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During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [340] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [341]
German, Italian, Hungarian and Bulgarian of 650,000 men in 33 divisions faced 800,000 Yugoslav forces organized in 28 divisions. German forces suffered 151 KIA and 407 WIA. Italian and Hungarian losses totaled 1,000. 341,000 Yugoslavs were taken prisoner and 3,000 to 17,000 civilians killed in the bombing of Belgrade.
Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle during these wars recorded by Greek writers, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater. Punic Wars. 1,620,000–1,920,000+. 264 BC–146 BC. Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire. Western Europe / North Africa. First Punic War.
World War II deaths. Estimates for the total number of casualties in the war vary, because many deaths went unrecorded. [363] Most suggest that some 60 million people died in the war, including about 20 million military personnel and 40 million civilians. [364] [365] [366]
During World War II more than 100,000 [164] Koreans were mandatorily drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army. [165] Independence movements during the colonial era included the March 1st Movement. Koreans created an official, formal government to prepare for independence. The Provisional Government of Republic of Korea was established in 1919.
12. Spanish–American War. 1898. 2,246. 9.6. 62,022,250. 0.004% (1890) "Deaths per day" is the total number of Americans killed in military service, divided by the number of days between the commencement and end of hostilities.
Kiev, 23 June 1941. A victim of starvation in besieged Leningrad suffering from muscle atrophy in 1941. World War II losses of the Soviet Union were about 27,000,000 both civilian and military from all war-related causes, [1] although exact figures are disputed. A figure of 20 million was considered official during the Soviet era.
According to a report published by the Reuters News Agency, on July 29 1945 highly confidential archives found at Flensburg, in the house of General Reinecke showed German losses up to November 30, 1944, as 3.6 million, detailed in the following schedule. Source of figures: Gregory Frumkin. Population Changes in Europe Since 1939, Geneva 1951.