WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The USSR
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Canada
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Germany
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Switzerland (please don’t pick this one)
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Soviet Union is estimated to have suffered the highest number of WWII casualties.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Soviet Union and China are believed to have suffered the most total casualties, while an estimated 5, 800, 000 Poles died, which represents about 20 percent of Poland’s prewar population. About 4, 200, 000 Germans died, and about 1, 972, 000 Japanese died.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over a quarter of its population, 2, 290, 000 people, died during the conflict. In terms of total numbers, the Soviet Union bore an incredible brunt of casualties during WWII. An estimated 16, 825, 000 people died in the war, over 15% of its population.
Detailed explanation-4: -By the winter of 1941, starvation and disease resulted in mass death of unimaginable proportions. Many Soviet soldiers, including many wounded, died on the way to the prisoner collection centers and transit camps; others died during transit to camps in occupied Poland or the German Reich.