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California in United States. California during World War II was a major contributor to the World War II effort. California's long Pacific Ocean coastline provided the support needed for the Pacific War. California also supported the war in Europe. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, most of California's manufacturing ...
Between 1,000 to 2,000 Chamorro people were killed or otherwise died of abuse and mistreatment during the Japanese occupation of Guam from December 10, 1941, until August 10, 1944, including an estimated 600 civilians who were massacred by the Japanese during the Battle of Guam (1944).
The number of Bulgarian partisan deaths against the "fascists" was 10,000. 10,124 Bulgarian and 21,035 Romanian deaths were documented with the Allies. 1,036 Finns died in the Lapland War and 8,000 Czech partisans were killed in the Prague Uprising. The Allied casualties at the Eastern Front total at 8,900,000 deaths.
This is a list of United States Armed Forces general officers and flag officers who were killed in World War II. The dates of death listed are from the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 to the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, when the United States was officially involved in World War II. Included are generals and admirals who ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Casualties of World War II. A casualty in military usage is a person in military service, combatant or non-combatant, who becomes unavailable for duty due to several circumstances, including death, injury, illness, capture and desertion . The main article for this category is World War II casualties.
This category has the following 24 subcategories, out of 24 total. Civilians killed in World War II by nationality β (26 C) Military personnel killed in World War II by nationality β (33 C) World War II prisoners of war by nationality β (12 C)
About 55,000 people died in the concentration camps, another 31,000 died serving in the German armed forces, and about 31,000 disappeared, mostly likely dead, with another 37,000 still unaccounted for. Thus the total victims of the war and subsequent ethnic cleansing and killings comprised about 30% of the pre-war German population.
They often died or were killed along the way, sometimes less than 50 percent reaching camp alive. Then recruit camp was no better, with hospitals resembling Nazi concentration camps... Probably 3,081,000 died during the Sino-Japanese War; likely another 1,131,000 during the Civil Warβ4,212,000 dead in total. Just during conscription [emphasis ...