World War II By The Numbers
This
page will list a variety of statistics about the war
that many people ask about.
Casualties
:
DISCLAIMER : There
is a distinction when speaking of casualties. The distinction
is that the terms “killed,” “died” and “casualty” can
not be used interchangeably
Killed:
Refers to those killed in action and those that died
of wounds sustained in action.
Died:
Refers to military personnel that died in accidents
or of diseases or other accidents while serving in WWII.
Casualty:
Refers to anyone that is taken out by the enemy and
includes wounded and prisoners.
| World
War II by the Numbers |
|
| List
of Casualties |
| Total
deaths in WWII? |
54,770,000 |
| How many civilians
died in WWII? |
38,573,000 |
| How many Americans
died in WWII? |
292,131 |
| How many Americans
died on D-Day? |
3393 |
| How many casualties
(deaths, wounded and prisoners) were
there on D-Day? |
6,603
|
| How many Americans died on Iwo Jima? |
7,000 |
| How Many Americans died on Okinawa? |
12,000 |
| How many Americans died in the Pacific? |
51,983 |
 |
| How many members of the Japanese military
died during WWII? |
1,140,429 |
| How many Japanese civilians died in
WWII? |
Variously estimated
from 700,000-10,000,000 |
|
| How many Soviets died in WWII? |
7,720,000 |
| How many British died in WWII? |
300,000 |
| How many French died in WWII? |
173,260 |
| How many Italians died in WWII? |
93,000 |
| How many Polish died in WWII? |
6,028,000 |
| Home
Front |
How
many boats were produced by Higgins
Industries for WWII?
12,964 Navy
crafts or (92%) were built by Higgins.
NOTE:
8,865 of those were built in the New
Orleans plant.
|
| How
many conscientious objectors were there
performing alternative service?
|
37,000 |
| How many Victory
Gardens were planted? |
20,000,000 |
| How many women
worked in defense industries? |
6,500,000
|
| Military |
| How
many Americans served in each branch
of the military in 1944? |
| Army |
7,994,750
|
| Navy |
2,981,365
|
| Marines |
475,604
|
| How many Americans
were drafted? |
11,535,000
(61.2%) |
| How many Americans
volunteered for service? |
6,332,000
(38%) |
What was the peak
strength of U.S. armed forces
during WWII? |
12,364,000 |
What was the peak
strength of German armed forces
during
WWII? |
10,000,000
(including Austria) |
What was the peak
strength of French armed forces
during
WWII? |
5,000,000
|
What was the peak
strength of USSR armed forces
during
WWII? |
12,500,000 |
What was the peak
strength of UK armed forces
during WWII? |
4,683,000
|
What was the peak
strength of Japanese armed forces
during
WWII? |
6,095,000
|
| Pearl
Harbor |
| How many people were killed? |
2,403 |
| How many people were wounded? |
1,104 |
| How many planes and ships
were destroyed or damaged? |
188 planes
8 battleships
3 light cruisers
3 destroyers
4 smaller vessels |
| Women in the War |
| How
many women served in the U.S. military? |
350,000 |
| How many African-American
women served in the Army? |
4,000 |
| African
Americans in WWII |
| How many African
Americans served in the military in
WWII? |
1,200,000 |
| How many African
American Medal of Honor recipients were
there? |
7
total, 6 received their
awards posthumously. |
The
soldiers received the Medal several
decades after the War due to racial
disparities identified in a study of
the selection methods for the Medal
called
the Shaw Study. |
| Japanese
Americans |
| How many Japanese
were interned in the U.S. ? |
110,000 |
| How
many internment camps were there? |
10
Permanent Camps,
16 Temporary Camps |
| How many Japanese
Americans served in the US military? |
33,000 |
| Hispanic
Americans |
| How many Hispanic
Americans served in the U.S. military
during WWII? |
Between
250,000
and 500,000 . |
| NOTE:
These estimates are rough
because at the time, the military categorized
Hispanics under the same heading as
whites. The only racial groups to have
separate stats kept were Blacks and
Asians. |
| The
Cost of War |
| How
much did the War cost the U.S.? |
$288,000,000,000 |
| How much did the
War cost Germany? |
$212,336,000,000 |
| How much did the
War cost France? |
$111,272,000,000 |
| How much did the
War cost U.S.S.R.? |
$93,012,000,000 |
| How much did the
War cost U.K.? |
$49,786,000,000 |
| How much did the
War cost Japan? |
$41,272,000,000 |
| Direct economic
costs of WWII? |
$1,600,000,000,000 |
| How much was the
average base pay for: Servicemen?
Officers? |
$71.33 per month
$203.50 per month |
| Awards |
| How
many Medals of Honor were awarded during
WWII? |
464
Medals |
| How many purple
hearts were earned during WWII? |
800,000
to 1,000,000 |
| The
Holocaust |
| How
many Jews were killed under Nazi rule? |
5,993,900 |
| How
many non-Jews were killed in the Holocaust? |
Between
16 and 20 million (including
the elderly, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses,
Homosexuals, etc.). |
| How many people
were killed at Auschwitz ? |
|
| How many Nazi
concentration camps were there? |
More
than 100 camps. |
| How many Nazi
death camps were there? |
26
major camps . |
| NOTE
: There were thousands
of camps and sub-camps however according
to the U.S. Holocaust Museum . |
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