World War II casualties
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world-war-ii-casualties-169-149936
title:
World War II casualties
text:
World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. Deaths directly caused by the war are estimated at 50–56 million, with an additional estimated 19–28 million deaths from war-related disease and famine. Civilian deaths totaled 50–55 million. Military deaths from all causes totaled 21–25 million, including deaths in captivity of about 5 million prisoners of war. M
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
List of human losses by participating country
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties
date created:
2003-06-05T23:46:50Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T06:26:04Z
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