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Chainfire

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10. If WWII were a movie
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 08:33 AM
Feb 2022

It would be advertised as: Starring German and Russia. Also appearing, in alphabetical order....
You can judge that statement by the number of causalities.

I know that this does not fit with the history that us baby boomers were taught, but we were a powerhouse only in production.

WWII Casualties By Country
Rank Country Total Deaths in WWII (Low Estimate) % of Population
1 Soviet Union 20,000,000 13.7
2 China 15,000,000 2.9
3 Germany 6,900,000 8.23
4 Poland 5,900,000 16.93
5 Dutch East Indies 3,000,000 4.3
6 Japan 2,500,000 3.5
7 India 1,027,000 0.58
8 Yugoslavia 1,027,000 6.63
9 French Indochina 1,000,000 4.05
10 France 600,000 1.44
11 Philippines 557,000 3.48
12 Romania 500,000 3.13
13 Italy 492,400 1.11
14 Korea 483,000 1.99
15 Hungary 464,000 5.08
16 United Kingdom 450,900 0.94
17 United States 419,400 0.32

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