Re: world war II/deaths

Tom Holloway (xuegx@CSV.WARWICK.AC.UK)
Mon, 2 Dec 1996 18:38:40 +0000

>         Hi! My name is Suin Kim. I'm 18 years old and senior at Kaimuki

Hello Suin Kim.  You asked us....

> Q.  About how many people was killed out of this war?

The following table will give you some idea. The
interesting thing (at least, for me) is that the USA
and England managed to avoid large numbers of deaths
among the civilian population; Poland, especially,
was very badly treated by being torn apart between
Germany and Russia.  Many of those 6 million civilian
women and children simply died of starvation after being
driven from their homes by one side or the other.



> Q  How long this war lasted and any other countries involved in this war?

Probably easier to list the countries that were NOT
involved in this war.


> Q  What was the punishments and tortures of jewish people?

I'm not sure what sort of answer you want for this. I
suggest you go to your local library and get out some
books on the subject.

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Estimated loss of life during World War Two
(From the book 'Hitler and Stalin' by Professor Alan Bullock)

                    Total       Population    Military    Civilians

Britain 1939-45       390,000     0.8%          326,000      62,000
France 1939-45        810,000     1.9%          340,000     470,000
Germany 1939-45     6,850,000     9.5%        3,250,000   3,600,000
Greece                520,000     7.2%        -           -
Hungary               420.000     3.0%        -           -
Italy                 410,000     0.9%          330,000      80,000
Poland 1939-45      6,120,000    17.2%          123,000   6,000,000
Yugoslavia 1939-45  1,706,000    10.9%          300,000   1,400,000
USA 1941-45           295,000     0.4%        -           -
USSR 1941-45       21,300,000    11.0%       13,600,000   7,700,000
('official' figures for USSR.  Many say that about 20,000,000 civilians
died, but most of these died of starvation, rather than fighting).