Casualties of World War I
On the contrary it was the armed forces of USA and the allied countries of Europe, middle East and Asian countries who were responsible for millions of civilian and armed forces causalities due to madness of Stalin and Hitlor.
Following are the figures for World War I and World II.
The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was over
37 million: over 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.
The total number of deaths includes about 10 million military personnel and about 7 million of civilians. The Entente Powers (also known as the Allies) lost about 6 million military personnel while the Central Powers lost about
4 million. At least …show more content…
Nevertheless, disease, including the
Spanish flu and deaths while held as prisoners of war, still caused about one third of total military deaths for all belligerents.
World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history in absolute terms of total deadths, but not in terms of deaths relative to the world population. Over
60 million people were killed, which was over 3% of the 1939 world population
(2 billion). The tables below give a detailed country-by-country count of human losses. World War II fatality statistics vary, with estimates of total dead ranging from 50 million to more than 80 million. The higher figure of 80 million includes deaths from war-related disease and famine. Civilians killed totaled from 38 to
55 million, including 19 to 25 million from war-related disease and famine. Total military deadths: from 22 to 25 million, including deaths in captivity of about
5 million prisoners of war.
Recent historical findings have shed new light on 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. According to Russian government figures USSR losses within postwar borders now stand at
On the contrary it was the armed forces of USA and the allied countries of Europe, middle East and Asian countries who were responsible for millions of civilian and armed forces causalities due to madness of Stalin and Hitlor.
Following are the figures for World War I and World II.
The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was over
37 million: over 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.
The total number of deaths includes about 10 million military personnel and about 7 million of civilians. The Entente Powers (also known as the Allies) lost about 6 million military personnel while the Central Powers lost about
4 million. At least …show more content…
Nevertheless, disease, including the
Spanish flu and deaths while held as prisoners of war, still caused about one third of total military deaths for all belligerents.
World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history in absolute terms of total deadths, but not in terms of deaths relative to the world population. Over
60 million people were killed, which was over 3% of the 1939 world population
(2 billion). The tables below give a detailed country-by-country count of human losses. World War II fatality statistics vary, with estimates of total dead ranging from 50 million to more than 80 million. The higher figure of 80 million includes deaths from war-related disease and famine. Civilians killed totaled from 38 to
55 million, including 19 to 25 million from war-related disease and famine. Total military deadths: from 22 to 25 million, including deaths in captivity of about
5 million prisoners of war.
Recent historical findings have shed new light on 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. According to Russian government figures USSR losses within postwar borders now stand at