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  1. 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. The financial cost to the United States alone was more than $341 billion

  2. 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).

  3. Feb 2, 2024 · Estimates for the total death count of the Second World War generally range somewhere between 70 and 85 million people. The Soviet Union suffered the highest number of fatalities of any...

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  5. 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 ...

  6. Feb 2, 2024 · Feb 2, 2024. The Empire of Japan's military losses in the Second World War are estimated to exceed 2.5 million men. For Japan, the costliest front in the Pacific theater was the battle against...

  7. 15,000,000. Battle Wounded. 25,000,000. Civilian Deaths. 45,000,000. *World-wide casualty estimates vary widely in several sources. The number of civilian deaths in China alone might well be more than 50,000,000. These are the best estimates for how many lives were lost during World War II.

  8. Emperor Hirohito. Russia. Josef Stalin. United Kingdom. Neville Chamberlain to 1940. Winston Churchill from 1940. United States. Franklin Roosevelt died 1945. Harry Truman 1945.