Saturday, October 9, 2010

The Statistics

Death Count
54,770,000 -- total deaths in WWII
38,573,000 -- civilians died in WWII
292,131 -- Americans died in WWII
3,393 -- Americans died on D-Day
6,603 -- casualties (including deaths, wounded, and prisoners) on D-Day
7,000 -- Americans died on Iwo Jima
12,000 -- Americans died on Okinawa
51,983 -- Americans died in the Pacific
1,140,429 --members of the Japanese military died during WWII
700,000 to 10,000,000 (estimated) -- Japanese civilians died in WWII
These are the total deaths and casualites of WWII. Note that these are primarily estimated totals, as no one is quite sure how many deaths exactly occured. For more stunning statistics covering the entire WWII from both theaters of Europe and the Pacific, follow this link:

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