> MS Encarta, what would your figures be? OK Nick,
You have misrepresented your source. I've found your Encarta reference and your figures where drawn not from the death toll but from the people INVOLVED in the war. For reference, here is the paragraph: Your reference. People involved . Not killed This is from Encarta ----------------- "World War II's basic statistics qualify it as by far the greatest war in history in terms of human and material resources expended. In all, 61 countries with 1.7 billion people, three quarters of the world's population, took part. A total of 110 million people were mobilized for military service, more than half of those by the USSR (22-30 million), Germany (17 million), and the United States (16 million). The largest numbers of active-duty personnel at any one time were: USSR 12,500,000; the United States 12,245,000; Germany 10,938,000; British Empire 8,720,000; Japan 7,193,000; and China 5,000,000." My Figures: ----------------- My figures are the average from a number of sources. This list below estimated military dead. According to Britannica.com Major countries: Soviet Union: 11,000,000 Germany: 3,500,000 China: 1,310,224 Japan: 1,300,000 British Commonwealth: 373,372 Yugoslavia: 305,000 Romania: 300,000 United States: 292,131 United Kingdom: 264,443 Italy: 242,232 France: 213,324 Hungary: 200,000 Poland: 123,178 Finland: 82,000 Also from Britannica a note of total figures: "There are no reliable figures for the casualties of the Soviet Union and China, the two countries in which casualties were undoubtedly greatest. Mainly for this reason, estimates of total dead in World War II vary anywhere from 35,000,000 to 60,000,000-a statistical difference of no small import" Separately in the civilian casualties list roughly 5,700,000 Jews were killed... mostly from Poland. It's important to get this information correct. So saying for example that 16 Millions Americans died is WW2 is completely inaccurate. The US military death toll was closer to 270,000 (for which I apologise... my earlier post suggested 500,000). Benjamin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2:49 AM Subject: Re: Ouch > MS Encarta, what would your figures be? > > At 02:45 AM 12/15/2001 +1100, you wrote: > >where the hell did you get those figures.. you are way off > > > >"... in reality".... give me a break > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 1:32 AM > >Subject: RE: Ouch > > > > > > > Well, in reality, It was USSR with around 20 Million troops, then Germany > > > with 17 Million, then the US with 16 Million, British Empire was next with > > > a little over 8 million, then Japan, and China with 6-7 Million each. > > > > > > I am not only talking about the European side only. I am also talking > >about > > > the Pacific side as well. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
