Have to say it Lazarus but Jim M. revealed in that post he is pretty damned stupid for something that pretends being knowledgeable.
Now let's just get matters right---yes over 400k dead. And it wasn't until totals were in regards NAM, that all war dead post the Civil War, surpassed the amount killed in the Civil War. en.wikipedia.org
Bold face is Military Dearths Underlined is Total deaths.
Human Losses of World War Two by Country Country Population 1939 Military deaths Civilian deaths Jewish Holocaust deaths Total deaths Deaths as % of 1939 population Albania[1] 1,073,000 30,000 200 30,200 2.81% Australia[2] 6,998,000 40,500 700 41,200 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 0.00% Bulgaria[6] 6,458,000 22,000 3,000 25,000 0.38% Burma[7] 16,119,000 22,000 250,000 272,000 1.16% 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% Estonia1939 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] 69,623,000 5,533,000 840,000 to 2,800,000 160,000 6,793,000 to 8,493,000 see table below Greece[20] 7,222,000 20,000 220,000 71,300 311,300 4.31% 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 .057% Iran[24] 14,340,000 200 200 0.00% Iraq[25] 3,698,000 1,000 1,000 0.03% Ireland[26] 2,960,000 200 200 0.00% Italy[27] 44,394,000 301,400 145,100 8,000 454,500 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 % Latvia1939 Borders[30] 1,995,000 147,000 80,000 227,000 11.38% Lithuania1939 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% Nauru[37] 3,400 500 500 14.7% Netherlands[38] 8,729,000 21,000 176,000 104,000 301,000 3.44% Newfoundland[39] 300,000 1,000 100 1,100 0.37% New Zealand[40] 1,629,000 11,900 11,900 0.1% Norway[41] 2,945,000 3,000 5,800 700 9,500 0.32% 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% Poland1939 Borders[44] 34,849,000 240,000 1,760,000 to 2,760,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 14.3% to 17.2% Portuguese Timor[45] 500,000 40,000 to 70,000 40,000 to 70,000 8.00% to 14.00% Romania1939 Borders[46] 19,934,000 300,000 64,000 469,000 833,000 4.22% Singapore[47] 728,000 50,000 50,000 6.87% South Africa[48] 10,160,000 11,900 11,900 0.12% South Pacific Mandate[49] 1,900,000 57,000 57,000 3.00% Soviet UnionSee Table Below[50] 168,500,000 8,800,000 to 10,700,000 14,154,000 to 12,254,000 1,000,000 23,954,000 14.18% Spain[51] 25,637,000 4,500 4,500 0.02% Sweden[52] 6,341,000 200 2,000 2,200 0.03% Switzerland[53] 4,210,000 100 100 0.00% Thailand[54] 15,023,000 5,600 300 5,900 0.04% United Kingdom[55] 47,760,000 382,700 67,100 449,800 0.94% United States[56] 131,028,000 416,800 1,700 418,500 0.32% Yugoslavia[57] 15,400,000 446,000 514,000 67,000 1,027,000 6.67% Totals 1,963,205,000 21,582,100 to 25,482,100 34,514,100 to 46,6044,100 5,752,400 61,798,600 to 77,788,600 3.71% to 3.96% |