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1 day ago · A list of the U.S. Marine casualties from World War II.
2 days ago · It was by far the deadliest conflict in history, resulting in 70–85 million fatalities. Millions died due to genocides, including the Holocaust, as well as starvation, massacres, and disease. In the wake of Axis defeat, Germany, Austria, Japan and Korea were occupied, and war crime tribunals were conducted against German and Japanese leaders .
5 days ago · But by any calculation, Russian losses during the war were staggering. According to one scholarly estimate, for every Britton or American who died, the Japanese lost seven people, the Germans lost 20 people, and the Russians lost 85 people.
5 days ago · atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during World War II, American bombing raids on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) that marked the first use of atomic weapons in war.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · The site covers 172.5 acres and contains the remains of 9,388 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II. Included are graves of Army Air Corps crews shot down over France as early as 1942 and four American women.
2 days ago · The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place 4–7 June 1942, six months after the Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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4 days ago · Research a comprehensive list of Allied Army, Navy and Air Force personal who were taken as prisoners of war during World War Two on Forces War Records.
