 Chart showing World War II deaths by country in millions as well as by percentage of population, and piechart with percentage of military and civilian deaths for the Allies and the Axis Powers. World War II was the single deadliest conflict the world has ever seen, causing many tens of millions of deaths. The tables below provide a detailed country-by-country count of human losses. This article is about the independent states that comprised the Allies. ...
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Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Total human losses The total estimated human loss of life caused by World War II was roughly 72 million people. The civilian toll was around 47 million, including 20 million deaths due to war related famine and disease. The military toll was about 25 million, including the deaths of about 4 million prisoners of war in captivity. The Allies lost approximately 61 million people, and the Axis powers lost 11 million. This article is about the independent states that comprised the Allies. ...
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Recent historical scholarship
 Nazi massacre in Kerch, 1942. The death toll in the Soviet Union during World War II was immense. World War II casualty statistics vary to a great extent. Estimates of the death toll range from 50 million to over 70 million.[36] Recent historical scholarship has shed new light on the casualties of World War II. Research in Russia since the fall of communism has revised the estimate of Soviet war dead. Losses of the USSR, within postwar borders, are now estimated at 26.6 million.[37] Historians in post-communist Poland now estimate the losses of Polish citizens at between 4.9 and 5.1 million in German hands.[43] [47] The German Army historian Dr. Rüdiger Overmans published a study in 2000 that estimated German military dead and missing at 5.3 million.[6] The war dead totals on this page for the British Commonwealth are based on the research by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to identify and commemorate Commonwealth war dead.[29]. The casualties listed here include about 12 million war related famine deaths in China, Indonesia, French Indochina and India that are often omitted from other compilations of World War II casualties.[9][5] Image File history File links Lamenting_the_dead. ...
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Casualties by country The casualties of World War II were suffered disproportionately by the various participants. This is especially true regarding civilian casualties. The following chart gives data on the casualties suffered by each country, along with population information to show the relative impact of losses. | Human Losses of World War Two by Country | | Country | Population 1939 | Military deaths | Civilian deaths | Jewish Holocaust deaths | Total deaths | Deaths as % of 1939 population | | Albania[1] | 1,073,000 | 28,000 | | 200 | 28,200 | 2.63% | | Australia[2] | 6,998,000 | 39,400 | 700 | | 40,100 | 0.57% | | Austria[3] | 6,653,000 | | 40,500 | 65,000 | 105,500 | 1.59% | | Belgium[4] | 8,387,000 | 12,100 | 49,600 | 24,400 | 86,100 | 1.02% | | Brazil[5] | 40,289,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | | 2,000 | 0.00% | | Bulgaria[6] | 6,458,000 | 22,000 | 3,000 | | 25,000 | 0.38% | | Burma[7] | 16,119,000 | 22,000 | 250,000 | | 272,000 | 1.16% | | Canada[8] | 11,267,000 | 45,300 | | | 45,300 | 0.40% | | China[9] | 517,568,000 | 3,800,000 | 16,200,000 | | 20,000,000 | 3.86% | | Cuba[10] | 4,235,000 | | 100 | | 100 | 0.00% | | Czechoslovakia[11] | 15,300,000 | 25,000 | 43,000 | 277,000 | 345,000 | 2.25% | | Denmark[12] | 3,795,000 | 2,100 | 1,000 | 100 | 3,200 | 0.08% | | Estonia[13] | 1,134,000 | | 40,000 | 1,000 | 41,000 | 3.62% | | Ethiopia[14] | 17,700,000 | 5,000 | 95,000 | | 100,000 | 0.6% | | Finland[15] | 3,700,000 | 95,000 | 2,000 | | 97,000 | 2.62% | | France[16] | 41,700,000 | 217,600 | 267,000 | 83,000 | 567,600 | 1.35% | | French Indo-China[17] | 24,600,000 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,000,000 | 4.07% | | Germany[18][19][20][21] | 69,623,000 | 5,533,000 | 1,600,000 | 160,000 | 7,293,000 | 10.47% | | Greece[22] | 7,222,000 | 20,000 | 220,000 | 71,300 | 311,300 | 4.31% | | Hungary[23] | 9,129,000 | 300,000 | 80,000 | 200,000 | 580,000 | 6.35% | | Iceland[24] | 119,000 | | 200 | | 200 | 0.17% | | India[25] | 378,000,000 | 87,000 | 1,500,000 | | 1,587,000 | 0.42% | | Indonesia[26] | 69,435,000 | | 4,000,000 | | 4,000,000 | 5.76% | | Iran[27] | 14,340,000 | 200 | | | 200 | 0.00% | | Iraq[28] | 3,698,000 | 1,000 | | | 1,000 | 0.03% | | Ireland[29] | 2,960,000 | | 200 | | 200 | 0.00% | | Italy[30] | 44,394,000 | 301,400 | 145,100 | 8,000 | 454,500 | 1.02% | | Japan[31] | 71,380,000 | 2,100,000 | 580,000 | | 2,680,000 | 3.75% | | Korea[32] | 23,400,000 | | 378,000 | | 378,000 | 1.6% | | Latvia[33] | 1,995,000 | | 147,000 | 80,000 | 227,000 | 11.38% | | Lithuania[34] | 2,575,000 | | 212,000 | 141,000 | 353,000 | 13.71% | | Luxembourg[35] | 295,000 | | 1,300 | 700 | 2,000 | 0.68% | | Malaya[36] | 4,391,000 | | 100,000 | | 100,000 | 2.28% | | Malta[37] | 269,000 | | 1,500 | | 1,500 | 0.56% | | Mexico[38] | 19,320,000 | | 100 | | 100 | 0.00% | | Mongolia[39] | 819,000 | 300 | | | 300 | 0.04% | | Netherlands[40] | 8,729,000 | 15,800 | 124,500 | 106,000 | 246,300 | 2.82% | | Newfoundland[41] | 300,000 | 1,000 | 100 | | 1,100 | 0.37% | | New Zealand[42] | 1,629,000 | 11,900 | | | 11,900 | 0.67% | | Norway[43] | 2,945,000 | 3,000 | 5,800 | 700 | 9,500 | 0.32% | | Philippines[44] | 16,000,000 | 57,000 | 90,000 | | 147,000 | 0.92% | | Pacific Islands[45] | 1,900,000 | | 57,000 | | 57,000 | 3.00% | | Poland[46] | 34,849,000 | 160,000 | 2,440,000 | 3,000,000 | 5,600,000 | 16.07% | | Portuguese Timor[47] | 500,000 | | 55,000 | | 55,000 | 11.00% | | Romania[48] | 19,934,000 | 300,000 | 64,000 | 469,000 | 833,000 | 4.22% | | Singapore[49] | 728,000 | | 50,000 | | 50,000 | 6.87% | | South Africa[50] | 10,160,000 | 11,900 | | | 11,900 | 0.12% | | Soviet Union[51] | 168,500,000 | 10,700,000 | 11,400,000 | 1,000,000 | 23,100,000 | 13.71% | | Spain[52] | 25,637,000 | 4,500 | | | 4,500 | 0.02% | | Sweden[53] | 6,341,000 | 200 | 2,000 | | 2,200 | 0.03% | | Switzerland[54] | 4,210,000 | | 100 | | 100 | 0.00% | | Thailand[55] | 15,023,000 | 5,600 | 300 | | 5,900 | 0.04% | | United Kingdom[56] | 47,760,000 | 382,600 | 67,800 | | 450,400 | 0.94% | | United States[57] | 131,028,000 | 416,800 | 1,700 | | 418,500 | 0.32% | | Yugoslavia[58] | 15,400,000 | 446,000 | 514,000 | 67,000 | 1,027,000 | 6.67% | | Totals | 1,961,913,000 | 25,173,700 | 41,830,600 | 5,754,400 | 72,758,700 | 3.71% | | Indochina, or French Indochina, was a federation of French colonies and protectorates in south-east Asia, part of the French colonial empire. ...
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Notes - Figures rounded to the nearest hundredth place.
- Population in 1939 - Source: Population Statistics[59]
- War losses are for the national boundaries of 1939.
- Total Soviet losses in the postwar 1946-91 boundaries [60] were 26.6 million.[37]
- Total Polish losses in the postwar 1946 boundaries[61] were 2,723,000.[40,183]
- Total Romanian losses in the postwar 1946 boundaries. [62] were 460,000[2,133]
- Military Deaths - Losses include deaths of regular military forces from combat as well as non combat causes. Partisan (military) and Resistance fighter deaths forces are included with military losses. The deaths of prisoners of war in captivity and personnel missing in action are also included with military deaths. The armed forces of the various nations are treated as single entities, for example the deaths of Austrians, Soviets, French and ethnic Germans in the Wehrmacht are included with German military losses.
Prisoner of war deaths in Nazi captivity totaled 3.1 Million[17,Table A]600,000 in Soviet captivity [7,278] [3,].
POW/Civilian Internee deaths in Japanese captivity totaled 523,300. Detailed by country: China 400,000 .[5,Table 5A] ; Indochina 14,000 .[5,Table 5A] ; Netherlands-Military 8,500 [5,Table 5A]; Dutch East Indies-Civilians 30,000[9,296].; U.K. 12,430 [5,Table 5A]; U.K. Colonies 11,060 [5,Table 5A] ; Canada 270 [5,Table 5A]; Philippines 27,260.[5,Table 5A]; Australia 7,410[5,Table 5A]; and the United States 12,643 [89] - Civilian Deaths - Includes losses from military action and war related deaths caused by famine and disease.
The Holocaust took the lives of between 5.1 to 6.0 million Jews.[61] Other groups persecuted and killed by the Nazis [80][60] [49] [48] [17]. included 130,000 to 500,000 Gypsies [48] [50] [62]; 150,000 to 200,000 handicapped persons [51] ; 2.6 to 3 million Soviet prisoners of war[52]; 1.8 to 1.9 million Poles [38]; 4.5 to 8.2 million Soviet civilians [53][60] [48]; about 10,000 Gay men[54]; about 1,000 Jehovah's Witnesses [55]; between 1,000 to 2,000 Roman Catholic clergy [57] and an unknown number of Freemasons [56]. "The fate of black people from 1933 to 1945 in Nazi Germany and in German-occupied territories ranged from isolation to persecution, sterilization, medical experimentation, incarceration, brutality, and murder." [58] From 1933-1939 the number of German deaths in Nazi concentration camps were 165,415, primarily Communists, Socialists, Social Democrats, and trade union leaders. [59]
The civilian victims of Japanese war crimes totaled 5,469,000. Detailed by country: China 3,695,000; Indochina 457,000; Korea 378,000; Indonesia 375,000; Malaya 346,000 ; Philippines 119,000, Burma 60,000 and Pacific Islands 57,000. [4, Chap.3]..[5,Table 5A]
The deaths of 400,000 civilians deported during the Soviet annexations in 1939-40 are included with World War II casualties.[47][3,]Civilian losses in the postwar era (1946-47) due to famine and disease are not included with these losses. - Jewish Holocaust Deaths. 5.7 million (78%) of the 7.3 million Jews in German dominated Europe perished in the war.- Source: Martin Gilbert, Atlas of the Holocaust 1988, P.242-244. ISBN 0-688-12364-3
- Sources - The footnotes list the details of the losses and their sources.
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Casualties by branch of service | Casualties of World War Two by Branch of Service | | Country | Branch of service | Number served | Killed/missing | Wounded | Prisoner of war | Percent killed | | Germany | Army[6,333-335] | 13,600,000 | 4,202,000 | | | 30.9% | | Air Force[6,333-335] | 2,500,000 | 433,000 | | | 17.32% | | Navy [6,333-335] | 1,200,000 | 138,000 | | | 11.5% | | Waffen SS[6,333-335] | 900,000 | 314,000 | | | 34.9% | | Volkssturm and Police[6,333-335] | | 231,000 | | | | | Soviet citizens in German military service[7,278][24] | | 215,000 | | | | | Unidentified by branch of service (see note below) | | | 6,035,000[7,276] | 11,100,000[6,286] | | | Japan[1,254] | Army | 6,300,000 | 1,526,000 | 85,600 | 30,000 | 24.22% | | Navy | 2,100,000 | 414,900 | 8,900 | 10,000 | 19.76% | | Soviet Union 1939-40 | All branches of service[7,51-80] | | 136,945 | 205,924 | | | | Soviet Union 1941-45 | All branches of service[7,85-87] | 34,476,700 | 8,668,400 | 14,685,593 | 4,059,000 | 25.1% | | Conscripted Reservists (see note below) [3,13-14] | | 1,500,000 | | 1,200,000 | | | Paramilitary and Soviet partisan units[3,20-21] | | 400,000 | | | | | British Commonwealth[19][18] [29] | All branches of service | 11,115,000 | 580,000 | 475,000 | 318,000 | 5.2% | | United States[78] | Army | 11,260,000 | 318,274 | 565,861 | | 2.8% | | United States Army Air Forces(included in Army[69]) | (3,400,000) | (88,119) | (17,360) | | 2.5% | | Navy | 4,183,446 | 62,614 | 37,778 | | 1.5% | | Marine Corps | 669,100 | 24,511 | 68,207 | | 3.66% | | United States Coast Guard [16,584] | 241,093 | 1,917 | | | 0.78% | | United States Merchant Marine [79] | 243,000 | 9,521 | 12,000 | | 3.9% | | Unidentified by branch of service [63]. | | | | 130,201 | | | Recruitment poster of the Waffen-SS. (Enlistment at the fulfillment of the 17th year of age, meaning at the age of 18) The Waffen-SS (German for Armed SS, literally Weapons SS) was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel (Protective Squadron) or SS. In contrast to the Wehrmacht, Germanys...
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Notes Germany - The number killed in action was 2,303,320; died of wounds, disease or accidents 500,165; 11,000 sentenced to death by court martial; 2,007,571 missing in action or unaccounted for after the war; 25,000 suicides; 12,000 unknown [6,335]; 459,475 POW deaths, of whom 77,000 were in the custody of the U.S., UK and France; POW dead includes 266,000 in the post war period after June 1945, primarily in Soviet captivity;[6,239 & 286]
- The number of wounded includes 1,600,000 permanently disabled which was listed in Geschichte Des Zweiten Weltkrieges A.G. Plötz 1960. P. 81
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- The official recorded military war dead from 1941-45 were 8,668,400 comprising 6,329,600 combat related deaths, 555,500 non combat deaths.[7,85]., 500,000 missing in action and 1,283,300 POWs.[7,236]. Figures include Navy losses of 154,771.[7,86] Non combat deaths include 157,000 sentenced to death by court martial[3,21]
- Casualties in 1939-40 include the following dead and missing, Battle of Khalkhin Gol in 1939 (8,931); Invasion of Poland of 1939 (1,139); Winter War with Finland (1939-40) (126,875).[7,51-80]
- The number of wounded includes 2,576,000 permanently disabled.[7,91]
- The number of Soviet POW who survived the war was 1,836,000, plus and additional 939,700 POW and MIA who were redrafted as territory was liberated[7,236]
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Combatants Finland Soviet Union Commanders Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Kliment Voroshilov Semyon Timoshenko Strength 250,000 men 30 tanks 130 aircraft[1][2] 1,000,000 men 6,541 tanks [3] 3,800 aircraft[4][5] Casualties 26,662 dead 39,886 wounded 1,000 captured[6] 126,875 dead...
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- Number served: UK & Crown Colonies (5,896,000); India (2,582,000), Australia (993,000); Canada (1,100,000); New Zealand (295,000); South Africa (250,000). [1,253-254]
- Total war related deaths reported by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: UK & Crown Colonies (383,038); India (86,838), Australia (40,376); Canada (45,363); New Zealand (11,929); South Africa (11,902);[22].
- Wounded: UK & Crown Colonies (284,049); India (64,354), Australia (39,803); Canada (53,174); New Zealand (19,314); South Africa (14,363)[19][18][20]
- Prisoner of war: UK & Crown Colonies (180,488); India (79,481); Australia (26,358); South Africa (14,750); Canada (9,334); New Zealand (8,415)[19][18][20]
- The 'Debt of Honour Register' from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists the 1.7m men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. [64]
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- Battle deaths were 292,131, Army 234,874, Navy 36,950, Marine Corps 19,733, Coast Guard 574, and United States Army Air Forces (included in Army) 52,173[69][16,584]
- The United States Merchant Marine war dead of 9,521 are included with military losses .[79].
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Footnotes - ^ Albania
War dead listed here are from Albania : a country study Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Raymond E. Zickel and Walter R. Iwaskiw. 2nd ed. 1994 ISBN 0-8444-0792-5. Available online at Federal Research Division of the U.S. Library of Congress, go to 'Country Studies-Albania' -Chapter 5: Sec-World War Two.
Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 200.[14,244] - ^ Austria
Military war dead of 260,749 are included with Germany.[6,335] Civilian war dead included 24,000 killed by military operations, including Allied Strategic Bombing.[2,37-42]and 10,000 victims of Nazi political persecution from 1939 to 1945,[17,Table A]the genocide of Roma people of 6,500 persons [13,183]and Jewish Holocaust victims totaling 65,000.[14,244] - ^ Australia
The war dead listed here are those reported by the Australian War Memorial website article, Australian Military Statistics: WWII- Australian civilian deaths were due primarily to Air raids on Australia, 1942–43 and Axis naval activity in Australian waters
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission[29].reports total deaths were 40,463, which included Army (26,516), Air Force (11,105), Navy (2,315), Merchant Navy (440), unidentified by branch of service (1), and civilian deaths (86). These losses include war related deaths during 1946-47 (1,731)[22] The 'Debt of Honour Register' from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists the 1.7m men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. [65]
The preliminary 1945 data for Australian losses was killed 23,365, missing 6,030, wounded 39,803 and POW 26,363.[20] - ^ Belgium
Military war dead included 8,800 killed, 500 missing in action, 200 executed, 800 resistance movement fighters and 1,800 POWs. Civilian losses included deaths due to military operations of 32,200 and 16,900 non-Jewish victims of Nazi reprisals and repression.[2,43-45] Losses of about 10,000 in the German Armed Forces are not included in these figures.[6,230] The genocide of Roma people was 500 persons.[13,183]Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 24,387.[14,244] - ^ Brazil
The Brazilian Expeditionary Force war dead were 510[1,255], Navy losses in the Battle of the Atlantic were 492. Civilian losses due to attacks on merchant shipping were 470 merchant mariners and 502 passengers.[16,540] - ^ Bulgaria
Bulgarian military war dead were as follows, 2,000 military with Axis in Yugoslavia and Greece; 10,124 military dead as allies of the USSR and 10,000 Anti-Fascist Partisan deaths.[3,38-39] Regarding partisan and civilian casualties Vadim Erlikman notes " According to the official data of the royal government 2,320 were killed and 199 executed. [33,158]The communists claim that 20-35,000 persons died. In reality deaths were 10,000, including and unknown number of civilians." [3,38-39] 3,000 civilians were killed by Anglo-American air raids[16,512]; including 1,374 in Bombing of Sofia in World War II.[32,196] - ^ Burma
Military dead of 22,000 were with the pro-Japanese Burma National Army [3,74-75] Civilian deaths during the Japanese occupation of Burma totaled 250,000; 110,000 Burmese, plus 100,000 Indian and 40,000 Chinese civilians in Burma.[16,556]. - ^ Canada
The war dead listed here are those reported by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission[29]. Total deaths were 45,365 which included Army (24,530), Air Force (17,394), Navy (2,169), Merchant Navy (1,270), unidentified by branch of service(1), and civilian deaths(2). These losses include war related deaths during 1946-47 (1,298)[22] However, the Canadian War Museum puts military losses at 42,000 plus 1,600 Merchant Navy deaths [66]. CANADIAN VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL contains a registry of information about the graves and memorials of more than 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who served valiantly and gave their lives for their country. [67]Newfoundland's losses are not included in these figures and are listed separately since it was not part of Canada during World War II. The preliminary 1945 data for Canadian losses was killed 37,476, missing 1,843, wounded 53,174 and POW 9,045.[20] - ^ China
The official Chinese Communist statistics of China's civilian and military casualties in the Second Sino-Japanese War are 20 million dead and 15 million wounded. The figures for total military casualties, killed and wounded are: Nationalist 3.2 million; Communist 580,000 and collaborator forces 1.18 million. Collaborator forces 950,000 captured.[34,4-9]
A study based on Chinese Nationalist sources estimates total war deaths from all causes at 15-20 million. Military casualties: 1.5 million killed in battle, 750,000 missing in action, 1.5 million deaths due to disease and 3 million wounded. Civilian casualties: due to military activity, killed 1,073,496 and 237,319 wounded; 335,934 killed and 426,249 wounded in Japanese air attacks [81]
John W. Dower has noted “ So great was the devastation and suffering in China that in the end it is necessary to speak of uncertain “millions” of deaths. Certainly, it is reasonable to think in general terms of approximately 10 million Chinese war dead, a total surpassed only by the Soviet Union” [9,295-296].
R. J. Rummel's estimate of total war dead from 1937-45 is 19,605,000. The details are as follows:
Military dead: 3,400,000 Nationalist/Communist(including 400,000 POW ) and 432,000collaborator forces [5,Table 5A].
Civilian war deaths: 3,808,000 killed in fighting and 3,549,000 victims of Japanese war crimes(not including an additional 400,000 POWs);
Other deaths: Repression by Chinese Nationalist's 5,907,000 (including 3,081,000 military conscripts and 2,250,00 famine deaths caused by Nationalist government); repression by Chinese Communists 250,000 and by Warlords 110,000. Additional deaths due to famine were 2,250,000.[5,Table 5A].
- ^ Cuba
Cuba lost 5 merchant ships and 79 dead merchant mariners[16,540] The Cuban sub chaser CS-13 sank U-176 on May 15,1943.[68] - ^ Czechoslovakia
Military war dead of 25,000 included Killed during 1938 occupation(171); Czechoslovak Forces with the western allies (3,220); Czechoslovak military units on Eastern front (4,570); Slovak Republic (WWII) Axis forces (7,000); Partisan (military) losses of (2,170) and killed in 1945 uprising(8,000).[3,54]--[35,270]Totals do not include an additional estimated 30,000 dead in Hungarian Army.[8,58-59] Civilian losses in include killed during 1938 occupation(262); non Jewish victims of Nazi reprisals (26,500) and killed in military operations (10,000)).[3,54]--[35,270] Civilian losses include the territories of prewar Czechoslovakia, including Carpathian Ruthenia which was ceded to the USSR after the war. The genocide of Roma people was 7,500 persons.[13,183-184]Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 277,000.[14,244] - ^ Denmark
During the Occupation of Denmark military war dead included 1,281Merchant Marine, 797 resistance fighters and 49 Army personnel. Civilian deaths included 628 victims of Nazi reprisals and 440 killed during military operations. The 3,900 Danish deaths in German military service are included with German losses. Figures are from Danish Military Historie website[69]
It has been argued that the disproportionately low figure for Danish dead is due mainly to the non violent policy of the Danish resistance movement during the occupation (see video: "A Force More Powerful", OCLC 45399754).
Deaths of Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 77.[14,244] - ^ Estonia
Includes civilian losses due to war(35,000) and Soviet occupation(6,000) in 1940-41. Does not include military dead with Soviet(13,000) and German Armed Forces(22,000). Total deaths from 1940-53 due the war and the Soviet occupation were 81,000(8% of the population).[3,35] The genocide of Roma people was 1,000 persons.[13,183]Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 1,000.[14,244] - ^ Ethiopia
Total military and civilian dead in the East African Campaign were 100,000.[16,491]. Military losses were 5,000[74].
These totals do not include losses in the Italian Second Italo-Abyssinian War and Italian occupation from 1935-41. The official Ethiopian government report lists 760,000 deaths due to the war and occupation from 1935-41. [75]. However, R. J. Rummel estimates 200,000 Ethiopians and Libyans killed by the Italians from the 1920's-41, his estimate is " based on Discovery TV Cable Channel Program "Timewatch" 1/17/92.[4,Chap.14] - ^ Finland
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