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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.]

Red Beach Two (Tarawa)
David Pentland


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