World War II casualties

American corpses sprawled on the beach of Tarawa. The Marines secured the island after 76 hours of intense fighting with around 6,000 dead in total from both sides together. The Pacific war claimed the lives of more than 100,000 US soldiers.[1]

World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. Over 60 million people were killed. The tables below give a detailed country-by-country count of human losses.

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Total dead

World War II casualty statistics vary greatly. Estimates of total dead range from 50 million to over 70 million.36 The sources cited on this page document an estimated death toll in World War II of 62 to 78 million, making it the deadliest war ever. When scholarly sources differ on the number of deaths in a country, a range of war losses is given, in order to inform readers that the death toll is disputed. Civilians killed totaled from 40 to 52 million, including 13 to 20 million from war-related disease and famine. Total military dead: from 22 to 25 million, including deaths in captivity of about 5 million prisoners of war.

Recent historical scholarship

An Einsatzgruppe D member about to shoot a Jew kneeling at a mass grave in Vinnitsa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, in 1942. The photograph is inscribed: The last Jew in Vinnitsa.

Recent historical scholarship has shed new insight into the topic of Second World War casualties. Research in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union has caused a revision of estimates of Soviet war dead.[2] Estimated USSR losses within postwar borders now stand at 26.6 million.37 In August 2009 the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) researchers estimated Poland's dead at between 5.6 and 5.8 million114

The German Army historian Dr. Rüdiger Overmans published a study in 2000 that estimated German military dead and missing at 5.3 million.6 War dead totals on this page for the British Commonwealth are based on the research of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.29

Casualties listed here include about 4 to 12 million war-related famine deaths in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, India, and Bangladesh that are often omitted from other compilations of World War II casualties.9 5

Human losses by country

Katyn 1943 exhumation. Photo by Polish Red Cross delegation.

Some nations in World War II suffered disproportionally more casualties than others. This is especially true regarding civilian casualties. The following chart gives data on the number of dead for each country, along with population information to show the relative impact of losses. Military figures include battle deaths (KIA) and personnel missing in action (MIA), as well as fatalities due to accidents, disease and deaths of prisoners of war in captivity. Civilian casualties include deaths caused by strategic bombing, Nazi persecution, Japanese war crimes, population transfers in the Soviet Union, Allied war crimes and deaths due to war related famine and disease. Jewish losses in the Holocaust are listed separately for each nation, since they are known. Compiling or estimating the numbers of deaths caused during wars and other violent conflicts is a controversial subject. Historians often put forward many different estimates of the numbers killed during World War II.36 The distinction between military and civilian casualties caused directly by warfare and collateral damage is not always clear cut. For nations that suffered huge losses such as the U.S.S.R., China, Poland, Germany and Yugoslavia, our sources can give us only the total estimated population loss caused by the war and a rough estimate of the breakdown of deaths caused by military activity, crimes against humanity and war related famine. The footnotes give a detailed breakdown of the casualties and their sources, including data on the number of wounded where reliable sources are available.

Human losses of World War II by country
(Details provided in the footnotes)
Country Total population
1/1/1939		 Military
deaths		 Civilian deaths due to
war and repression		 Jewish Holocaust
deaths (see notes)		 Total
deaths		 Deaths as % of
1939 population
 Albania[1] 1,073,000 30,000 200 30,200 2.81
 Australia[2] 6,998,000 39,800 700 40,500 0.57
 Austria[3] 6,653,000 58,700 65,000 123,700 see table below
 Belgium[4] 8,387,000 12,100 49,600 24,400 86,100 1.02
 Brazil[5] 40,289,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 0.02
 Bulgaria[6] 6,458,000 22,000 3,000 25,000 0.38
 Burma[7] 16,119,000 22,000 250,000 272,000 1.69
 Canada[8] 11,267,000 45,300 45,300 0.40
 China[9] 517,568,000 3,000,000
to 4,000,000		 7,000,000
to 16,000,000		 10,000,000
to 20,000,000		 1.93
to 3.86
 Cuba[10] 4,235,000 100 100 0.00
 Czechoslovakia[11] 15,300,000 25,000 43,000 277,000 345,000 2.25
 Denmark[12] 3,795,000 2,100 1,000 100 3,200 0.08
 Dutch East Indies[13] 69,435,000 3,030,000
to 4,030,000		 3,030,000
to 4,030,000		 4.3
to 5.76
 Estonia (within 1939 borders)[14] 1,134,000 50,000 1,000 51,000 4.50
 Ethiopia[15] 17,700,000 5,000 95,000 100,000 0.6
 Finland[16] 3,700,000 95,000 2,000 97,000 2.62
 France[17] 41,700,000 217,600 267,000 83,000 567,600 1.35
 French Indochina[18] 24,600,000 1,000,000
to 1,500,000		 1,000,000
to 1,500,000		 4.07
to 6.1
 Germany[19] 69,310,000 5,533,000 900,000
to 3,170,000		 160,000 6,593,000
to 8,863,000		 see table below
 Greece[20] 7,222,000 20,000
to 35,100		 220,000
to 700,500		 69,500 311,300
to 805,100		 4.3
to 11.15
 Hungary[21] 9,129,000 300,000 80,000 200,000 580,000 6.35
 Iceland[22] 119,000 200 200 0.17
 India[23] 378,000,000 87,000 1,500,000
to 2,500,000		 1,587,000
to 2,587,000		 0.43
to 0.66
 Iran[24] 14,340,000 200 200 0.00
 Iraq[25] 3,698,000 500 500 0.01
 Ireland[26] 2,960,000 200 200 0.00
 Italy[27] 44,394,000 301,400 145,100 10,500 456,000 1.02
 Japan[28] 71,380,000 2,120,000 580,000 2,700,000 3.78
 Korea[29] 23,400,000 378,000
to 533,000		 378,000
to 533,000		 1.6
to 2.3
 Latvia (within 1939 borders)[30] 1,995,000 147,000 80,000 227,000 11.38
 Lithuania (within 1939 borders)[31] 2,575,000 212,000 141,000 353,000 13.71
 Luxembourg[32] 295,000 1,300 700 2,000 0.68
 Malaya[33] 4,391,000 100,000 100,000 2.28
 Malta[34] 269,000 1,500 1,500 0.56
 Mexico[35] 19,320,000 100 100 0.00
 Mongolia[36] 819,000 300 300 0.04
Australia Nauru[37] 3,400 500 500 14.7
 Netherlands[38] 8,729,000 21,000 176,000 104,000 301,000 3.45
 Newfoundland[39] 300,000 1,000 100 1,100 0.37
 New Zealand[40] 1,629,000 11,900 11,900 0.73
 Norway[41] 2,945,000 3,000 5,800 700 9,500 0.32
Australia Papua and New Guinea[42] 1,292,000 15,000 15,000 1.17
 Philippines[43] 16,000,000 57,000 500,000
to 1,000,000		 557,000
to 1,057,000		 3.48
to 6.6
 Poland (within 1939 borders)[44] 34,849,000 240,000 2,380,000
to 2,580,000		 3,000,000 5,620,000
to 5,820,000		 16.1
to 16.7
 Portuguese Timor[45] 500,000 40,000
to 70,000		 40,000
to 70,000		 8.00
to 14.00
 Romania (within 1939 borders)[46] 19,934,000 300,000 64,000 469,000 833,000 4.22
Belgium Ruanda-Urundi[47] 4,200,000 0
to300,000		 0 to 300,000 0.00to
7.1%
 Singapore[48] 728,000 50,000 50,000 6.87
 South Africa[49] 10,160,000 11,900 11,900 0.12
Japan South Pacific Mandate[50] 1,900,000 57,000 57,000 3.00
 Soviet Union (see table below) [51] 168,500,000 8,800,000
to 10,700,000		 12,254,000
to 14,154,000		 1,000,000 23,954,000 14.21
 Spain[52] 25,637,000 4,500 4,500 0.02
 Sweden[53] 6,341,000 200 600 800 0.01
 Switzerland[54] 4,210,000 100 100 0.00
 Thailand[55] 15,023,000 5,600 300 5,900 0.04
 United Kingdom[56] 47,760,000 382,700 67,100 449,800 0.94
 United States[57] 131,028,000 416,800 1,700 418,500 0.32
 Yugoslavia[58] 15,400,000 446,000 514,000 67,000 1,027,000 6.67
Totals 1,967,095,400 22,580,900
to 25,496,000		 32,242,500
to 49,578,200		 5,753,100 62,475,200
to 78,926,700		 3.17
to 4.00

Third Reich

Human Losses of The Third Reich in World War II (Included in above figures)
Country Population
1939		 Military
deaths		 Civilian
deaths		 Jewish
Holocaust
deaths		 Total
deaths		 Deaths as
% of 1939
population
Austria 6,653,000 261,000 58,700 65,000 384,700 5.8
Germany (within 1937 borders) 69,310,000 4,456,000 700,000
to 2,284,000		 160,000 5,316,000
to 6,900,000		 7.7
to 9.9
Ethnic Germans from other nations 7,292,000 601,000 200,000
to 886,000		 801,000
to 1,487,000		 11.0
to 20.4
Soviet citizens in the German military 800,000 215,000 215,000 26.9
Totals 84,045,000 5,533,000 958,700
to 3,228,700		 225,000 6,716,700
to 8,986,700		 8.0
to 10.7
Sources: See footnotes for Germany and Austria [59]

USSR

Human Losses of The USSR in World War II (Included in the above figures)
Country Population
1/1/1939		 Military
deaths		 Civilian
deaths		 Jewish
Holocaust
deaths		 Total
deaths		 Deaths as
% of 1939
population
 Soviet Union
(within 1939 borders)[60]		 168,524,000 8,800,000
to 10,700,000		 12,254,000
to 14,154,000		 1,000,000 23,954,000 14
 Estonia
(within 1939 borders)		 1,100,000 50,000 1,000 51,000 5
 Latvia
(within 1939 borders)		 2,000,000 147,000 80,000 227,000 11
 Lithuania
(within 1939 borders, i.e. less Klaipeda and Vilnius)		 2,400,000 212,000 141,000 353,000 14.7
 Poland
Eastern Regions-Less:Białystok
(figures included with Poland)		 11,500,000 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 13
 Romania
Bessarabia & Bukovina
(figures included with Romania)		 3,700,000 100,000 200,000 300,000 8.1
Less: Transfer of ethnic Germans to Germany 1940 (430,000)
Growth of Population 1939–mid 1941 7,923,000
Soviet deaths included in the German Military 215,000
Total population for USSR June 1941, in postwar 1946 borders[61] 196,716,000 8,800,000
to 10,700,000		 15,163,000
to 13,263,000		 2,472,000 26,600,000 13.5
The borders of the USSR in 1941 are de facto not de jure.
*The occupation of the Baltic States by the USSR was considered illegal and never recognized by the United States.
*The formal transfer of the Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union occurred after the war in a treaty of August 1945.
*The former Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union included the Western Ukraine, Western Belarus and the Vilnius region,less Białystok which reverted to Poland after the war.

Notes

Chart showing World War II deaths by country in millions as well as by percentage of population, and piechart with percentage of military and civilian deaths for the Allied and the Axis Powers

Losses by alliance

Military and civilian deaths during World War II for the Allied and the Axis Powers.
Allied Military personnel killed, percentage by country.
Axis Military personnel killed, percentage by country.

Casualties by branch of service

Casualties of World War II by Branch of Service
Country Branch of service Number served Killed/missing Wounded Prisoner of war Percent killed
Germany Army6,333-335 13,600,000 4,202,000 30.9
Air Force6,333-335 2,500,000 433,000 17.32
Navy 6,333-335 1,200,000 138,000 11.5
Waffen SS6,333-335 900,000 314,000 34.9
Volkssturm and Police6,333-335 231,000
Soviet citizens in German military service7,27824 215,000
Unidentified by branch of service (see note below) 6,035,0007,276 11,100,0006,286
Japan1,254 Army 6,300,000 1,526,000 85,600 30,000 24.22
Navy 2,100,000 414,900 8,900 10,000 19.76
Soviet Union 1939–40 All branches of service7,51-80 136,945 205,924
Soviet Union 1941–45 All branches of service7,85-87 34,476,700 8,668,400 14,685,593 4,059,000 25.1
Conscripted Reservists (see note below) 3,13-14 1,500,000 1,200,000
Paramilitary and Soviet partisan units3,20-21 400,000
British Commonwealth1918 29 All branches of service 11,115,000 580,351 475,000 318,000 5.2
United States78 Army115 11,260,000 318,274 565,861 124,079 2.8
Air Force (included in Army115) (3,400,000) (88,119) (17,360) (41,057) 2.5
Navy 4,183,446 62,614 37,778 1.5
Marine Corps 669,100 24,511 68,207 3.66
United States Coast Guard 16,584 241,093 1,917 0.78
United States Merchant Marine 79 243,000 9,521 12,000 3.9
Unidentified by branch of service [65]. 6,122

Notes

Germany

  1. The number killed in action was 2,303,320; died of wounds, disease or accidents 500,165; 11,000 sentenced to death by court martial; 2,007,571 missing in action or unaccounted for after the war; 25,000 suicides; 12,000 unknown 6,335; 459,475 confirmed POW deaths, of whom 77,000 were in the custody of the U.S., UK and France; and 363,000 in Soviet custody. POW deaths includes 266,000 in the post war period after June 1945, primarily in Soviet captivity;6,239 & 286.
  2. Dr. Rüdiger Overmans believes that "It seems entirely plausible, while not provable,that one half of the missing were killed in action, the other half however in fact died in Soviet custody" 6,289
  3. Soviet sources list the deaths of 474,967 of the 2,652,672 German Armed Forces POW taken in the War. 12,109
  4. The number of wounded includes 1,600,000 permanently disabled which was listed in Geschichte Des Zweiten Weltkrieges A.G. Plötz 1960. P. 81

USSR

  1. Estimated total Soviet military war dead from 1941–45 on the Eastern Front (World War II) including missing in action, POWs and Soviet partisans range from 8.6 to 10.6 million.3,20-21 There were an additional 127,000 war dead in 1939–40 during the Winter War with Finland3,20
  2. The official recorded military war dead from 1941–45 were 8,668,400 comprising 6,329,600 combat related deaths, 555,500 non combat deaths.7,85., 500,000 missing in action and 1,283,300 POWs.7,236. Figures include Navy losses of 154,771.7,86 Non combat deaths include 157,000 sentenced to death by court martial3,21
  3. Casualties in 1939–40 include the following dead and missing, Battle of Khalkhin Gol in 1939 (8,931); Invasion of Poland of 1939 (1,139); Winter War with Finland (1939–40) (126,875).7,51-80
  4. The number of wounded includes 2,576,000 permanently disabled.7,91
  5. The number of Soviet POW who survived the war was 1,836,000, plus an additional 939,700 POW and MIA who were redrafted as territory was liberated7,236
  6. Conscripted reservists is an estimate of men called up, primarily in 1941, who were killed in battle or died as POWs before being listed on active strength. Soviet and Russian sources classify these losses as civilian deaths.3,13-14

British Commonwealth

  1. Number served: UK & Crown Colonies (5,896,000); India (2,582,000), Australia (993,000); Canada (1,100,000); New Zealand (295,000); South Africa (250,000). 1,253-254
  2. Total war related deaths reported by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: UK & Crown Colonies (383,667); Undivided India (87,031), Australia (40,458); Canada (45,364); New Zealand (11,928); South Africa (11,903);29,10
  3. Wounded: UK & Crown Colonies (284,049); India (64,354), Australia (39,803); Canada (53,174); New Zealand (19,314); South Africa (14,363)191820
  4. Prisoner of war: UK & Crown Colonies (180,488); India (79,481); Australia (26,358); South Africa (14,750); Canada (9,334); New Zealand (8,415)191820
  5. The 'Debt of Honour Register' from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists the 1.7m men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. [66]

U.S.

  1. Battle deaths were 292,131, Army 234,874, Navy 36,950, Marine Corps 19,733, Coast Guard 574, and United States Army Air Forces (included in Army) 52,1736916,584
  2. The United States Merchant Marine war dead of 9,521 are included with military losses .79
  3. During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the Armed Forces and 708 were killed in combat. 350,000 American women served in the military during World War II and 16 were killed in action.16,584-585

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Albania
    No reliable statistics on Albania's wartime losses exist, but the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration reported about 30,000 Albanian war dead, 200 destroyed villages, 18,000 destroyed houses, and about 100,000 people left homeless. Albanian official statistics claim somewhat higher losses Library of Congress Country Study (see section The Communist Takeover of Albania) 102
    Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 200, these Jews were Yugoslav citizens resident in Albania. Jews of Albanian origin survived the Holocaust14,244
  2. ^ Australia
    The Australian War Memorial (AWM) web page, Deaths as a result of service with Australian units reports 39,761 military deaths. This figure includes all personnel who died from war-related causes during 1939–47.
    The Australian government does not regard merchant mariners as military personnel and the 349 Australians killed in action while crewing merchant ships around the world,29A are included in the total civilian deaths. Other civilian fatalities were due to air raids and attacks on passenger ships.
    The preliminary 1945 data for Australian losses was 23,365 killed, 6,030 missing, 39,803 wounded and 26,363 POWs.20
  3. ^ Austria
    Military war dead reported by Dr. Rüdiger Overmans of 260,749 are included with Germany.6,335. The Embassy of Austria, Washington DC USA, provides the following information on human losses during the rule of the Nazis. For Austria the consequences of the Nazi regime and the Second World War were disastrous: During this period 2,700 Austrians had been executed and more than 16,000 citizens murdered in the concentration camps. Some 16,000 Austrians were killed in prison, while over 67,000 Austrian Jews were deported to death camps, only 2,000 of them lived to see the end of the war. In addition, 247,000 Austrians lost their lives serving in the army of the Third Reich or were reported missing, and 24,000 civilians were killed during bombing raids. 110 These figures include the genocide of Romani people of 6,500 persons13,183 and Jewish Holocaust victims totaling 65,000.14,244
  4. ^ Belgium
    Belgian government sources reported that military war dead included 8,800 killed, 500 missing in action, 200 executed, 800 resistance movement fighters and 1,800 POWs. Civilian losses included deaths due to military operations of 32,200 and 16,900 non-Jewish victims of Nazi reprisals and repression.2,43-45 Losses of about 10,000 in the German Armed Forces are not included in these figures.6,230 The genocide of Roma people was 500 persons.13,183Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 24,387.14,244
  5. ^ Brazil
    The Brazilian Expeditionary Force war dead were 5101,255, Navy losses in the Battle of the Atlantic were 492. Civilian losses due to attacks on merchant shipping were 470 merchant mariners and 502 passengers.16,540
  6. ^ Bulgaria
    Bulgarian military war dead were as follows, 2,000 military with Axis in Yugoslavia and Greece; 10,124 military dead as allies of the USSR and 10,000 Anti-Fascist Partisan deaths.3,38-39 Regarding partisan and civilian casualties Vadim Erlikman notes "According to the official data of the royal government 2,320 were killed and 199 executed. 33,158The communists claim that 20–35,000 persons died. In reality deaths were 10,000, including and unknown number of civilians." 3,38-39 3,000 civilians were killed by Anglo-American air raids16,512; including 1,374 in Bombing of Sofia in World War II.32,196
  7. ^ Burma
    Military dead of 22,000 were with the pro-Japanese Burma National Army 3,74-75 Civilian deaths during the Japanese occupation of Burma totaled 250,000; 110,000 Burmese, plus 100,000 Indian and 40,000 Chinese civilians in Burma.16,556. Werner Gruhl estimates Burma's dead at 170,000 civilians due to the Japanese occupation111
  8. ^ Canada
    The war dead listed here are those reported by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission29. Total deaths were 45,364 22 and (102) men from Newfoundland [67] Newfoundland's losses are listed separately since it was not part of Canada during World War II. However, the Canadian War Museum puts military losses at 42,000 plus 1,600 Merchant Navy deaths [68] The CANADIAN VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL contains a registry of information about the graves and memorials of Canadians and Newfoundlanders who served valiantly and gave their lives for their country [69]
    The preliminary 1945 data for Canadian losses was killed 37,476, missing 1,843, wounded 53,174 and POW 9,045.20
  9. ^ China
    Sources for total Chinese war dead range from 10 to 20 million as detailed below.
    John W. Dower has noted "So great was the devastation and suffering in China that in the end it is necessary to speak of uncertain 'millions' of deaths. Certainly, it is reasonable to think in general terms of approximately 10 million Chinese war dead, a total surpassed only by the Soviet Union."9,295-296
    The official Chinese government statistics for China's civilian and military casualties in the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937–1945 are 20 million dead and 15 million wounded. The figures for total military casualties, killed and wounded are: Nationalist 3.2 million; Communist 580,000 and collaborator forces 1.18 million; captured: collaborator forces 950,000.34,4-9
    The official account of the war published in Taiwan reported the Nationalist ChFinese Army lost 3,238,000 men ( 1.797,000 WIA; 1,320,000 KIA and 120,000 MIA.) and 5,787,352 civilians in casualties 112
    An academic study published in the United States estimates total war deaths of 15–20 million from all causes: military casualties: 1.5 million killed in battle, 750,000 missing in action, 1.5 million deaths due to disease and 3 million wounded; civilian casualties: due to military activity, killed 1,073,496 and 237,319 wounded; 335,934 killed and 426,249 wounded in Japanese air attacks 81
    R. J. Rummel's estimate of total war dead from 1937–45 is 19,605,000. The details are as follows:
    Military dead: 3,400,000 (including 400,000 POW) Nationalist/Communist and 432,000 collaborator forces 5,Table 5A.
    Civilian war deaths: 3,808,000 killed in fighting and 3,549,000 victims of Japanese war crimes (not including an additional 400,000 POWs);
    Other deaths: Repression by Chinese Nationalist's 5,907,000 (3,081,000 military conscripts and 2,826,000 civilian deaths caused by Nationalist government, including the 1938 Yellow River flood; political repression by Chinese Communists 250,000 and by Warlords 110,000. Additional deaths due to famine were 2,250,0005,Table 5A. Werner Gruhl estimates China's war dead at 12,392,000 civilian dead due to the Japanese occupation and 3,162,00 military dead. He also estimates an additional 1,445,000 deaths due to internal Chinese conflicts.111
  10. ^ Cuba
    Cuba lost 5 merchant ships and 79 dead merchant mariners16,540 The Cuban sub chaser CS-13 sank U-176 on May 15, 1943.[70]
  11. ^ Czechoslovakia
    Military war dead of 25,000 included Killed during 1938 occupation(171); Czechoslovak Forces with the western allies (3,220); Czechoslovak military units on Eastern front (4,570); Slovak Republic (WWII) Axis forces (7,000); Partisan (military) losses of (2,170) and killed in 1945 uprising(8,000).3,54--35,270Totals do not include an additional estimated 30,000 dead in Hungarian Army.8,58-59 Civilian losses in include killed during 1938 occupation(262); non Jewish victims of Nazi reprisals (26,500) and killed in military operations (10,000)).3,54--35,270 Civilian losses include the territories of prewar Czechoslovakia, including Carpathian Ruthenia which was ceded to the USSR after the war. The genocide of Roma people was 7,500 persons.13,183-184Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 277,000.14,244
  12. ^ Denmark
    During the Occupation of Denmark military war dead included 1,281Merchant Marine, 797 resistance fighters and 49 Army personnel. Civilian deaths included 628 victims of Nazi reprisals and 440 killed during military operations. The 3,900 Danish deaths in German military service are included with German losses. Figures are from Danish Military Historie website [71]
    It has been argued that the disproportionately low figure for Danish dead is due mainly to the non violent policy of the Danish resistance movement during the occupation (see video: "A Force More Powerful", OCLC 45399754).
    Deaths of Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 77.14,244
  13. ^ Dutch East Indies
    Sources for total Indonesian civilian war dead range from 3 to 4million as detailed below. Not including 30,000 non Asians interned by the Japanese
    John W. Dower cites a UN report that estimated 4 million famine and forced labor dead during the Japanese Occupation of Indonesia. 9,296.
    The United Nations reported in 1947 that "about 30,000 Europeans and 300,000 Indonesian internees and forced laborers died during the occupation." They reported, "The total number who were killed by the Japanese, or who died from, hunger, disease and lack of medical attention is estimated at 3,000,000 for Java alone, 1,000,000 for the Outer Islands. Altogether 35,000 of the 240,000 Europeans died; most of them were men of working age." 91,13-14
    The Dutch Red Cross reported the deaths in Japanese custody of 14,800 European civilians out of 80,000 interned and 12,500 of the 34,000 POW captured. 92,170 Werner Gruhl estimates the civilian death toll due to the war and Japanese occupation at 3,000,000 Indonesians and 30,000 interned Europeans.111,143
  14. ^ Estonia
    The total of the civilian deaths due to the Soviet occupation in 1940–41 were 33,900 including 7,800 deaths of arrested people, 6,000 deportee deaths, 5,000 evacuee deaths, 1,100 people gone missing during the occupation, 2,000 conscripts en route, and 12,000 conscripts in the Soviet labour camps.96,Table 2 Losses during the Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany were 9,040, the Nazis executed 7,800 people and 1,040 people were killed in Nazi prison camps. A documented 200 people died in forced labour service in Germany or en route.96,Table 2 The documented civilian deaths in Soviet air raids in March 9–25 were 800.96,Table 2 An estimated 1,000 Estonians were killed in Allied air raids on Germany and 1,200 died at sea while attempting to flee the country in 1944–4596,35 An dditional 5,000 Estonians died in Soviet prisons during 1944–45. 96,31 Figures do not include the executions, deportee deaths, and insurgent losses in 1946–1989 caused by the Soviet reoccupation documented at 11,000.96,Table 2 The figures on the table do not include the military deaths among the illegally drafted conscripts within the Soviet (10,000) 96,Table 2 and German Armed Forces (11,000). 96,Table 2 The genocide of Roma people was 243 people,96,16 Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 1,000.14,244 Total deaths from 1940–53 due the war and the Soviet occupation were 81,740 (8% of the population).96,Table 2 Not included in these figures are 102,000 persons who fled the country and became refugees.96,Table 2
  15. ^ Ethiopia
    Total military and civilian dead in the East African Campaign were 100,000.16,491. Military losses were 5,00074.
    These totals do not include losses in the Italian Second Italo-Abyssinian War and Italian occupation from 1935–41. The official Ethiopian government report lists 760,000 deaths due to the war and Italian occupation from 1935–41. 75. However, R. J. Rummel estimates 200,000 Ethiopians and Libyans killed by the Italians from the 1920s–41, his estimate is "based on Discovery TV Cable Channel Program 'Timewatch'" 1/17/92.4,Chap.14
  16. ^ Finland
    The Finnish National Archives website lists the names of the 95,000 Finnish military war dead [72].Figures include killed and missing from the Winter War and Continuation War with the Soviet Union as well as action against German forces in 1944–45, Winter War (1939–40) losses were 22,830, military deaths from 1941–44 were 58,71528 and 1,03628 in 1944–45 in the Lapland War Soviet sources list the deaths of 403 of the 2,377 Finnish POW taken in the War. 3,52 During the Winter war of 1939–40 the Swedish Volunteer Corps served alongside the Finns and lost 28 men in combat. 1,407 Finnish volunteers served in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS and 256 were killed in action.[73]
    Civilian war dead were 2,000 .2,58-59, due in part to the Bombing of Helsinki in World War II
  17. ^ France
    Military war dead include 150,000 regular forces(1939–40 Battle of France 92,000; 1940–45 on Western Front (World War II) 58,000); 20,000 French resistance fighters and 40,000 POWs in Germany.2,60-65 There were an additional 5,000 military deaths in French Indochina.16,414-15 The pro-German Vichy France forces lost 2,653 killed.16,582 Vadim Erlikman, a Russian historian, estimates losses of Africans in the French Colonial Forces at about 22,000.3,83-99 French deaths in German Army (30–40,000), mostly men conscripted in Alsace-Lorraine, are not included in these totals. From the end of 1942 to 1945, during the Tunisian, Italian, French and German campaigns, the french regular army (about 260,000 men in autumn 1944) was composed of about 50–60% Maghrebis (mostly Algerians), 30–40% French (mostly Pied-Noirs) and 10% Black Africans. Black Africans were replaced by French Forces of the Interior by the end of 1944119,111
    Civilian losses include 120,000 killed due to military action and 230,000 victims of the Nazi reprisals and genocide (including 83,000 Jews).2,60-65. 752 civilians were killed during the US air attacks on French Tunisia in 1942–43. 118,478 The genocide of Roma people was 15,000 persons.13,183Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 83,000.14,244
  18. ^ French Indochina
    Sources for total IndoChinese civilian war dead range from 1 to 1.5 million as detailed below.
    John W. Dower estimated 1.0 million deaths due to Vietnamese Famine of 1945 during Japanese occupation9,297 Werner Gruhl estimates the civilian death toll due to the war and Japanese occupation at 1,500,000.111,143
  19. ^ Germany
    German Population
    The 1939 Population is for Germany within 1937 borders Not included in the German population are Austria and the 7,292,000 23, ethnic Germans of eastern Europe [74]. However, the 601,000 military deaths of ethnic Germans from Eastern and Western Europe and 261,000 Austrians are included with total German military losses6.
    Total German War Dead
    A demographic study by a German academic estimated 6.9 million additional deaths directly due to the war, for the population within the 1937 borders.121. There were additional deaths of the ethnic Germans in Eastern Europe. A recent study by Dr. Rüdiger Overmans found 538,000 military deaths of ethnic Germans who were conscripted by Germany in Eastern Europe6. The number of war related civilian deaths among the ethnic Germans from Eastern European countries is disputed. An analysis by the West German government in 1958 estimated civilian deaths among the ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe countries at 886,000. 31,111-129 However, a more recent study by the German government archives estimated total civilian deaths directly caused by the war among the ethnic Germans from Eastern European countries at about 200,000. 82,19 106
    German Military Casualties
    Dr. Rüdiger Overmans, an associate of the German Armed Forces Military History Research Office until 2004, provided an official reassessment of German military war dead based on a statistical analysis of German military personnel records. The Overmans research project was supported and funded by the German government. The study found that the statistics collected by German military during the war were incomplete and did not provide an accurate accounting of casualties. The research by Overmans concluded that German military dead and missing were 5,318,000.6, not including an additional 215,000 Soviet citizens conscripted by Germany 7,278. Overmans includes 344,000 deaths that were previously listed as civilian losses in eastern Europe and 230,000 deaths of paramilitary, Volkssturm and police forces fighting with the regular forces.,
    Military Losses by Theatre
    Overmans lists the following losses- Africa 16,066 ; the Balkans 103,693 ; Northern Europe 30,165 ; Western Europe until 12/31/44- 339,957 ; Italy 150,660; against the U.S.S.R. until 12/31/44- 2,742,909 ; final battles in Germany during 1945- 1,230,045 ; other (including air war in Germany & at sea) 245,561 ; confirmed deaths of POWs in captivity 459,475 - Grand Total 5,318,000.
    Military Losses by Country of origin
    Overmans lists deaths of 4,456,000 men from pre-war Germany(1937 borders) and the Free City of Danzig, 261,000 from Austria, 534,000 ethnic Germans conscripted in eastern Europe, 30,000 French (mostly men conscripted in Alsace-Lorraine), and 37,000 volunteers from western Europe. In addition to these losses the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht reported the losses of Soviet citizens serving in the German military 24separately, these losses were not included in the Overmans analysis of German casualties.6,228-230. A Russian source, G. I. Krivosheev reported these losses as 215,0007,278. In this schedule they are included with German military war dead.
    Military Losses by branch of service
    Overmans lists losses by branch as: Army-4,202,030; Air Force-432,706; Navy-138,429; Waffen SS – 313,749; Volkssturm – 77,726;Other Paramilitary and support forces- 153,891- Grand Total – 5,318,531.6,335.
    Military Prisoners of War and Missing
    Overmans Includes in the total of 5,318,000 war dead 2,008,000 men that are listed as missing in action or unaccounted for after the war and 459,000 prisoners of war who died in captivity.6,333-336 The details of these POW deaths by country that held them in custody are as follows: USSR 363,000; France 34,000; USA 22,000; UK 21,000; Yugoslavia 11,000; other nations 8,0006,286Dr. Rüdiger Overmans believes that "It seems entirely plausible, while not provable, that one half of the missing were killed in action, the other half however in fact died in Soviet custody" 6,289 Soviet sources list the deaths of 474,967 of the 2,652,672 German Armed Forces POW taken in the War. 12,109
    German Civilian casualties during the war
    German civilian deaths during the war and Holocaust victims totaled about 865,000 including: 360–370,000 killed by Strategic bombing within the 1937 German boundaries25,460., 125,000 civilians were killed in the Battle of Berlin 16,515. The German government reported that 300,000 Germans were victims of Nazi political, racial and religious persecution 107, 32 (including 160,000 German Jews .17,Table A and 15,000 Roma people13,183). In addition there were 70,273 German victims of the Action T4 euthanasia program. 108
    German Civilian Casualties-Due to Expulsions and Forced Labor in the Soviet Union
    Civilian deaths due to the expulsion of Germans after World War II and the Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union are sometimes included with World War II Casualties. The figures for these losses are currently disputed. The following is a summary of the various estimates for German civilian deaths in Eastern Europe.
    A. In 1950 the West German government made a preliminary estimate of 3.0 million civilian deaths in the expulsions. At the same time German Red Cross began to investigate the cases of persons reported missing in the area of the expulsions.106 The first attempt to compute the losses was made in 1953 by the German scholar Gotthold Rhode who estimated German military and civilian deaths in the East Europe at 3,140,000. 130 The Schieder commission estimated a civilian death toll in the expulsions of about 2.3 million persons, broken out as follows: Poland 2,000,000; Czechoslovakia 225,600; Yugoslavia 69,000; Rumania 20,000; Hungary 11,000. 129These early estimates are no longer considered valid because subsequent investigations provided a revised accounting of the losses
    B. A 1958 West German government demographic study estimated 2,225,000 civilians died during the post war expulsions, broken out as follows: Poland 1,607,000; Czechoslovakia 273,000; Yugoslavia 136,000; Rumania 101,000; Hungary 57,000; Baltic States 51,000. 124 31,111-129 The figures from the 1958 German government statistical analysis as well as the report of the Schieder commission are often cited in English language sources dealing with the expulsions.4,Chap 7. In 2006 The German government reaffirmed its belief that 2 million civilians perished in the flight and expulsion from Eastern Europe.128. However, the German historian Ingo Harr believes that civilian losses in the expulsions have been overstated in Germany for decades for political reasons. Harr argues that Cold War political pressure influenced the findings of the Schieder commission and the 1958 West German government demographic study of Expulsion deaths. 123 127The German scholar Dr. Rüdiger Overmans believes that the statistical foundations of the 1958 West German government demographic report to be questionable and cannot be regarded as definitive. 106 A recent analysis by a Polish scholar found that; Generally speaking, the German estimates…are not only highly arbitrary, but also clearly tendentious in presentation of the German losses120,54 He maintains that the German government figures from 1958 overstated the total number of the ethnic Germans living in Poland prior to war as well as the total civilian deaths due to the expulsions. 122 120
    C. By 1965, the Suchdienst (search service) of the German churches was able to confirm 473,013 civilian deaths in eastern Europe, broken out as follows: Poland 367,392; Czechoslovakia 18,889; Other countries 86,735. There were an additional 1,905,991 unconfirmed cases of persons reported dead and missing. Dr.Rüdiger Overmans gave a summary of this unpublished data at a 1994 historical symposium in Poland. Overmans pointed out that the figures are incomplete and only a partial not an exact accounting of total deaths. Overmans believes that since there are only about 500,000 confirmed deaths of German civilians in eastern Europe, the balance being a demographic estimate, that new research on the number of expulsion deaths is needed. 106. However, the German historian Ingo Harr believes that the Church Service records provide a more realistic view of the total deaths due to the expulsions 123 127
    D. A 1974 study by the German government archives estimated a civilian death toll of about 600,000 of civilians who died as a result of war crimes. Broken out as follows: Poland: c. 400,000(-Killed by Soviet forces and their Allies 100,000; dead during the Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union 200,000; dead in transit camps or in transit during the expulsions 100,000.) Czechoslovakia 130,000- All killed by Soviet forces and their Allies. Yugoslavia- c. 80,000(-Killed by Soviet forces and their Allies 15-20,000; dead during the Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union 4,500; dead in transit camps or in transit during the expulsions c.60,000). This report did not provide an estimate for ethnic German deaths in Rumania and Hungary.82.Dr. Rüdiger Overmans believes that the 1974 report is only a partial not a definitive accounting of total deaths in the expulsions106 However, the German historian Ingo Harr believes the Archives study has provided a more realistic view of the total deaths due to the expulsions 123 127
    E. A revised demographic analysis published in 1995, which has the support of the German government, estimated 2,020,000 civilians died during the post war expulsions and the Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union broken out as follows: Poland 1,192,000; Czechoslovakia 220,000; Yugoslavia 106,000; Rumania 75,000; Hungary 84,000; Baltic States 33,000; USSR 310,000.23, The German government maintains that the figure of about 2 million deaths is correct because it includes additional post war deaths from hunger and disease of those civilians subject to the expulsions.128
    F. In 1996 a joint Czech-German Historical Commission determined that between 15,000 and 30,000 Germans perished in the expulsions. The commission found that the demographic estimates by the German government of 220,000 to 270,000 civilian deaths due to expulsions from Czechoslovakia were based on faulty data. The Commission determined that the demographic estimates by the German government counted as missing 90,000 ethnic Germans assimilated into the Czech population; military deaths were understated and that the 1950 census data used to compute the demographic losses was unreliable.[75]131
    G. Research by former ethnic Germans from Yugoslavia determined that 57,640 civilians perished after the war. Broken out as follows:-Killed by partisans 7,199; dead during the Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union 1,994; dead in transit camps or in transit during the expulsions 48,447.125
    H. In his 2000 study of German military casualties Dr. Rüdiger Overmans found 344,000 additional military deaths of Germans from the Former eastern territories of Germany and conscripted ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe. Overmans believes this will reduce the number of civilians previously listed as missing in the expulsions.6 298-299
    A Polish journalist writing in the communist era maintained that the official German government report of 1958 overstated civilian losses because it listed persons as missing and presumed dead, but were actually living in the GDR, military war dead, victims of Nazi persecution and bi-lingual persons who were living in Eastern Europe but were no longer considered ethnic Germans in the census figures. This analysis estimated total German civilian deaths on Polish territory at about 600,000, mostly in the flight during the war, not due to the post war expulsions. 97
    There were additional post war famine deaths in occupied Germany of 250,000 3,43 In Allied occupied the Germany shortage of food was an acute problem according to Alan S. Milward in 1946–47 the average kilocalorie intake per day was only 1,080, an amount insufficient for long-term health. 101,
    Prior estimates made in the 1950s by German government
    A preliminary estimate of war dead made in 1949 by the West German government for the population only within the borders of 1937 Germany, was 3,250,000 military dead and missing plus 500,000 dead and 1,533,000 missing civilians30,1949-8/226.
    In 1956 these figures were revised by the West German government for losses only within the borders of 1937 Germany; 3,760,000 military dead and missing, 410,000 civilians killed by Strategic bombing, 20,000 civilians killed in ground fighting, 1,260,000 civilian refugees killed in the flight from the Former eastern territories of Germany and the expulsions from Poland.30,1956-10/494. These figures did not include additional losses from Austria, 280,000 in the German military and 24,000 civilians; ethnic Germans from eastern Europe, 432,000 deaths in the German military and 886,000 ethnic German civilians killed in expulsions ; and 60,000 German military deaths of men conscripted in France and western Europe. Total 4,530,000 for entire German Armed Forces and 2,576,000 civilians31,111-129.
  20. ^ Greece
    The Greek National Council for Reparations from Germany reports the following casualties during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II. 113
    Military dead: 35,077 including, 13,327 killed in the Greco-Italian War of 1940–41; 1,100 with the Greek Forces in the Mid East and 20,650 partisan deaths. 113
    Civilian Deaths: 771,845 including: 56,225 executed by Axis forces ; 105,000 dead in German concentration camps(including Jews); 7,120 deaths due to bombing, 3,500 merchant marine dead, and 600,000 war related famine deaths 113Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 71,301.14,244
    Gregory Frumkin, who was throughout its existence editor of the Statistical Year-Book of the. League of Nations gave the following assessment of Greek losses in the war. He points out that that, "the data on Greek war losses are frequently divergent and even inconsistent". His estimates for Greek losses are as follows: The war dead included 20,000 military deaths in the Greco-Italian War of 1940–41, 60,000 non-Jewish civilians, 20,000 non Jewish deportees, 60,000 Jews and 140,000 famine deaths during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II .2,89-91
  21. ^ Hungary
    Tamás Stark of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences has provided the following assessment of losses from 1941–45 in Hungary. Military losses were 300,000–310,000 including 110–120,000 killed in battle and 200,000 missing in action and POW in the Soviet Union. Hungarian military losses include 110,000 men who were conscripted from the annexed territories of Greater Hungary in Slovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia and the deaths of 20–25,000 Jews conscripted for Army labor units. Soviet sources list the deaths of 54,700 of the 513,700 Hungarian POW taken in the War. 7,278 Civilian losses of about 80,000 include 45,500 killed in the 1944–45 military campaign and in air attacks,8,58-60 and the genocide of Roma people of 28,000 persons.13,188Jewish Holocaust victims, in 1939 borders, totaled 200,000.14,244.
  22. ^ Iceland
    Confirmed losses of civilian sailors due to German attacks and mines.26
  23. ^ India
    1939 Population of India included the present day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The war dead listed here are those reported by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, total deaths were 87,03129. The 'Debt of Honour Register' from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists the 1.7m men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. [76] The preliminary 1945 data for Indian losses was, killed 24,338, missing 11,754, wounded 64,354 and POW 79,489.20The pro-Japanese Indian National Army lost 2,615 dead and missing16,556. Gurkhas recruited from Nepal fought with the British Indian Army during the Second World War.
    Sources for total Indian Empire civilian war dead range from 1.5 to 2.5 million as detailed below.
    John W. Dower estimated 1.5 million civilian deaths in the Bengal famine of 1943. 4, Chap 39,297. Amartya Sen currently the Lamont University Professor at Harvard University has recently estimated that two to two and a half million fatalities may be more accurate. 98 Werner Gruhl estimates the civilian death toll due to the Bengal famine of 1943 at 2,000,000.111,143
  24. ^ Iran
    Losses during allied occupation in 1941.16,498.
  25. ^ Iraq
    Losses during Anglo-Iraqi War and UK occupation in 1941.3,6516,498.
  26. ^ Ireland
    Despite being neutral, Ireland suffered casualties. In 1995 Irish Taoiseach(Prime Minister)John Bruton claimed at least 10,000 Irish were killed serving in the British or Commonwealth armed forces.27 The civilian death figure includes 33 Irish merchantmen were killed when a U-Boat torpedoed the Irish Pine [77] and deaths caused by the presumably accidental bombing of Ireland in three instances.[78] 27.
  27. ^ Italy
    The official Italian government accounting of World War II 1940–45 losses listed the following data. 68,. Total military dead and missing from 1940–45 were 291,376, losses prior to the September 8, 1943 Armistice with Italy totaled 204,346 ( 66,686 killed, 111,579 missing, 26,081 died of disease), after the September 8, 1943 Armistice with Italy, 87,030 (42,916 killed, 19,840 missing, 24,274 died of disease). Losses by branch of service: Army 201,405; Navy 22,034; Air Force 9,096; Colonial Forces 354; Chaplains 91; Fascist militia 10,066; Paramilitary 3,252; not indicated 45,078. Military Losses by theatre of war: Italy 74,725 (37,573 post armistice); France 2,060 (1,039 post armistice); Germany 25,430 (24,020 post armistice); Greece, Albania & Yugoslavia 49,459 (10,090 post armistice); USSR 82,079 (3,522 post armistice); Africa 22,341 (1,565 post armistice), at sea 28,438 (5,526 post armistice); other & unknown 6,844 (3,695 post armistice). POW losses are included with military losses mentioned above. Civilian losses were 153,147 ( 123,119 post armistice) including 61,432 (42,613 post armistice) in air attacks68. A brief summary of data from this report can be found online at -[79](go to Vol 13, No. 15).
    There were in addition to these losses the deaths of African soldiers conscripted by Italy which were estimated by the Italian military at 10,000 in East African Campaign of 1940–41.73. Civilian losses as a result of the fighting in Italian Libya were estimated by an independent Russian journalist to be 10,000.3,90
    Included in the losses are 64,000 victims of Nazi reprisals and genocide including 30,000 POWs and 8,500 Jews17, Table A. Soviet sources list the deaths of 28,000 of the 49,000 Italian war prisoners in Soviet Union 1942-19543,47 Military losses in Italy after the September 1943 Armistice with Italy, included 5,927 with the Allies, 17,488 Italian resistance movement fighters and 13,000 RSI Italian Social Republic Fascist forces.77 The genocide of Roma people was 1,000 persons.13,183Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 8,562. (including Libya)14,244
  28. ^ Japan
    1939 Japanese population includes 1.7 million Japanese in China and Korea.15,15
    John W. Dower reported that Japanese government figures list the military deaths of 1,740,955 from 1937–45. The details are as follows: 185,647 in China from 1937–41 and 1,555,308 from 1941–45 in the Pacific War. Army - Against US- 485,717; Against UK/Netherlands-208,026; In China-202,958; Against Australia -199,511; French Indochina -2,803; Against USSR -7,483; Other overseas -23,388; Japan proper -10,543. Navy 1941/45 -414,879."only one third of the military deaths occurred in actual combat, the majority being caused by illness and starvation"9,297-299. In addition there were the deaths of prisoners after the surrender. According to John W. Dower; the "Known deaths of Japanese troops awaiting repatriation in Allied (non-Soviet) hands were listed as 81,090 by U.S. authorities"9,363. An additional 300,000 Japanese prisoners died in Soviet hands after the surrender in Manchuria, Korea and the U.S.S.R.9,297-299. The Japanese Ministry of Welfare and Foreign Office reported that 347,000 military personnel and civilians were dead or missing in Soviet hands after the war. The Japanese list the losses of 199,000 in Manchurian transit camps, 36,000 in North Korea, 9,000 from Sakhalin and 103,000 in the U.S.S.R.. 44,116-118 These figures were disputed by the Soviet Union, which reported the deaths of only about 60,000 of the 609,400 Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union 3,81
    Military deaths include Koreans (14,527) 84,57 and Chinese from Taiwan(30,304)[80] conscripted by Japan. Not included in Japanese war dead are 432,000 Chinese military forces collaborating with Japan. 5,Table 5A
    John W. Dower reports civilian losses due to U.S. Strategic bombing according to official Japanese figures were 393,367 dead, including 210,000 killed in the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and 97,031 in the Bombing of Tokyo in World War II. In addition to these deaths 150,000 civilians were killed on Okinawa and 10,000 on Saipan during the fighting.9,297-299 War related deaths of Japanese merchant marine personnel were 27,000.16,578
    The Yasukuni Shrine in Japan lists a total of 2,325,128 military deaths from 1937–1945 including civilians who participated in combat, Chinese(Taiwan) and Koreans in the Japanese Armed Forces.
  29. ^ Korea
    Sources for total Korean civilian war dead range from 378,000 to 533,000 as detailed below.
    The American researcher R. J. Rummel's estimates 378,000 Korean dead due to forced labor in Japan and Manchuria. According to Rummel "Information on Korean deaths under Japanese occupation is difficult to uncover. We do know that 5,400,000 Koreans were conscripted for labor beginning in 1939, but how many died can only be roughly estimated.".4,Chap 3.
    John W. Dower has reported "Between 1939 and 1945, close to 670,000 Koreans were brought to Japan for fixed terms of work, mostly in mines and heavy industry, and it has been estimated that 60,000 or more of them died under harsh conditions of their work places. Over 10,000 others were probably killed in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" 9,47.
    Werner Gruhl estimates the civilian death toll due to the war and Japanese occupation at 483,000 and an additional 50,000 deaths of Koreans conscripted in the Japanese military service111,143
    A Korean demographic study reports "the mortality level and the course of mortality changes among Koreans in Korea during the war, appear not to have been much affected. Even for all Koreans living in Korea, Japan and Manchuria, the impact of World War II on the trend and level of mortality is not likely to have been significant. The same source reports '6,369 Koreans to have died in the Japanese military forces, and the number rises to 14,527 when civilians attached to the military forces is added'"84,57
    Korean military forces fighting against Japan were the Korean Liberation Army under Chinese Nationalist command and the Korean Volunteer Army which fought with the Chinese Communist guerrillas.
  30. ^ Latvia
    Includes civilian losses due to war (220,000) and Soviet occupation in 1940–41(7,000). Does not include military dead with Soviet(13,000) and German Armed Forces (24,000).Total deaths from 1940–53 due the war and the Soviet occupation were 287,000(14% of the population)3,28The genocide of Roma people was 2,500 persons.13,183Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 80,00014,244
  31. ^ Lithuania
    Includes civilian losses due to war (345,000) and Soviet occupation in 1940–41(8,000). Does not include military dead with Soviet (27,000) and German Armed Forces (8,000).Total deaths from 1940–53 due the war and the Soviet occupation were 448,000(15% of the population)3,29 The genocide of Roma people was 1,000 persons.13,183Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 141,00014,244
  32. ^ Luxembourg
    Total war dead were 5,000 2,107which included military losses of about 3,000 with the German Armed Forces and 200 in Belgian Army. The genocide of Roma people was 200 persons.13,183Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 700.14,244
  33. ^ Malaysia
    Victims of forced labor and reprisals during the Japanese occupation.9,296
  34. ^ Malta
    Air attack victims.16,491. The BBC has an online report on the siege of Malta [81]
  35. ^ Mexico
    Mexico lost 7 merchant ships and 63 dead merchant mariners16,540A Mexican Air Force unit Escuadrón 201 served in the Pacific and suffered 5 combat deaths.
  36. ^ Mongolia
    Military losses with USSR against Japan in the 1939 Battle of Khalkhin Gol (200) and the 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria (72) campaigns.3,74
  37. ^ Nauru
    Estimate of 1939 population of Nauru (Australian trust territory) sourced from Populstat.info. Deaths are for 463 Nauruan labourers deported by Japanese authorities to the Caroline Islands (details from [www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/16447.htm United States State Department])
  38. ^ Netherlands
    Dutch government figures for losses in Europe released in 1948 by the Central Bureau of Statistics( CBS)100 listed 210,000 direct war casualties plus an additional 70,000 disease deaths caused by the war. The details are as follows: Military deaths of 8,100; which included 2,200 regular Army, 1,700 Dutch Resistance forces, 2,600 Navy forces, 250 POW in Germany and 1,350 Merchant seaman. Civilian deaths of 271,900; which included 27,000 forced workers in Germany, 7,500 missing and presumed dead in Germany, 2,800 victims of executions, 2,500 deaths in Dutch concentration camps, 18,000 political prisoners in Germany, 20,400 deaths due to military activities, 3,700 Dutch serving in the German military, 104,000 deported Jews and 16,000 deaths in the Dutch famine of 1944. The official statistics also reported an additional 70,000 "indirect war casualties", which are attributed to various diseases caused by wartime conditions. Not included in these figures are an additional 1,650 foreign nationals killed while serving in the Dutch Merchant Marine100
    At least 3,121 99,283 civilian members of various Dutch resistance groups were killed during the occupation, on this page they are included under military casualties. On this page the losses of the 3,700 Dutch in the German Armed Forces are not considered Dutch war casualties, they are included with the military of Germany.
    The Dutch suffered additional losses in the Far East which were not included in the CBS figures except for the Navy. Military losses in Asia were 900 in the 1942 Dutch East Indies campaign and 8,500 military POW deaths in Japanese captivity.87,1275. The Australian War Memorial website reports 8,000 of the 37,0000 Dutch POW died in Japanese captivity [82]. Civilian losses in Asia reported by the Dutch Red Cross included the deaths in Japanese custody of 14,800 Europeans out of 80,000 interned in the Dutch East Indies.92,170
    The Netherlands War Graves Foundation maintains a registry of the names of Dutch war dead. [83] The genocide of Roma people was 500 persons.13,183
  39. ^ Newfoundland
    Newfoundland's losses are listed separately since it was not part of Canada during World War II. Military losses were 1,058: with 956 with the UK: Navy(351),Army (115),Air Force (134) and Merchant Navy (356) and 102 with Canada: Navy (21), Army(41) and Air Force (40). Source: [84]. The losses of the Newfoundland Merchant Navy are commemorated at the Allied Merchant Navy Memorial in Newfoundland,[85]. Civilian due to the sinking of the SS Caribou in October 1942 [86].
  40. ^ New Zealand
    The New Zealand government reported 11,928 total military war dead, mostly fighting in Europe. [87] The military deaths listed here are those reported by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Total deaths were 11,928 29. The 'Debt of Honour Register' from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists the 1.7m men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. [88] Details can be found online at the New Zealand Armed Forces Memorial Project [89] The preliminary 1945 data for New Zealand losses was, killed 10,033, missing 2,129, wounded 19,314 and POW 8,453.20
  41. ^ Norway
    Military deaths were 2,000 regular forces and 1,000 resistance fighters. Civilian dead include 3,600 merchant marine. Total does not include 700 deaths with German Armed Forces.2,112-113 The Norwegian Foreign Ministry reported that "10,262 Norwegians had been killed, including 3,670 seamen. The Germans had executed 366 and tortured 39 to death. Among political prisoners and members of the underground, 658 died at home and 1,433 abroad. About 6,000 Norwegians had served the German war cause, and 709 of them had fallen in battle. [90] Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 728.14,244
  42. ^ Pacific Islands
    - This territory includes areas now known as the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
    The estimate by R. J. Rummel of the number of victims due to Japanese war crimes on the various Pacific Islands is 57,000.4,Chap 3
    The plight of the civilian population of Micronesia was the subject of a study published by the University of Hawaii, The Typhoon of War. They reported Micronesian war related civilian deaths were caused by American bombing and shellfire; and malnutrition caused by the U.S. blockade of the islands. In addition the civilian population was conscripted by the Japanese as forced laborers by the Japanese military and were subjected to numerous mindless atrocities .93
    During the Battle of Guam (1944) the number of Chamorro people killed or wounded is not accurately known but it was well over six hundred. 93, During the Battle of Saipan 10,000 persons in a mass suicide of the Japanese civilian population.9,297-99
    Papua New Guinea
    Civilian deaths were caused by Allied bombing and shellfire and Japanese atrocities. Both the Allies and Japanese also conscripted civilians to work as laborers and porters.103,244
  43. ^ Philippines
    Sources for total Filipino civilian war dead range from 500,000 to 1,000,000 as detailed below.
    The United States State Dept. has reported that, In total, an estimated one million Filipinos lost their lives in the war 109 The primary reason for this high death toll was war related famine and disease. Civilian losses included victims of Japanese war crimes, such as those inflicted on comfort women as well as the Bataan Death March. The Manila massacre claimed the lives of 90,000 Filipinos. 9,296. Werner Gruhl estimates the civilian death toll due to the war and Japanese occupation at 500,000 ( 141,000 massacred, 22,500 forced labor deaths and 336,500 deaths due war related famine).111,143
    The estimate in 1946 by the U.S. War Dept. for Filipino military war dead was 27,260. 5,Table 5A Michael Clodfelter presents more recent figures for military war dead, including 7,000 in the Battle of the Philippines (1941-42), 8,000 anti-Japanese guerrillas and 42,000 (out of 98,000) POWs in Japanese captivity16,566. Werner Gruhl estimates an 27,000 Filipinos died serving in the military (including 20,000 POW)111,143
  44. ^ Poland
    Total Polish War Dead.
    In August 2009 the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) researchers put the figure of Poland's dead at between 5,620,000 and 5,820,000; including an estimated 150,000 Polish citizens who died due to Soviet repression. The IPN's figures include 3 million Polish Jews who died in Nazi Germany's Holocaust, as well as ethnic Poles and other ethnic groups (Ukrainians and Belarussians)114
    Czesław Łuczak estimated in 1994 the actual total of war dead to be 5.9 to 6.0 million, including 2.9 to 3.0 million Jews. He estimated the number of ethnic Poles who died at 2.0 million, including 1.5 million, due to the German occupation of the territory of modern day Poland and the balance of 500,000 in the former eastern Polish regions under both Soviet and German occupation. Łuczak also included in his figures an estimated 1,000,000 war dead of Polish citizens from the ethnic Ukrainian and Belarusian ethnic groups who comprised 20% of Poland's pre-war population. The Polish government estimate made in 1947 of 6.0 million war dead excluded ethnic Ukrainian and Belarusian losses. 42-94
    Dr. Tadeusz Piotrowski estimated in 2005 Poland's losses in World War Two to be 5.6 million; including 5,150,000 victims of Nazi crimes against ethnic Poles and the Holocaust, 350,000deaths during the Soviet occupation in 1940–41 and about 100,000 Poles killed in 1943–44 during the massacres of Poles in Volhynia. Losses by ethnic group were 3,100,000 Jews; 2,000,000 ethnic Poles; 500,000 Ukrainians and Belarusians 47
    Civilian losses by geographic area Image:Map of Poland (1945).png were about 3.5 million in present day Poland 40 and about 2.0 million in the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union 41 Contemporary Russian sources also include Poland's losses in the annexed territories with Soviet war deaths. 11,78 12,158.
    The official Polish government report on war damages prepared in 1947 listed 6,028,000 war victims during the German occupation (including 123,178 military deaths, 2.8 million Poles and 3.2 million Jews), out of a population of 27,007,000 ethnic Poles and Jews; this report excluded ethnic Ukrainian and Belarusian losses. Losses were calculated for the territory of Poland in 1939, including the territories annexed by the U.S.S.R.39. This report has been disputed by Polish scholars who since the fall of communism in 1989 now put the total actual losses at about 5.0 million. They maintain that the official statistics include those persons who were listed as missing in 1945, but remained abroad in the west and the USSR after the war This revision of estimated war losses was the topic of articles in the Polish academic journals Dzieje Najnowsze .42 and The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs94
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has reported that in addition to 3 million Polish Jews killed in the Holocaust. "Documentation remains fragmentary, but today scholars of independent Poland believe that 1.8 to 1.9 million Polish civilians (non-Jews) were victims of German Occupation policies and the war",4338.
    The genocide of Roma people was 35,000 persons13,183 Jewish Holocaust victims, in 1939 borders, totaled 3,000,00014,244, including 2 million within the borders of contemporary Poland and 1 million in the territories annexed by the U.S.S.R 40, 41 ,2,115-126
    Polish Losses during the Soviet Occupation (1939–1941)
    In August 2009 the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) researchers estimated 150,000 Polish citizens were killed due to Soviet repression. Since the collapse of the USSR, Polish scholars have been able to do research in the Soviet archives on Polish losses during the Soviet occupation.41 Andrzej Paczkowski puts the number of Polish deaths at 90–100,000 of the 1.0 million persons deported and 30,000 executed by the Soviets. 72,372 In 2005 Tadeusz Piotrowski estimated the death toll in Soviet hands at 350,00047 An earlier estimate made in 1987 by Franciszek Proch of the Polish Association of Former Political Prisoners of Nazi and Soviet Concentration Camps estimated the total dead due to the Soviet occupation at 1,050,000. 76
    Poland's Military Losses
    Poland lost a total of 239,800 regular soldiers and Polish resistance movement fighters during the war. 94,115. Military dead and missing were 95,000–97,000 and 130,000 wounded in the 1939 Invasion of Poland, including 17–19,000 killed by the Soviets in the Katyn massacre and 12,000 in German POW camps. 95. The Polish contribution to World War II included the Polish Armed Forces in the West, and the 1st Polish Army fighting under Soviet command. Total casualties of these forces in exile were 33,256 killed in action, 8,548 missing in action, 42,666 wounded and 29,385 interned. 95 The Polish Red Cross reported that the 1944 Warsaw Uprising cost the lives of 120,000 -130,000 Polish civilians and 16–17,000 Polish resistance movement fighters 94,115. The names of Polish war dead are presented at a database online [91]
    During the war 2,762,00070 Polish citizens of German descent declared their loyalty to Germany by signing the Deutsche Volksliste. A German source lists the deaths of 108,000 Polish citizens serving in the German armed forces 31,115, these men were conscripted in violation of international law 97
  45. ^ Timor
    Officially neutral, East Timor was occupied by Japan during 1942–45. Allied commandos initiated a guerilla resistance campaign and most deaths were caused by Japanese reprisals against the civilian population. The civilian death toll is estimated at 40,000 to 70,000 Department of Defence (Australia), 2002, "A Short History of East Timor" (Access date: January 3, 2007.)
  46. ^ Romania
    Total Romanian military war dead were approximately 300,00016,582. Total Killed were 93,326 ( 72,291 with Axis and 21,035 with allies)10,216-217 Total POW deaths of about 215,000; (200,000 in Soviet captivity10,216-217 and 15,000 in German captivity 3,51. Soviet sources list the deaths of 54,600 of the 201,800 Romanian POW taken in the War. 3,51 Figures do not include an additional estimated 40,000 to 50,000 dead in Hungarian Army.8,58-60
    Civilian losses of 64,000 included 20,000 during Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Bukovina in 1940–41 3,51; the genocide of Roma people 36,000 deaths.13,184; Allied air raids on Romania caused the deaths of 7,693 civilians10,314.
    Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 469,000 in 1939 borders which includes 325,000 in Bessarabia and Bukovina occupied by the U.S.S.R. in 1940.[4].14,244
  47. ^ Ruanda Urundi
    The 1943 famine in Ruanda which took 300,000 lives was due to a local drought and the harsh wartime policies of the Belgian colonial administration to increase food production for the war effort in the Congo. 132,157-158 133,207 Since Rwanda was not occupied nor the supply of food cut off, these deaths are not usually included with World War Two casualties. However,at least one historian has compared the 1943 famine in Ruanda to the Bengal famine of 1943 which is attributed to the war. 134,30
  48. ^ Singapore
    Victims of Japanese war crimes including the Japanese Occupation of Singapore and the Sook Ching massacre4,Chap 3
  49. ^ South Africa
    The losses listed here are those reported by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Total deaths were 11,903 29. The 'Debt of Honour Register' from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists the 1.7m men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. [92] The preliminary 1945 data for South African losses was killed 6,840, missing 1,841 wounded 14,363 and POW 14,589.20
  50. ^ Soviet Union
    Military Losses
    Military losses from 1939–1945, totaling 10.7 million, include 7.7 million killed or missing in action and 2.6 million POW dead, out of 5.7 million total POW captured, plus 400,000 paramilitary and Soviet partisan losses.3, 20-21
    The official Russian Ministry of Defense figure for military deaths from 1941–1945 is 8,668,400; including 6,330,000 killed in action or died of wounds and 556,000 dead from non-combat causes7,85 plus an estimated 500,000 MIA and 1,283,000 POW dead out of 4,059,000 total POW captured 7,236 A critical analysis of official Soviet wartime casualty statistics published by Krasnoyarsk University in 2000 estimated actual Soviet military war dead at more than 10.9 million persons. 116,28 Richard Overy has noted that "The official figures themselves must be viewed critically, given the difficulty of knowing in the chaos of 1941 and 1942 exactly who had been killed, wounded or even conscripted".21,XVThe official Russian statistics for military dead do not include an additional estimated 1,500,000 conscripted reservists missing or killed before being listed on active strength, as well as an estimated 150,000 militia and 250,000 Soviet partisan dead, which are considered civilian war losses in the official figures.3, 20-21
    There were additional casualties in 1939–40, which totaled 136,945: Battle of Khalkhin Gol in 1939 (8,931); Invasion of Poland of 1939 (1,139); and the Winter War with Finland (1939–40) (126,875).7,51-80
    The estimate by western historians of Soviet military POW deaths is about 3 million out of 5.7 million total POWs in German hands [93].17, Table A Total Soviet population losses included approximately 12 million men aged 18 to 39.11,78The names of many Soviet war dead are presented in the OBD Memorial database online [94]
    Total Population Losses of the Soviet Union 1941–1945
    A report published by the Russian Academy of Science in 1993 estimated that the total Soviet population losses from 1941–1945, within Soviet borders of 1946–1991, were 26.6 million out of a total population of 196.7 million, which included the annexed territories.11, 37.
    Michael Haynes has noted that "We do not know the total number of deaths as a result of the war and related policies" We do know that the demographic estimate of excess deaths was 26.6 million plus an additional 16.1 million natural deaths that would have occurred in peacetime, bringing the total dead to 42.7 million. At this time the actual total number of deaths caused by the war is unknown since among the 16.1 million "natural deaths" some would have died peacefully and others as a result of the war. 117
    Civilian deaths listed here of 12.4 million are for USSR within 1939 borders only, [95] and do not include an estimated 2.5 million civilian dead in the territories annexed by the USSR in 1939-1945 and the 215,000 Soviet war dead in the German armed forces.7,278-24. Civilian losses in territories annexed by USSR are included in totals of the Baltic states(600,000)3,23-34, Poland(1,500,000) 42 41and Romania(300,000)14,244. Total Soviet war dead include losses include an estimated 2.5 to 3.2 million civilian dead due to famine in Soviet territory not occupied by the Germans12,158. Additional famine deaths which totaled 1 million during 1946–47 are not included with World War II casualties.3,20-21
    Soviet Era Statistics for War Losses
    The deaths of 8.2 million Soviet civilians, including Jews, were documented from 1942–1946 by the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission60,140. The official Soviet era statistics for war losses list 25.3 million war related deaths. Total military losses of 8.7 million dead which includes 1.8 million missing in action and POW deaths out of 4.0 million total POW captured. Soviet sources reported civilian deaths in the German occupied USSR totaling 13.7 million, which includes 7.4 million victims of Nazi genocide and reprisals; 2.2 million deaths of persons deported to Germany for forced labor; and 4.1 million famine and disease deaths in occupied territory. There were an additional estimated 3.0 million famine deaths in the territory not under German occupation. These losses are for the entire territory of the USSR in 1941, including territories annexed in 1939–4012,127 Documents from the Soviet archives list the total deaths of prisoners in the Gulag from 1941 to 1945 at 621,637. 12,175. An independent Russian journalist believes the actual death toll may be as high as 1.7 million, when one takes into account summary executions and deaths of those forcibly deported during the war.. 3,21
    An independent Russian journalist has provided the estimated breakdown for total Soviet war dead from 1941–45, Military deaths (including partisans & militia), of the individual Soviet republics were 10.5 million3, 23-35: Russia 6,750,000 ; Armenia 150,000 ; Azerbaijan 210,000 ; Belarus 620,000 ; Georgia 190,000 ; Moldova 41,000 ; Ukraine 1,620,000 ; Estonia 13,000 ; Latvia 18,000 ; Lithuania 27,000 ; Kazakhstan 310,000 ; Kyrgyzstan 70,000 ; Tajikistan 50,000 ; Turkmenistan 70,000 ; Uzbekistan 330,000. Total war related civilian deaths, including territories annexed 1939–45, of the individual Soviet republics were 15.7 million3, 23-35:Russia 7,200,000 ; Armenia 30,000 ; Azerbaijan 110,000 ; Belarus 1,670,000 ; Georgia 110,000; Moldova 120,000 ; Ukraine 5,200,000 ; Estonia 35,000 ; Latvia 220,000 ; Lithuania 345,000 ; Kazakhstan 350,000 ; Kyrgyzstan 50,000 ; Tajikistan 70,000 ; Turkmenistan 30,000 ; Uzbekistan 220,000.
    The genocide of Roma people was 30,000 persons.13,184Jewish Holocaust victims, within 1939 borders, totaled 1,000,000.14,244
  51. ^ Spain
    Military deaths were of volunteer soldiers from the all Spanish Blue Division serving alongside Germany Army in the U.S.S.R. The unit was withdrawn by Spain in 1943.16,515. R. J. Rummel estimates the deaths of 20,000 anti-Fascist Spanish refugees resident in France who were deported to Nazi camps, these deaths are included with French civilian casualties.17, Table A
  52. ^ Sweden
    During the Winter war of 1939–40 the Swedish Volunteer Corps served alongside the Finns and lost 117 men in combat (combined Swedish losses in Finland between 1939–45) [96]. About 300 Swedish volunteers served in the German Wehrmacht and 30–45 were killed in action. [97]
    33 Swedish sailors were killed when submarine HMS Ulven was sunk by a German mine on April 16, 1943.
    The article in Swedish Wikipedia [98] The List of Acts of War Against Sweden In World War Two has details with sources on Sweden's Losses in the war. During 1939-1941 Swedish merchant shipping was attacked by German submarines and 391 merchant seamen were killed. Soviet attacks on Swedish merchant shipping from 1941-1944 cost the lives of 187 merchant seamen. The Red Cross Ship Stureborg was attacked by Italian aircraft in July 1942 resulting in the deaths of 19 of the crew and a Red Cross Official.
  53. ^ Switzerland
    The Americans accidentally bombed Switzerland during the war causing civilian casualties. [99]-[100] Losses of about 300 Swiss in the German Armed Forces are included with German casualties.6,230
  54. ^ Thailand
    Military deaths in French-Thai War 1940–41, the Japanese invasion, and Burma Campaign 1942–45. Civilian deaths caused by Allied bombing 1944–45. Military deaths consists of 143 officers, 474 non-commissioned officers, 4942 other ranks, and 88 field policemen. Royal Thai Armed Forces Education Department Werner Gruhl believes that Thailand suffered "to a lesser extent" than other nations but did not provide exact figures for estimated losses.111
  55. ^ United Kingdom and Colonies
    The losses listed here are those reported by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.Total military deaths were 383,677, including Newfoundland 29 The 'Debt of Honour Register' from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists the 1.7m men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. [101] The losses of Newfoundland (1,000 military) are included in these figures but are listed separately on this schedule. [102]
    The Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintains a Roll of Honour of those civilians under Crown Protection who died as a result of enemy actions in the Second World War. The names of 67.073 are commemorated in the Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour. 29,10
    UK casualties include losses of the colonial forces which are the topic of the following BBC article- [103]. UK colonial forces included units from East Africa, West Africa, Ghana, the Caribbean, Malaya, Burma, Hong Kong, Jordan, Sudan, Malta and the Jewish Brigade
    The official UK report on war casualties of June 1946 provided a preliminary tally of war losses. This report listed the war deaths of 357,116; Navy (50,758); Army (144,079); Air Force (69,606); Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service (624); Merchant Navy (30,248); British Home Guard ( 1,206) and Civilians (60,595). The total still missing on 2/28/1946 was 6,244; Navy (340); Army (2,267); Air Force (3,089); Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service (18); Merchant Navy (530); British Home Guard (0) and Civilians (0). These figures included the losses of Newfoundland and Southern Rhodesia. There were an additional 31,271 military deaths due to "natural causes" which are not included in these figures. Deaths due to air and rocket attacks were 60,595 civilians and 1,206 British Home Guard. The deaths of civilians interned was unknown at that time.19,7 The preliminary 1945 data for colonial forces was killed 6,877, missing 14,208, wounded 6,972 and POW 8,115.20
  56. ^ United States
    Total U. S. military deaths in battle and from other causes were 416,837 The breakout by service is as follows, Army 318,274 78, Navy 62,614, 78, Marine Corps 24,511 78, United States Coast Guard 1,917. 16,584-591. and United States Merchant Marine 9,521.79. Deaths in battle were 292,131 The breakout by service is as follows, Army 234, 874 78, Navy 36,950, 78, Marine Corps 19,733 78, United States Coast Guard 574. [104] 16,584-591. These losses were incurred during the period 12/1/41 until 12/31/46 including an additional 126 men in October 1941 when the USS Kearny and the USS Reuben James were attacked by U-Boats. The United States Army Air Forces losses, which are included in the Army total, were 52,173 deaths due to combat and 35,946 from non combat causes69.U.S. Combat Dead by Theater of war - Europe-Atlantic 183,588; Army ground forces 141,088; United States Army Air Forces 36,461 and Navy/Coast Guard 6,039; Asia-Pacific 108,504; Army ground forces 41,592; United States Army Air Forces 15,694; Navy/Coast Guard 31,485; Marine Corps 19,733. Unidentified Theatres- Army 3969 16,584-591. Included in combat deaths are 14,059 POWs, in Europe (1,124) and (12,935) in Asia16,584-591.
    The details of U.S. casualties are listed online: The US Army[105]. The U.S. Army Air Force [106]. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps [107]. The U.S. Merchant Marine [108]
    Civilian dead were 1,704 American civilians interned, by the Japanese(1,536) and in Europe (168), which are the subject of a U.S. Congressional Research Service report. Go to page CRS-11 [109]. During the Attack on Pearl Harbor 68 U.S. civilians were killed by friendly fire16,552, 2 U.S. Civilians were killed in the attack on Howland Island in 1941 [110] and 6 U.S. civilians were killed in Oregon in 1945 by Japanese balloon bombs 16,580.
    The names of individual U.S. military personnel killed in World War II can be found at the U.S. National Archives website [111]
    The names of U.S. Merchant Mariners killed in World War II can be found at the USMM website [112]
    The names of the 6,043 US military personnel buried at sea, during World War II, are listed at [113] {broken down as US Army 368; US Army Air Forces 33; USMC 1,042; US Navy 4,600}.
    The names of the 74,384 of the US personnel, who served in World War II, whose remains not recovered are listed at [114] {Broken down as US Army 17,096; US Army Air Forces 20,683; USMC 3,119; US Navy 32,636; Civilians 850}.
    American Battle Monuments Commission website lists the names of 176,399 military and civilian war dead from World War II buried in ABMC cemeteries or listed on Walls of the Missing {ABMC Cemeteries have 93,238 buried and 78,979 MIA} [115]
    {Note: the ABMC website notes ABMC database does not list names of 233,174 Americans returned to the United States for burial}. A U.S. Department of Defense report puts in the total number of US World War II missing at 73,291 [116]
    .Examples of non combat casualties within the continental United States-not listed on the ABMC website-were the Port Chicago explosion where 320 were killed and the Women Airforce Service Pilots of whom 38 lost their lives.
    "Project Priam" website lists Pacific Allied/Axis recoveries from 1958 to 2007. See [117]
  57. ^ Yugoslavia
    The U.S. Bureau of the Census published a report in 1954 that concluded that Yugoslav war related deaths were 1,067,000. The U.S. Bureau of the Census noted that the official Yugoslav government figure of 1.7 million war dead was overstated because it "was released soon after the war and was estimated without the benefit of a postwar census" 67,23 A recent study by Vladimir Žerjavić estimates total war related deaths at 1,027,000. Military losses of 237,000 Yugoslav partisans and 209,000 Ustaše. Civilian dead of 581,000, including 57,000 Jews. Losses of the Yugoslav Republics were Bosnia 316,000; Serbia 273,000; Croatia 271,000; Slovenia 33,000; Montenegro 27,000; Macedonia 17,000; and killed abroad 80,000. 66. Bogoljub Kočović a statistician, who is a Bosnian Serb by ethnic affiliation, calculated that the actual war losses were 1,014,00085,172-80 The late Jozo Tomasevich , Professor Emeritus of Economics at San Francisco State University, believes that the calculations of Kočović and Žerjavić "seem to be free of bias, we can accept them as reliable" 86,737
    The reasons for the high human toll in Yugoslavia were as follows:
    A.Military operations between the Germans, Italians and their Ustaše collaborators on one hand against the Yugoslav partisans and Chetniks86,744-50
    B.German forces, under express orders from Hitler, fought with a special vengeance against the Serbs, who were considered Untermensch 86,744-50 One of the worst massacres during the German military occupation of Serbia was the Kragujevac massacre.
    C. Deliberate acts of reprisal against target populations were perpetrated by all combatants. All sides practiced the shooting of hostages on a large scale. At the end of the war Ustaše collaborators were killed during the Bleiburg massacre86,744-50
    D.The systematic extermination of large numbers of people for political, religious or racial reasons. The most numerous victims were Serbs 86,744-50 The USHMM reports between 56,000 and 97,000 persons were killed at the Jasenovac concentration camp64 63. However, Yad Vashem reports 600,000 deaths at Jasenovac. 65. The genocide of Roma was 40,000 persons.13,183-184Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 67,122.14,244:
    E.The reduced food supply caused famine and disease. 86,744-50:
    F.Allied bombing of German supply lines caused civilian casualties. The hardest hit localities were Podgorica, Leskovac, Zadar and Belgrade. 86,744-50:
    G. The demographic losses due to a 335,000 reduction in the number of births and emigration of about 660,000 are not included with war casualties. 86,744-50

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