[jordan8]

Here are the actual casualty figures:

U.S. casualties in WW2 (source: Grolier's).

Battle Deaths: 292,131

Other Deaths: 115,187

Total Dead: 407,318

Wounded: 671,801

Missing or Captured: 139,709

Total Dead or Wounded: 1,025,119

UK: (source: The Encyclopedia of Facts and Figures)

KIA/MIA 305,800

WIA 277,100

POW 172,600

Civilian Casualties 146,800

Total Killed/Wounded 729,700

Battle Deaths: U.S. 292,131 vs. UK 244,723

I jump into arguments on Brit boards about this and love to post these figures. The average Brit has no idea, and is crestfallen to learn the U.S. suffered more casualties than Blighty in WW2.

[jordan8]

The total U.S. killed or wounded should be 1,079,119 not 1,025,119.

[Restorer]

>>The average Brit has no idea, and is crestfallen to learn the U.S. suffered more casualties than Blighty in WW2.

Total British population 1940: appr. 48 million

Total US population 1940: appr. 140 million

Proportionate to population, the Brits lost almost 3 times as many men in WW2 as the US.