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WWII Casualties by State. WorldWar II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, was the largest and deadliest military conflict in history. The majority of the world’s nations formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.
World War II Casualty Lists. The Departments of War and the Navy created lists of casualties during World War II. The National Archives scanned those lists and they are available on NARA’s website in the online catalog at. www.archives.gov/research/search/.
Notice: World War II, Korea and Vietnam Casualties Listed by State. Sources: World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, June 1946; Battle Casualties of the Army, 30 September...
Civilian casualties include deaths caused by strategic bombing, Holocaust victims, German war crimes, Japanese war crimes, population transfers in the Soviet Union, Allied war crimes, and deaths due to war related famine and disease. The exact breakdown is not always provided in the sources cited.
The National Archives also has a State Summary of War Casualties for World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel available through the National Archives Catalog . Each state list is alphabetical divided by the casualty type, including wounded and recovered.
New York, ranking first, had 31,215 casualties, whereas Pennsylvania stood second with 26,554 casualties. A significant decline in casualty figures is observed after the leading states. For instance, the third-ranked Illinois reported 18,601 casualties— nearly 8,000 less than Pennsylvania.
Nearly one-third of all homes in Great Britain and Poland were damaged or destroyed, as were roughly one-fifth of those in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Yugoslavia. In Germany ’s 49 largest cities, nearly 40 percent of homes were seriously damaged or destroyed.
The World War II Enlistment and Casualty Records data set contains individual-level information on soldiers who were drafted or volunteered for service in the U.S. armed forces during World War II.
WWII History. Deaths by Country. Worldwide Casualties* *Worldwide casualty estimates vary widely in several sources. The number of civilian deaths in China alone might well be more than 50,000,000. See estimates for worldwide deaths, broken down by country, in World War II.
This WWII Registry website is comprised of an official database of names of Americans listed on War and Navy Department Killed in Service rosters held by the National Archives and Records Administration, and an unofficial and developing compilation of public acknowledgements honoring U.S. citizens who helped to win the Second World War.