France World War II Stats
Definitions
- Civilian deaths by military and war crimes: Civilian deaths due to military activity and crimes against humanity.
- Deaths, percent of pre-war population: Deaths as % of 1939 population.
- Jewish, percent killed: Jews killed in the Holocaust as a percentage of the pre-war Jewish population. Estimates are by Donald L. Niewyk. Note that alternative estimates differ.
- Pre-war Roma (gypsy) population: Pre-war Roma population.
- Roma (gypsy) deaths: High estimate.
- Total deaths: Total deaths.
SOURCES:
Wikipedia: World War II casualties (The estimated breakdown for each Soviet Republic of total war dead is as follows); Wikipedia: World War II casualties (Total deaths); Wikipedia: World War II casualties (Jewish deaths).
Niewyk, Donald L. The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust, Columbia University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-231-11200-9 , page 421.; Wikipedia: World War II casualties (Roma losses by country) (Niewyk, Donald L. The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust , Columbia University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-231-11200-9 page 422.)
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Did you know
- France mobilized 8 million men for World War I, a fifth its population.
