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  2. World War II casualties - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Robert Curthose - Wikipedia

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    Robert Curthose (c. 1051 – February 1134, French: Robert Courteheuse), was the eldest son of William the Conqueror and succeeded his father as Robert II of Normandy in 1087, reigning until 1106. Robert was also an unsuccessful pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of England .

  5. Battle casualties of World War II - Wikipedia

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    Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses. Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-280-7. Overmans, Rüdiger (2000). Deutsche militärische Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Oldenbourg. ISBN 3-486-56531-1. Panecki, T. Wsiłek zbrojny Polski w II wojnie światowej pl:Wojskowy Przegląd Historyczny, 1995, no. 1-2. Piotrowski, Tadeusz (1998). Poland's Holocaust. McFarland.

  6. World War II by country - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of battles by casualties - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Operation Overlord - Wikipedia

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    Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 ( D-Day ) with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune).

  9. List of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign - Wikipedia

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    Armed forces during the Battle of Normandy in 1944 D-Day Overlord; Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1. "The Assault Landings in Normandy : Order of Battle British Second Army" (PDF). Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.