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World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]
China alone had over 40% of the world's capacity in 2023. [3] Wind power is used on a commercial basis in more than half of all the countries of the world. [4] Denmark produced 58% of its electricity from wind in 2023, a larger share than any other country. Latvia's wind capacity grew by 75%, the largest percent increase in 2022. [3]
About 1.2 million Austrians served in all branches of the German armed forces during World War II. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria in four occupation zones set up at the end of World War II until 1955, when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral.
0.2 million [202] 499 BCE–449 BCE Greek city-states vs. Achaemenid Empire: Southeast Europe, West Asia, and Northeast Africa Guatemalan Civil War: 0.14–0.2 million [203] [204] 1960–1996 Government of Guatemala vs. Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Central America North Yemen Civil War: 0.1–0.2 million [205] [206] 1962–1970
World War II: 1,000,000 [113] Battle of Hong Kong: 1941: World War II: 18,000 including prisoners [114] Battle of Malaya/Battle of Singapore: 1941 –1942 World War II: 143,800, and 60,000 prisoners [115] Battle of Bataan/Battle of Corregidor: 1942: World War II: 30,000 killed [116] Battle of Lyuban: 1942: World War II: 365,135: Battle of the ...
Rosefielde estimated the actual military dead at 8.7 million men and 17.7 to 20.3 million civilians killed by the Nazis in the war (exterminated, shot, gassed burned 6.4 or 11.3 million; famine and disease 8.5 or 6.5 million; forced laborer in Germany 2.8 or 3.0 million and 500,000 who did not return to USSR after war.) [165]: 72 In addition to ...
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .
The number of Bulgarian partisan deaths against the "fascists" was 10,000. [26] 10,124 Bulgarian [26] and 21,035 Romanian deaths [27] were documented with the Allies. 1,036 Finns died in the Lapland War [28] and 8,000 Czech partisans were killed in the Prague Uprising. [24] The Allied casualties at the Eastern Front total at 8,900,000 deaths.