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WW2
Your World War II Resource
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Statistics
Battle Casualties by Service,
Major Belligerents
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Army Battle Casualties, Major Campaigns
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Sherman Tanks Invade
Ogden Pleissner
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Battle Casualties by Service, Major Belligerents
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No. Served
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Killed/Missing
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Wounded
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POW
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USA
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Army
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7,900,000
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165,800
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574,300
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79,800
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Air Force
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3,400,000
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54,700
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17,900
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40,200
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Navy
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4,183,000
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36.900
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37,800
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?
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Marines
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669,000
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19,600
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67,200
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?
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UK
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Army
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3,778,000
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177,800
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239,600
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152,076
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Air Force
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1,185,000
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76,300
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22,800
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13,100
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Navy*
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923,000
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51,600
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14,700
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7,400
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Germany
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Army
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13,000,000
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1,622,600
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4,188,000
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1,646,300
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Air Force
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3,400,000
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294,900
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216,600
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?
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Navy**
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1,500,000
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149,200
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25,300
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?
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Japan***
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Army
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6,300,000
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1,526,000
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85,600
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41,500
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Navy
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2,100,000
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414,900
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8,900
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USSR
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figures unavailable
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* These figures do not include the British merchant navy (34,902 killed/missing; 4,707 wounded, 5,720 POW).
** The German U-boat service employed 39,000 officers and men, of which 32,000 were killed and missing.
*** Japan's Army and Navy each had their own air force.
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Army Battle Casualties, Major Campaigns
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Campaign
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Killed/Missing
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Wounded
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POW
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Poland
1939
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Poles
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66,300
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133,700
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787,000
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Germans
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13,110
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27,280
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-
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Russians
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900
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?
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?
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Denmark/
Norway
1940
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Danes
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-
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-
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-
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Norwegians
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2,000
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?
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?
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Germans
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3,692
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1,600
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-
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France 1940
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Dutch
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2,890
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6,900
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?
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Belgians
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7,500
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15,585
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200,000
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French
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120,000
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250,000
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1,450,000
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British
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11,010
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14,070
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41,340
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Germans
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43,110
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111,640
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-
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Italians
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1,250
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4,780
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-
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Balkans 1941
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Yugoslavs
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?
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?
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?
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Greeks
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19,000
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70,000
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?
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Germans
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3,674
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-
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Italians
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38,830
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50,870
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-
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Eastern Front
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Russians
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c. 11,000,000
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?
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c. 6,000,000
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Germans
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2,415,690
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3,498,060
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?
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Italians
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84,830
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30,000
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?
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Hungarians
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136,000
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c. 250,000
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?
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Poles
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c. 40,000
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?
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Bulgarians
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32,000
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?
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Rumanians
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794,000*
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* Of this number, 170,000 Rumanians were killed, wounded or missing while serving with the Russians. The rest served with the Germans.
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Western Desert
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British
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c. 7,000
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?
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?
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Indians
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1,720
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3,740
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9,790
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Australians
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3,150
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8,320
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9,250
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N. Zealanders
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6,340
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32,870
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8,520
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S. Africans
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2,100
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3,930
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14,250
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Germans
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12,810
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?
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266,600
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Italians
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20.720
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?
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Tunisia
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Americans
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3,620
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9,250
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4,640
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British
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6,230
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21,260
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10,600
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French
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12,920
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?
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German, Italian, N. Zealander and Indian losses included in WESTERN DESERT
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Italy
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American
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29,560
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82,180
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7,410
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British
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89,440
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?
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Indians
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4,720
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17,310
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46
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Canadians
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5,400
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19,490
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1,000
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Poles
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2,460
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8,640
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?
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S. Africans
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710
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2,670
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160
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French
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8,660
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23,510
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?
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Germans
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59,940
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163,600
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357,090
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NW Europe
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Americans
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109,820
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356,660
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56,630
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British
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30,280
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96,670
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14,700
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Canadians
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10,740
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30,910
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2,250
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French
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12,590
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49,510
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4,730
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Poles
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1,160
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3,840
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370
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Germans
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128,030
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399,860
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7,614,790
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Pacific
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Americans
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55,060
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162,230
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30,000
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Japanese*
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685,230
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?
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37,280
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The Japanese Navy lost 414,880 killed.
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SE Asia
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British
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5,670
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12,840
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53,230
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Indian
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6,860
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24,200
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68,890
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African
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860
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3,210
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200
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Australian
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1,820
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1,370
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18,130
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American
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3,650
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2,600
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680
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Japanese
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210,830
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?
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3,100
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China
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Chinese
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3,211,420
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Japanese
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388,600
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?
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1,060
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