000
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1.5 - 1.7 million deaths, 1941-45
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* (Japan) This is the number of killed; another 275,000 civilians were wounded or missing.
** (Poland) Includes 4,800,000 killed in camps.
*** (UK) Inlcudes 60,600 killed.
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Slaughter of Innocents
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China
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20,000,000
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Soviet Union
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12,000,000
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Poland
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5,675,000
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India
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3,000,000
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Germany
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2,445,000
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Indochina
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2,000,000
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Yugoslavia
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1,355,000
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Japan
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672,000
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Hungary
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600,000
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Romania
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465,000
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France
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350,000
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Greece
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325,000
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Czechoslovakia
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315,000
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Netherlands
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236,000
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Italy
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153,000
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Bulgaria
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140,000
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Philippines
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100,000
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Netherland E. Indies
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100,000
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Great Britain
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93,000
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British Colonies
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93,000
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Belgium
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76,000
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Malaysia
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50,000
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Finland
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12,000
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SOURCE: Dirty Little Secrets of World War II, Dunnigan & Nofi
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