Universe, Inc. (July 13, 2005). Data from this document is listed in, Schimitzek, Stanislaw, Truth or Conjecture? The number of partisans escalated during the final insurrection of April 1945. For the purposes of CWGC the dates of inclusion for Commonwealth War Dead are 3 September 1939 to 31 December 1947. They reported, "The total number who were killed by the Japanese, or who died from, hunger, disease and lack of medical attention is estimated at 3,000,000 for Java alone, 1,000,000 for the Outer Islands. When scholarly sources differ on the number of deaths in a country, a range of war losses is given, in order to inform readers that the death toll is disputed. Losses by branch of service: Army 201,405; Navy 22,034; Air Force 9,096; Colonial Forces 354; Chaplains 91; Fascist militia About 326,000 civilians and military personnel were . [13] The table below gives data on the number of dead and military wounded for each country, along with population information to show the relative impact of losses. [40], General Eisenhower's Armies were facing resistance that varied from almost non-existent to fanatical[41] as they advanced toward Berlin, which was located 200km (120mi) from their positions in early April 1945. However, at least one historian has compared the 1943 famine there to the, The war dead of 11,907 listed here are those reported by the, The preliminary 1945 data for South African losses was killed 6,840, missing 1,841 wounded 14,363 and, This territory includes areas now known as the. pp. It was not possible to predict where the Allies might choose to launch their invasion. [42] This later caused some friction with the Yugoslav forces, notably around Trieste. Philippines military losses were 57,000 including 7,000 KIA in 194142 campaign, 8,000 guerrillas KIA 194245 and 42,000 POWs(out of 98,000). Routledge. [447] 2: 1978 (3,000,000), Encyclopdia Britannica 1992 (2,384,000), The Expulsion of "German" Communities from Eastern Europe at the end of the Second World War, Steffen Prauser and Arfon Rees, European University Institute, Florence. This kill-to-loss ratio destroys another recent myth, which has recently come again into fashion, which refers to the situation on the Eastern Front. Some 40,000 Roma were murdered. Aiming to recapture Strasbourg, the Germans attacked the 6th Army Group at multiple points. Mai 1974. Niewyk, Donald L. The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust, Columbia University Press, 2000; Statistisches Jahrbuch fr die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1960 Bonn 1961 p. 78, Bundesarchiv Euthanasie" im Nationalsozialismus, bundesarchiv.de; accessed 5 March 2016.(German). Solomon Islands: 63,200, 25,000, (88,200) On Utah Beach, U.S. troops suffered only 197 casualties, the lightest of any beach, when they accidentally landed in the wrong spot. The majority of the British and elements of the French forces escaped at Dunkirk. Mai 1974. Hellmuth Auerbach: Opfer der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft. 2004/1, p. 4 (2,000,000), Gesamterhebung zur Klrung des Schicksals der deutschen Bevlkerung in den Vertreibungsgebieten, Mnchen: Zentralstelle des Kirchl. The German economist. [252] Rosefielde maintains that the data from the Soviet archives is incomplete; for example, he pointed out that the figures do not include the 22,000 victims of the Katyn massacre. [12] The authors of the Oxford Companion to World War II maintain that "casualty statistics are notoriously unreliable". The U.S. Bureau of the Census published a report in 1954 that concluded that Yugoslav war-related deaths were 1,067,000. Altogether 35,000 of the 240,000 Europeans died; most of them were men of working age.". In 2018, the United States Holocaust museum has the number of murdered during the time period of the holocaust at 17million 6million Jews and 11million others. The chance of an amphibious landing necessitated the substantial dispersal of the German mobile reserves, which contained the majority of their panzer troops. Nazi Germany ordered, organized and condoned a substantial number of war crimes in World War II. The Australian government does not regard. Following two months of slow fighting in hedgerow country, Operation Cobra allowed the Americans to break out at the western end of the lodgement. Universe, Inc. (July 13, 2005). 7879, German Federal Archive, Siegel, Silke Vertreibung und Vertreibungsverbrechen 19451948. The Germans in France were now faced by three powerful Allied army groups: in the north the British 21st Army Group commanded by Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, in the center the American 12th Army Group, commanded by General Omar Bradley and to the south the US 6th Army Group commanded by Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers. [265] However some western scholars estimate the total at between 1.7 and 2.3million.[266]. Among the Allied powers, the U.S.S.R. suffered the greatest total number of dead: perhaps 18,000,000. Commissariato generale C.G.V. Civilians 7,500 (3,600 Merchant seaman, 1,500 resistance fighters, 1,800 civilians killed and 600 Jews killed)[94] Detailed by country: Werner Gruhl estimates the civilian deaths at 20,365,000. The total still missing on 2/28/1946 were 6,244; Navy (340); Army (2,267); Air Force (3,089); Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service (18); Soviet sources list the deaths of 403 of the 2,377 Finnish. These figures (cited below) are based on necessarily rough estimates".[208]. "For Austria the consequences of the Nazi regime and the Second World War were disastrous: During this period 2,700 Austrians had been executed and more than 16,000 citizens murdered in the concentration camps. Historians often put forward many different estimates of the numbers killed and wounded during World War II. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1959. p. 252, Waller Wynne, Population of Czechoslovakia. The military's complicity extended not only to the generals and upper leadership but also to the rank and file. Russian sources report that the Soviets reported the POW deaths of 62,105 (61,855 Japanese and 214 collaborator forces) out of the 640,105 captured (609,448 Japanese and 30,657 collaborator forces). 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During World War II, 1.2million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum[236]. Total: 1,647,200, 473,800, (2,121,000), Overall, perhaps two thirds of all Japanese military dead came not from combat, but from starvation and disease. 2-These statistics include casualties of the volunteer forces from the Soviet Union. During the push east, the cities of Frankfurt am Main, Kassel, Magdeburg, Halle and Leipzig were strongly defended by ad hoc German garrisons made up of regular troops, Flak units, Volkssturm and armed Nazi Party auxiliaries. With an introduction by Konrad Adenauer. Civilian losses included 160,000 Jewish Holocaust dead, As Ruanda [Rwanda] was not occupied nor its food supply cut off, these deaths are not usually included with World War II casualties. G. The demographic losses due to the reduction of 335,000 births and emigration of about 660,000 are not included with war casualties. Personelle Verluste der deutschen Bevlkerung durch Flucht und Vertreibung. [262] E. Bruce Reynolds, "Aftermath of Alliance: The Wartime Legacy in Thai-Japanese Relations". [246] Since 1990 Russian scholars have been given access to the Soviet-era archives and have published data on the numbers of people executed and those who died in Gulag labor camps and prisons. 1- The summary report of September 30, 1945 put total casualties for the entire period of the war at 305,000 killed and 780,000 wounded. 73538. ^S Germany The US Ninth Army, which had remained under British command since the battle of the Bulge, went south as the northern pincer of the Ruhr encirclement as well as pushing elements east. The French forces launched a small offensive, the Saar Offensive against Germany in the Saar region but halted their advance and returned. 2- The section Effects of Strategic Bombing on the German War Economy of October 31, 1945 put the losses at 375,000 killed and 625,000 wounded. Soviet Studies Vol44. Initial successes in bad weather, which gave them cover from the Allied air forces, resulted in a German penetration of over 80km (50mi) to within less than 16km (10mi) of the Meuse. World War II was won on the Eastern Front. Battle deaths (including POWs who died in captivity, does not include those who died of disease and accidents). Belgian casualties are placed at 7,500 killed or missing, 15,850 wounded, and 200,000 captured. pp. Navy Bericht des Bundesarchivs vom 28. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70-85 million people perished, or about 3% of the 2.3 billion (est.) ^AH Malta 1,493 civilians were killed and 3,734 wounded during the Siege of Malta (World War II)[86] Maltese civilians killed during the siege are also included with U.K. civilian deaths by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. [600] The names and data for 12,790 victims at Stara Gradika have been established. Small and Singer put the military losses at 5,000. Ursprnge, Arten und Folgen des Konstrukts "Bevlkerung" vor, im und nach dem "Dritten Reich" Zur Geschichte der deutschen Bevlkerungswissensch: Rdiger Overmans. After suffering 2,400 casualties, the most of any beach on D-Day, small groups of U.S. soldiers were able to break through the defenses, opening the way for successive waves. According to the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare 65,000 soldiers and civilians were killed in the 1945 military campaign against the Soviet Union. Not Included in the figure of 210,000 war dead are 70,000 "indirect war casualties", ): Legenden, Lgen, Vorurteile. Germany (West). [475], 4-The Effects of strategic bombing on Japanese morale Based on a survey of Japanese households the death toll was put at 900,000 dead and 1.3million injured, the SBS noted that this figure was subject to a maximum sampling error of 30%. 3-Included in these statistics are 322,807 POWs held by the US and UK. An estimated 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 people died during World War II. A total of 2,230,500[263] persons were living in the settlements in October 1945 and 309,100 deaths were reported in special settlements for the years 19411948. [261] Thailand: 6,900, 100, (7,000) Studies on the Population of China, 13681953. However, when the Allies made a counter-landing in Norway following the German invasion, the Germans repulsed them and defeated the Norwegian armed forces, driving the latter into exile. 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The principal belligerents were Russia and Romania (of the Allied and Associated Powers) versus the Central Powers countries of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria. Estonian State Commission on Examination of Policies of Repression;The White Book: Losses inflicted on the Estonian nation by occupation regimes. With an introd. During September and October, the Allied 6th Army Group (U.S. 5-Figures of missing include POWs held by Allies. Mainly for this reason, estimates of total dead in World War II vary anywhere from 35,000,000 to 60,000,000a statistical difference of no small import. MacDonald, C (2005), The Last Offensive: The European Theater of Operations. Liudskie poteri v Velikoi Otechestvennoi voine 19411945 gg: Statisticheskoe issledovanie (Human Losses in the Great Patriotic War 19411945 A Statistical Investigation). Bonn 1989, pp. Military war dead reported by Rdiger Overmans of 261,000 are included with Germany. Equipment losses were 753 tanks and 1,284 aircraft. However, in the meantime, the Allies took the war to Germany, with a strategic bombing campaign the US Eighth Air Force bombing Germany by day and RAF Bomber Command bombing by night. The first phase saw the capitulation of Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and France during May and June 1940 after their defeat in the Low Countries and the northern half of France, and continued into an air war between Germany and Britain that climaxed with the Battle of Britain. (1998) A German demographic study estimated 5,500,000 to 6,900,000 war dead. The First and Ninth Armies stopped along the Elbe and Mulde rivers, making contact with Soviet forces near the Elbe in late April. 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The second phase consisted of large-scale ground combat (supported by a massive strategic air war considered to be an additional front), which began in June 1944 with the Allied landings in Normandy and continued until the defeat of Germany in May 1945. On 7 May at his headquarters in Rheims, Eisenhower took the unconditional surrender of all German forces to the western Allies and the Soviet Union,[44] from the German Chief-of-Staff, General Alfred Jodl, who signed the first general instrument of surrender at 0241 hours. This would bring the total number of Italian military personnel killed to some 341,000 (excluding colonial troops). Radiation Effects Research Foundation How many people died as a result of the atomic bombings? On 6 June 1944, the Allies began Operation Overlord (also known as "D-Day") the long-awaited liberation of France. 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The crossing of the Moselle River and the capture of the fortress of Metz proved difficult for the American troops in the face of German reinforcements, supply shortages, and unfavorable weather. Regarding overall losses, they concluded that "It was further estimated that an additional number, approximately 25% of known deaths in 194445, were still unrecovered and unrecorded. A large number of partisans and members of the RSI forces were former members of the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy, to which is referred the 3,430,000 figure. U.S. Army figures include the deaths of 5,337 from the Philippines and 165 from Puerto Rico (see p.118). 5-Figures of missing include POWs held by Allies. The annual death rate in 19421945 of Americans interned by Japan was about 3.5%. Manchuria & USSR 7,483 killed and 4,641 wounded. The following notes summarize Soviet casualties, the details are presented in World War II casualties of the Soviet Union. (2005) The German government issued a report listing total war dead of 7,375,800 (3,100,000 soldiers killed; 1,200,000 soldiers missing; 500,000 civilians killed in bombing raids; 2,251,500 civilian victims of expulsions and deportations; 24,300 Austrian civilians killed and 300,000 victims of Nazi racial, religious or political persecution. Eisei Ishikawa, David L. Swain, Committee for the Compilation of Materials on Damage Caused by the Atomic Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Hiroshima and Nagasaki The Physical Medical and Social Effects of the Atomic Bombings, Basic Books, 1981. That was sometimes done if the deceased was, for example, an ammunition worker, air raid victim or a civilian worker who for some other reason died because of the war. Of 7,080 BEF casualties, 5,533 losses were incurred by the 5th Australian Division; German losses were 1,600-2,000, with 150 taken prisoner. "Hvor mange drbte danskere?". These figures include military dead of 30,000 Chinese from Taiwan and 22,182 Koreans. vs. U.K. and Netherlands 208,026 killed and 139,225 wounded. Two early British raids for which battle honours were awarded were Operation Collar in Boulogne (24 June 1940) and Operation Ambassador in Guernsey (1415 July 1940). A raid on Sark on the night of 3/4 October 1942 is notable because a few days after the incursion the Germans issued a propaganda communiqu implying at least one prisoner had escaped and two were shot while resisting having their hands tied. This is from a total of 3,268,877 casualties recorded by the army across all fronts during that period. 1993; China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations. [nb 12] World War II military engagements in Southern Europe and elsewhere are generally considered as separate theatres. western front ww2 casualties. 3133 (they give figure of 300,000 German deaths due to racial, religious and political persecution including 170,000 Jews. Holocaust Encyclopedia "How many Catholics were killed during the Holocaust? Nazi Empire: German colonialism and imperialism from Bismarck to Hitler. [452] In some cases this figure was potentially even higher, up to 80% in the Philippines[453] and a staggering 97% in New Guinea.[454]. According to the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare Japanese war dead (193745) totaled 3.1million persons including 2.3million soldiers and Army/Navy civilian employees, 500,000 civilians in Japan and 300,000 civilians living outside of Japan. [603] Saint-Petersburg, 1995. ^BF United States in Demographic Trends and Patterns in the Soviet Union Before 1991. Who killed the most people in ww2? [Tokyo], 1949, p. 1058, Tables 60809, Annual Changes in Population of Japan Proper 1 October 19201 October 1947, General Headquarters for the Allied Powers Economic and Scientific Section Research and Programs Division. South of the Ardennes, American forces fought from September until mid-December to push the Germans out of Lorraine and from behind the Siegfried Line. 3- The section The Effect of Bombing on Health and Medical Care in Germany of January 1947 made a preliminary calculated estimate of air raid dead at 422,000. The German military participated in many aspects of the Holocaust: in supporting Hitler, in the use of forced labor, and in the mass murder of Jews and other groups targeted by the Nazis. people on Earth in 1940. Holocaust Encyclopedia "Nazi Persecution of Soviet Prisoners of War", "United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Holocaust Encyclopedia: "The German Army and the Racial Nature of the War Against the Soviet Union", "United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Holocaust Encyclopedia: "Persecution of Homosexuals in the Third Reich", "United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. After the war ended deaths at the hands of the Red Army and local Chinese population were 185,000 Manchuria, 28,000 in North Korea and 10,000 on Sakhalin and the Kurile islands. "Battle for the Roer Triangle". This belief is untrue. p. 30(500,000 civilians in Japan and 300,000 overseas, figures of Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare), Ishikida, Miki (2005). A joint CzechGerman Historical Commission determined that between 15,000 and 30,000 Germans perished in the expulsions. The West German government in made a rough estimate in 1956 of 20,000 civilians killed during the 1945 military campaign in current post war German borders, not including the former German territories in Poland. Presse- und Informationsamt. Danish Ministry of Education. The most numerous victims were Serbs. Von Rundstedt's divisions, which had remained on the west bank, were cut to pieces in the ''battle of the Rhineland' 280,000 men were taken prisoner. Civilian war dead were approximately 2,100, French military war of 210,000 dead include 150,000 regular forces (193940. Mai 1974. (1 January 1995). ), The Japanese Ministry of Welfare and Foreign Office reported from 1951 to 1960 that 254,000 military personnel and civilians were confirmed dead and 95,000 went missing in Soviet hands after the war. Wounded: UK and Crown Colonies (284,049); India-(British colonial administration) (64,354), Australia (39,803); Canada (53,174); New Zealand (19,314); South Africa (14,363). U.S. Dept. Malaya & Singapore: 8,500, 2,900, (11,400) The Italian front is considered a separate but related theater. 1978), Mikhalev, S. N (2000). in the Dutch famine of 1944. This instance of tying prisoner's hands contributed to Hitler's decision to issue his Commando Order instructing that all captured Commandos or Commando-type personnel were to be executed as a matter of procedure. Germany 25,430 (24,020 post armistice); Greece, Albania, and Yugoslavia 49,459 (10,090 post armistice); (International Population Statistics Reports series P-90, No. In Operation Eclipse, the 17th Airborne Division, 82d Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division, and a British brigade were to seize the Tempelhof, Rangsdorf, Gatow, Staaken, and Oranienburg airfields. The deception plans, Operation Fortitude and Operation Bodyguard, had the Germans convinced that the invasion would occur in the Pas-de-Calais, while the real target was Normandy. [147] 13, No. Archivalien und ausgewhlte Erlebnisberichte. Toward Peace: War Responsibility, Postwar Compensation, and Peace Movements and Education in Japan. In this uncertain situation, estimates of casualties have generally ranged between 100,000 and 180,000 for Hiroshima, and between 50,000 and 100,000 for Nagasaki. e The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe ( Baltics ), and Southeast Europe ( Balkans) from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. Dutch casualties are placed at 2,890 killed or missing, 6,900 wounded, with no information provided on those captured. Navy total 414,879 killed and 14,155 wounded and missing. Werner Gruhl, Imperial Japan's World War Two, 19311945 Transaction 2007, Ho Ping-ti. [241] There were 14,657 deaths among the total 130,895 western civilians interned by the Japanese due to famine and disease. Generals Eisenhower and Bradley concluded that pushing beyond the Elbe made no sense since eastern Germany was destined in any case to be occupied by the Red Army. [384] Total losses were 420,000 British, 200,000 French . Eng. They place the ultimate blame for the mass flight and expulsion on the wartime policy of the Nazis in Eastern Europe. . Andreev, E.M.; Darski, L.E. WWII: Western Front Worksheets . Curiously, until the autumn of 1916 German casualties on the Eastern Front in proportion to the number of men were not smaller than in the West despite Russian weakness in artillery and ammunition. [477]. Ellis provides no figure for Danish casualties, he places Norwegian losses at 2,000 killed or missing with no information provided on those wounded or captured. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Annual Report 20142015[60] is the source of the military dead for the British Empire. These figures vary because of the shift of borders between 1937 and 1940. 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