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Michael Corrigan Programmer Endora Digital Solutions www.endoradigital.com 630/942-5211 x-134 ----- Original Message ----- From: Nick McClure To: CF-Community Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 11:55 AM Subject: Re: Ouch So what you are saying is that because the US lost 1.6% that they weren't really involved? Wow, that is an amazing statement. If you looked lower in the Encarta article you would have read the info about casualties. At 04:37 AM 12/15/2001 +1100, you wrote: >Will, > >Interesting, if you take the earlier reference to people involved in the war >versus those killed you can get an idea of the total cost/involvment in the >war for those countries. here are some rough estimates... I've only included >USSR, US and Germany because I could only find reference to the total people >involved (not be be confused with killed) for these countries... > >USSR 30 million involved: >66 % were killed approx. > >Germany 17 million involved : >32% were killed approx. > >US 16 million involved : >1.6% approx. > >These figures give an good assessment of involvment in WW2. >Russia was definately the hardest hit by a long way. US almost doesn't >register if you look at the complete lists. It's like saying of every 100 >American's directly involved in the war only 1 or 2 out of these were >killed. Contrast that will the USSR and it's 60 out of every 100 people. >Russia also involved twice as many people as the US based on these figures >so you could reduce the US involvement even further. In other words, if the >US had involved as many people as Russia (30 million) then less than 0.5% of >those involved would have died (or 1 in 200 people). > >This really strikes me because just imagine what a PROFOUND cultural impact >that must have had on Russians (and the rest of Europe). When this post of >WW2 casualties started I was afraid it must be insensitive to discuss >countries death tolls so dispassionately. Having spent a little time on it >however, it becomes critically clear what a massive impact that must have >had. And what little involvement the US really had by comparison. We must >consider these immense figures if we are to personally discuss the events of >the twentieth century with any seriousness. They were massive loses and for >those countries involved would have had earth shattering consequences. > >Benjamin > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Will Swain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 3:04 AM >Subject: RE: Ouch > > > > surely death tolls would be a more accurate way of assessing a countries > > involvement? > > > > will > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 14 December 2001 15:50 > > To: CF-Community > > 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. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
