X-Message-Number: 18118
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 20:12:00 -0800
From: Olaf Henny <>
Subject: OFF TOPIC: Casualties in WWII
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In Message #18085

"Matthew S. Malek" <>
writes:

>The war casualties of WWII were about six million over the course of six
>years, with fighting on three fronts (Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and
>the Pacific).  This figure does _not_ include the additional millions
>slaughtered in Nazi death camps.

Boy are you out.  Six million is the figure of people slaughtered
in Nazi death camps.  German casualties during WWII (mostly in
the Soviet Union) approx. twelve million.  Soviet casualties were
approx. twenty to twenty-five million.  Western Allies were only
to a much lesser degree involved in land combat and suffered
therefore considerably less war deaths.

Best.
Olaf

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