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World War II: 1939 1945 383,700 67,100 450,900 World War II deaths; includes deaths from the Crown Colonies: Arab revolt in Palestine: 1936 1939 262 262 Iraqi revolt against the British: 1920 1920 1,000 1,000 Tauber, E., The Formation of Modern Syria and Iraq, pp. 312-314 Anglo-Irish War: 1919 1921 776 [7] 898 [7] 1,674 Military includes Royal ...
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 people perished, or 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 ...
British casualties of World War II, persons in military service, combatants or non-combatants, who became unavailable for duty due to any of several circumstances, including death, injury, illness, capture or desertion.
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.
See discussion of death toll estimates at the death toll section: 300,000 to 480,000 [2] Great Irish Famine of 1740–41 (The Great Frost) 1740–1741: Some estimates indicate a death toll as high as 500,000 from starvation and disease. [3] [4] 250,000: 1918 influenza pandemic: 1918 (Sep–Nov) An estimated 200,000 people died in England and ...
World War II: 88,000 [22] 88,000 Battle of South Shanxi: ... Viking invasions of England: 13,000 Battle of Hastings: 1066 ... List of wars by death toll;
The highest death toll from a single V-2 attack was on 25 November 1944, when a Woolworth's shop in Deptford was hit, killing 160 people. [ 65 ] Through the Double-Cross System the Germans were misled to think that those aimed at London were falling short, so moving attacks on London away from the more densely populated centre of London.