Every day memories of world war ii its sights and sounds its terrors and triumphs disappear. The number of civilian deaths in china alone might well be more than 50 000 000. The total number of deaths includes from 9 to 11 million military personnel the civilian death toll was about 6 to 13 million.
Estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths and about 23 million wounded military personnel ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history. The total number of military and civilian casualties in world war i were about 40 million. An estimated 11 to 17 million civilians died either as a direct or as an indirect.
Many deaths were caused by war crimes committed by german and japanese forces in occupied territories. Of the total number of deaths in world war ii approximately 85 percent mostly soviet and chinese were on the allied side and 15 percent on the axis side. These numbers usually include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of battle or other military wartime actions as well as the wartime war related deaths of soldiers which are the results of war induced epidemics famines atrocities genocide etc.
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by the war. 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. The sources cited in this article document an estimated death. World war ii fatality statistics vary with estimates of total dead ranging from 50 million to more than 80 million.
The tables below give a detailed country by country count of human losses. Over 60 million people were killed which was over 2 5 of the world population. World war ii was the deadliest military conflict in history.
During world war ii most of the nations of the world were divided between two different military alliances known as the axis and the allies.
Total death in world war 2. 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. 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. The deaths that directly resulted from the war are about 50 56 million people while about 19 28 million people died from war related famine and diseases. Of the total deaths 21 25 million were military officers while civilians who die in the war were 50 55 million.
Below are the countries with the highest world war ii casualties. As of june 2018 total of us world war ii casualties listed as mia is 72 823 e. Korean war. 20 gives dead as 33 746 and wounded as 103 284 and mia as 8 177.
The american battle monuments commission database for the korean war reports that the department of defense reports that 54 246 american service men and women lost their lives. World war ii was a war that spanned from 1939 to 1945. More than 100 million people from over 30 nations participated in the war.
More than 100 million people from over 30 nations participated in the war. World war ii was a war that spanned from 1939 to 1945. The american battle monuments commission database for the korean war reports that the department of defense reports that 54 246 american service men and women lost their lives.
20 gives dead as 33 746 and wounded as 103 284 and mia as 8 177. Korean war. As of june 2018 total of us world war ii casualties listed as mia is 72 823 e.
Below are the countries with the highest world war ii casualties. Of the total deaths 21 25 million were military officers while civilians who die in the war were 50 55 million. The deaths that directly resulted from the war are about 50 56 million people while about 19 28 million people died from war related famine and diseases.
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.
