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The Second World War was a catastrophe for mankind, causing countless casualties and economic losses of more than $5 trillion. In this war, the Asia-Europe battlefield is the two main battlefields, and the losses suffered the most. Among them, the Soviet Union suffered the most losses in the European battlefield, with 26.6 million people dying in the catastrophe. The death toll in China is about 18 million, of which military personnel account for 35%. In addition to the wounded and sick caused by the war, the number of casualties in China exceeded 35 million.
Of the three fascist Axis powers, Nazi Germany had the highest death toll, at about 7.5 million, including the armies of the vassal states. Among them, the largest number of German casualties in the eastern battlefield was followed by the largest number of casualties in the local battlefield. It is conceivable that if there were no Soviet troops at that time who swore to resist the Nazi invasion to the death, the world would be in danger. The death toll in Japan in World War II was about 2.6 million, including more than 2 million deaths among military personnel. The civilian death toll was 580,000, most of whom died under bombing by American planes. In 1945, the U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing more than 60,000 civilians that day. It can be seen how lethal the atomic bomb is.
At the beginning of World War II, Italy joined the Axis powers and suffered heavy losses in the European and North African theaters. Although Italy was the first to announce its surrender to the Allies, its casualties remained enormous, at about 450,000. The United States declared war on fascism in the later stages of the war, and the mainland was not affected by the war, with the civilian death toll of about 11,000 and the death toll of the army being more than 400,000. Among them, the US military suffered heavy casualties in the Pacific Theater, and suffered a large number of deaths in the Battle of Midway, the Battle of Guadalcanal, and the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Britain itself during World War II also suffered few large-scale attacks, with around 67,000 civilian deaths and 470,000 military deaths. France, the first of the Allied countries to surrender, had 210,000 military deaths, but many civilian deaths reached 260,000, which exceeded the number of military deaths. The reason why the death toll of civilians in France is so high is related to the total fall of the French army. To everyone's surprise, the French army, known as the first army in Europe, was easily defeated by the German army after only 38 days, which became a great shame for France.
In addition to these countries, the death toll in Poland in Europe is staggering, with some 5 million Poles dying in World War II, including 3 million Jews buried under the Nazi butcher's knife. According to statistics, the Nazis systematically slaughtered a total of 6 million Jews in World War II, and the cruelty was outrageous.
Today, more than 70 years have passed since World War II, and many people and events have gradually disappeared into the river of history, but for war, we should sound the alarm bell for a long time, and remember the pain brought by World War II to all mankind.
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