The war was notable for the nazi sponsored genocide of the jewish peoples resulting in more than 5 9 million deaths and the impact of total war on the world s population. There were more than 60 million world war 2 casualties resulting in death which at the time was more than 2 5 of the overall world population. World war 2 was the bloodiest conflict in human history.
You can get an idea of how much space the coffins. In this comparison i show you the number of victims on a real scale. The greatest war of all time is in turn the one with the saddest statistics.
Broken down this results in as many as 11 4 million military deaths up to 10 million civilian deaths due to military activity and an additional 8 million to 9 million deaths due to famine and disease. As many as 27 million people died. Data show that the now defunct soviet union had the highest number of wwii casualties.
Of 40 467 who were unidentified 18 641 were located. As of march 31 1946 there were an estimated 286 959 dead of whom 246 492 were identified. World war ii note.
Deaths per day is the total number of americans killed in military service divided by the number of days between the dates of the commencement and end of hostilities. The number of germans who died in world war ii is not clear. Of the total deaths 3 4 million were military personnel and the rest were civilians.
It is estimated that the war resulted in 15 20 million civilian and military death and an additional 15 million chinese were wounded. Deaths directly caused by the war including military and civilians fatalities are estimated at 50 56 million with an additional estimated 19 to 28 million deaths from war related disease and famine. World war ii was the deadliest military conflict in history an estimated total of 70 85 million people perished which was about 3 of the 1940 world population est.
