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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]
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...
Conducted by Japanese military as retaliation for Chinese civilians giving shelter to American pilots after the Doolittle Raid. Changjiao massacre: 1943, 9–12 May Changjiao, Hunan: 30,000 Conducted by the Japanese military. Nanshitou Massacre: 1942–1945 Nanshitou Refugee Camp, Guangzhou: 100,000 At least 100,000 deaths caused by Japanese ...
Many of China's urban centers, industrial resources, and coastal regions were occupied by Japan for most of the war. China suffered a large death toll from the war, both military and civilian. The Chinese Nationalist army suffered some 3.2 million casualties, and 17 million civilians died in the crossfire.
An academic study published in the United States estimates Chinese military casualties as 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, 1,073,496 killed and 237,319 wounded; 335,934 killed and 426,249 wounded in Japanese air attacks.
The corpse of a Chinese man burned to death by kerosene Dead civilians by one of Nanjing's gates. John Rabe summarized the behavior of Japanese troops in Nanjing in his diaries: I've written several times in this diary about the body of the Chinese soldier who was shot while tied to his bamboo bed and who is still lying unburied near my house.
An academic study published in the United States in 1959 estimates 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.
Chinese military personnel killed in action (9 C, 9 P) P. ... Chinese casualties of World War II (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Chinese war casualties"