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      • In all, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor crippled or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes. Dry docks and airfields were likewise destroyed. Most importantly, more than 2,000 people died. But the Japanese had failed to cripple the Pacific Fleet.
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  2. Casualties of World War II, World War II, the deadliest and most destructive war in human history, claimed between 40 and 50 million lives, displaced tens of millions of people, and cost more than $1 trillion to prosecute.

  3. During World War II, 14,059 American POWs died in enemy captivity throughout the war (12,935 held by Japan and 1,124 held by Germany).

  4. The first part of the table (lines 2 to 42) calculates the number of Japanese that died in Japanese wars, 1937 to 1945. This amounted to 1,771,000 to 3,187,000 Japanese, most likely 2,521,000 (line 42). Of this number, 672,000 probably were civilians (line 32), virtually all killed in American air raids (including the two atomic bombs).

  5. Worldwide Casualties*. Battle Deaths. 15,000,000. Battle Wounded. 25,000,000. Civilian Deaths. 45,000,000. *Worldwide casualty estimates vary widely in several sources. The number of civilian deaths in China alone might well be more than 50,000,000.

    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
  6. Official casualty sources estimate battle deaths at nearly 15 million military personnel and civilian deaths at over 38 million. Fought largely between two opposing military alliances, the Allies and the Axis, the war engulfed Europe, North Africa, much of Asia and the world's oceans. Germany, Japan, and Italy led the loosely cooperating Axis ...

  7. Feb 2, 2024 · In contrast, 15 to 20 percent were among the Axis powers, and the majority of these were military deaths, as shown in the death ratios of Germany and Japan. Civilian deaths and...

    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
  8. Nov 18, 2009 · On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the worlds first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, immediately killing 80,000 people.

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