World War 2 total Military Deaths (entente powers) British Empire Russian Empire Third French Republic Italy Serbia Romania United States Other "World War II was the most destructive conflict in history. It cost more money, damaged more property, killed more people, and caused more far-reaching ...
a drastic change from World War I when some 90% of deaths were occasioned at the fronts. Moreover, the invention of the atom bomb during the war and its deployment by the USA at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (6 and 9 August 1945) suggested that, in any future nuclear conflict, civilians would...
Military Deaths in WW2 11,671 Contributor: C. Peter Chen Being a small country, New Zealand's contribution to the war seemed, and was, equally small. However, proportionally speaking, New Zealand made a greater contribution to WW2 among all Commonwealth nations.New...
World War II was the mightiest struggle humankind has ever seen. It killed more people, cost more money, damaged more property, affected more people, and caused more far-reaching changes in nearly every country than any other war in history. The number of people killed, wounded, or missing ...
The Dutch government initially pursued a campaign to annex German territory to effectively double the size the country, but ultimately it would only gain two small villages. In the few years after the war, most German passport holders in the Netherlands were deported back to Germany....
Narrated by Henry Fonda. 20th Century Fox short about the effect of the war and soldiers deaths on the home front. NEWS PARADE OF 1945 (1945) 10 min. Newsreel look at the end of World War II. PEACE COMES TO AMERICA (1945) 11 min. The surrender of Japan and Germany, the aftermath ...
World War II proved to be the deadliest international conflict in history, taking the lives of 60 to 80 million people, including 6 million Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis during the Holocaust. Civilians made up an estimated 50-55 million deaths from the war, while military comprise...
Military Deaths in WW2 407,318 Civilian Deaths in WW2 11,200 Contributor: C. Peter Chen During WW1, the Japanese military seized German colonies in China and in the Pacific, and after the war the western powers allowed Japan to keep the territories, thus recognizing Japan as a regional powe...
Possessing Power United States Entry into WW2 7 Dec 1941 Population in 1939 16,000,303 Military Deaths in WW2 57,000 Civilian Deaths in WW2 900,000 Contributor: C. Peter Chen The Philippine Islands had been ruled by Spain since the 1500s. As the result of the Spanish-American War, the ...
1941, Germany broke its Non-Aggression Pact with the Soviet Union, launching the bloodiest theater of the war. Though the estimates vary greatly, Russia suffered the most war casualties of any nation in World Wa