Today we celebrate World War II Victory Day, and I think it is important to remember the damages and destroyed lives caused by this event. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history and the two countries which suffered the most were the Soviet Union with 24 000 000 dead and the Republic of China with 20 000 000 dead. I hope we will never see something like that happen again.
The act of complete and unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany was approved on May 9, 1945, at 01:01 Moscow time, or on May 8 at 23:01 Central European time, that is why the Western countries celebrate Victory Day on May 8 and Russia on May 9. It was signed on the territory of the defeated enemy in Karlshorst, a suburb of Berlin.
I wish you all an Happy Victory Day.
The Axis powers (Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Italy, Empire of Japan) was a military coalition that initiated world war II. It also included the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Romania, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the Republic of Finland, the Slovak Republic, the Independent State of Croatia, and the Kingdom of Thailand.
The Allies, referred to as the United Nations from 1942 (United Kingdom (from Sep. 1939) , Soviet Union (from Jun. 1941) , United States (from Dec. 1941) ) were an international military coalition formed during the Second World War (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. They included Poland (Sep. 1939), Czechoslovakia, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France (Sep. 1939), Ethiopia, Greece, Yugoslavia, the Philippines, the Republic of China, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil, Mongolia, Mexico. Some Axis powers also joined the Allies: the Kingdom of Italy (from Sep. 1943), Romania (from Aug. 1944), Bulgaria (from Sep. 1944), an Finland (from Sep. 1944)
The Allies and Axis membership was fluid, with some nations switching sides or changing their degree of military involvement over the course of the war.
In Europe, the use of the term “the Axis” refers often, solely to the alliance between Italy and Germany, but outside Europe it is normally understood as including Japan.
Country | Total deaths | Military death | population | population % |
Albania | 30 200 | 30 000 | 1 100 000 | 2.54 |
Australia | 40 500 | 39 800 | 7 000 000 | 0.57 |
Austria | 384 700 | 261 000 | ||
Belgium | 86 100 | 12 100 | 8 000 000 | 0.75 |
Brazil | 2 000 | 1 000 | 41 500 000 | 0.001 |
Bulgaria | 25 000 | 22 000 | 6 300 000 | 0.34 |
Canada | 45 400 | 45 400 | 11 600 000 | 0.33 |
China | 20 000 000 | 3 750 000 | 530 000 000 | 3.69 |
Czechoslovakia | 345 000 | 25 000 | 15 300 000 | 2.41 |
Denmark | 3 200 | 2 100 | 3 800 000 | 0.10 |
Dutch East Indies | 3 500 000 | |||
Estonia | 51 000 | 1 100 000 | 3.63 | |
Ethiopia | 100 000 | 5 000 | 14 100 000 | 1.45 |
Finland | 97 000 | 95 000 | 3 700 00 | 2.51 |
France | 567 600 | 217 600 | 41 700 000 | 1.34 |
French Indonesia | 1 250 000 | |||
Germany | 7 700 000 | 5 533 000 | 78 000 000 | 9.51 |
Greece | 550 000 | 27 500 | 7 200 000 | 4.16 |
Hungary | 580 000 | 300 000 | 9 200 000 | 6.30 |
India | 2 000 000 | 87 000 | 345 000 000 | 0.44 |
Italy | 457 000 | 301 400 | 43 800 000 | 1.07 |
Japan | 2 850 000 | 2 120 000 | 78 000 000 | 3.37 |
Korea | 425 000 | 23 400 000 | 1.61 | |
Latvia | 227 000 | 2 000 000 | 11.00 | |
Lithuania | 353 000 | 2 500 000 | 13.80 | |
Luxembourg | 2 000 | 300 000 | 1.33 | |
Malaya | 100 000 | |||
Netherlands | 301 000 | 17 000 | 8 700 000 | 2.43 |
New Zealand | 11 900 | 11 900 | 1 600 000 | 0.76 |
Norway | 9 500 | 9 500 | 2 900 000 | 0.34 |
Papua New Guinea | 15 000 | |||
Philippines | 750 000 | 57 000 | 16 400 000 | 0.98 |
Poland | 5 600 000 | 240 000 | 34 800 000 | 16.15 |
Romania | 833 000 | 300 000 | 47 800 000 | 0.76 |
Singapore | 50 000 | 700 000 | 28.57 | |
South Africa | 11 900 | 11 900 | ||
Soviet Union | 24 000 000 | 8 800 000 10 700 000 | 168 500 000 | 14.83 |
United Kingdom | 450 700 | 383 600 | ||
United States | 418 500 | 416 800 | 132 000 000 | 0.31 |
Yugoslavia | 1 000 000 | 446 000 | 15 400 000 | 7.79 |
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