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National Death Tolls for the Second World War

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National Death Tolls for the Second World War

Compare 3 million German civilians to 60 thousand Britons. The destruction of the cities was equally one-sided. This figure does not include the millions who died a preventable death in the 2-3 years after the war.

Germany: Civilian: (Note that it’s the British sources that give unrealistically low numbers. 3,500,000 is the most usual figure given today.)

- - - Compton's: 500,000
    - Britannica: 780,000
    - Davies: 780,000
    - Clodfelter: 780,000
    - Eckhardt: 1,471,000
    - Keegan: 1,593,000
    - Urlanis: 2,000,000
    - HarperCollins: 2,300,000
    - Ellis: 2,350,000
    - Kinder: 3,800,000
    - Encarta: 3,800,000
    - MEDIAN: 1.6M

United Kingdom: Civilian (Once again, British sources give the highest numbers. It’s generally accepted at around 60,000.)

- - Civilian:
    - Keegan: 60,000 (bombing)
    - Urlanis: 60,000
    - HarperCollins: 60,595
    - Ellis: 60,600
    - Britannica: 92,673 (incl. 30,248 merchant mariners and 60,595 killed by bombing)
    - Davies: 92,673
    - Clodfelter: 92,673
    - Eckhardt: 100,000

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Originall estimates were 30 million killed; Extimates are now 40-55 million. 20-26 million died on the eastern front with Russia.

From www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/remember.htm				Other est.
Country	Military Deaths	Civilian Deaths	Total	Other est.
USSR	10,000,000	10,000,000	20,000,000	20,000,000
China	3,500,000	10,000,000	13,500,000	4,200,000
Germany	3,500,000	3,800,000	7,300,000	4,000,000
Poland	120,000	5,300,000	5,420,000	6,300,000
Japan	1,700,000	380,000	2,080,000	3,200,000
Yugoslavia	300,000	1,300,000	1,600,000	1,500,000
Romania	200,000	465,000	665,000	400,000
France	250,000	360,000	610,000	600,000
British Empire	452,000	60,000	512,000	500,000
Italy	330,000	80,000	410,000
USA	400,000	0	400,000	400,000
Hungary	120,000	280,000	400,000	500,000
Czechoslovakia	10,000	330,000	340,000
TOTALS	20,882,000	32,355,000	53,237,000

last updated 2 May 2003

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World War II Fatalities

Country	Military	Civilian	Total
Soviet Union*	8,668,000	16,900,000	25,568,000
China	1,324,000	10,000,000	11,324,000
Germany	3,250,000	3,810,000	7,060,000
Poland	850,000	6,000,000	6,850,000
Japan	1,506,000	300,000	1,806,000
Yugoslavia	300,000	1,400,000	1,700,000
Rumania*	520,000	465,000	985,000
France*	340,000	470,000	810,000
Hungary*			750,000
Austria	380,000	145,000	525,000
Greece*			520,000
Italy	330,000	80,000	410,000
Czechoslovakia			400,000
Great Britain	326,000	62,000	388,000
USA	295,000		295,000
Holland	14,000	236,000	250,000
Belgium	10,000	75,000	85,000
Finland	79,000		79,000
Canada	42,000		42,000
India	36,000	***	36,000
Australia	39,000		39,000
Spain**	12,000	10,000	22,000
Bulgaria	19,000	2,000	21,000
New Zealand	12,000		12,000
South Africa	9,000		9,000
Norway	5,000		5,000
Denmark	4,000		4,000

Total circa 61 Million

1. The above table shows only deaths not wounded.
2. Figures are rounded to nearest 1000
3. The table above has been compiled from three main sources:-

(1). Alan Bullock - Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives pp987
(2). The Times Atlas of the Second World War pp204,205
(3). Richard Overy - Russia's War pp288
The highest estimate for each country was selected during compilation - in the case of ref.3 the figures for military deaths are given as recent official figures and the civilian deaths are those estimated from a 1996 study by B V Sokolov - although the author points out that an accurate figure is difficult to calculate.
Also: for Australia

*The figures for these countries were very different in the three sources

** The military deaths for Spain, a neutral country during the war, are attributed to volunteers in the Axis (4500) and Allied (7500) armies. According to source 2, above, 10,000 Spaniards died in concentration camps. These figures may be very inaccurate and may be reviewed later.

*** This table does not take into account the 3 million Indians who died due to famine in 1943.

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