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  2. Over 1,000 American and ~4600 Japanese troops died in the fighting. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940.

  3. May 15, 2024 · The human cost of the war can hardly be calculated. Civilian population centres were intentionally targeted by both the Axis and the Allies . Planes of the U.S. Army Air Forces burned scores of Japanese cities to the ground with incendiary bombs before Hiroshima and Nagasaki were largely destroyed with atomic weapons .

  4. The following countries have the highest estimated World War II casualties: the Soviet Union (20 to 27 million), China (15 to 20 million), Germany (6 to 7.4 million), Poland (5.9 to 6 million), Dutch East Indies/Indonesia (3 to 4 million), Japan (2.5 to 3.1 million), India (2.2 to 3 million), Yugoslavia (1 to 1.7 million), French Indochina ...

    Country
    Total Deaths
    Military Deaths
    Civilian Deaths Via Military
    20,000,000
    3,750,000
    8,191,000
    13,950,000
    6,750,000
    4,100,000
    6,850,000
    1,650,000
    3,700,000
    6,000,000
    240,000
    5,820,000
  5. Feb 2, 2024 · Over 80 percent of all deaths were of those from Allied countries, and the majority of these were civilians. In contrast, 15 to 20 percent were among the Axis powers, and the majority of these...

  6. Japan: 2,120,000: 2,600,000-3,100,000: Korea--378,000-473,000: Latvia--227,000: Lithuania--353,000: Luxembourg--2,000: Malaya--100,000: Netherlands: 17,000: 301,000: New Zealand: 11,900: 11,900: Norway: 3,000: 9,500: Papua New Guinea--15,000: Philippines: 57,000: 500,000-1,000,000: Poland: 240,000: 5,600,000: Romania: 300,000: 833,000 ...

    Country
    Military Deaths
    Total Civilian And Military Deaths
    Albania
    30,000
    30,200
    Australia
    39,800
    40,500
    Austria
    261,000
    384,700
    Belgium
    12,100
    86,100
  7. Feb 2, 2024 · WWII: Japanese military deaths 1937-1945, by region. Published by. Aaron O'Neill , Feb 2, 2024. The Empire of Japan's military losses in the Second World War are estimated to exceed 2.5 million...

  8. Feb 23, 2023 · Japan - 2,850,000. India - 2,087,000. French Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) - 1,250,000. Yugoslavia - 1,000,000. Romania - 833,000. 1. Soviet Union - 24,000,000. Iconic photo of a Soviet officer leading his soldiers into battle against the invading German army, 12 July 1942, in Soviet Ukraine.

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