Current estimates put German losses as five million military plus three million civilians, about eight million total.
Total war deaths are put at 25 million military, plus 50 million civilians, about 75 million total.
Current estimates put German losses as five million military plus three million civilians, about eight million total.
Total war deaths are put at 25 million military, plus 50 million civilians, about 75 million total.
Some initial observations:
* I think it may have been henkster, but perhaps it was you, who recently cited 11 million Russian soldiers dying in action. Seeing it this way makes that staggering number seem more real.
* 13 million Russian civilian deaths, but also nearly 16 million Chinese civilians, thanks presumably to the Japs. I had no idea.
* Nearly one-fifth of all Poles died.
* 4 million Indonesian civilian deaths, again presumably thanks to the Japs.
* With most of the western European war occurring in France, the total French casualties, as bad as they were, seems surprisingly modest.
* British and American deaths are certainly put in perspective.
* One in eight Lithuanians and Latvians died. Should have anticipated that.
* With our intense bombing campaigns, even including Dresden, Tokyo fire-bombing, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, it seems surprising that only two million German civilians died and fewer than one million Japanese.
Finally, how disheartening and infuriating that 83% of all deaths were Allied, versus just 17% Axis. I guess I knew that intuitively, but to see it spelled out runs my blood cold. We certainly let them off easily enough afterward. Satan had his field day, but a certain fate awaits him.
Looks like the Japanese killed a total of 25 million civilians in China (20) and Indonesia (5)?
You don’t hear much about the 5 million civilians killed in Indonesia...