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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Germany
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Canada
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Poland
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Switzerland (again, don’t pick this one)
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Detailed explanation-1: -The heaviest proportionate human losses occurred in eastern Europe where Poland lost perhaps 20 percent of its prewar population, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union around 10 percent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Poland’s population has fallen by almost half a million people, or 1.2 percent, in ten years, according to the latest results of last year’s census, released on Tuesday.
Detailed explanation-3: -Poland population is equivalent to 0.49% of the total world population.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Soviet Union suffered the highest number of fatalities of any single nation, with estimates mostly falling between 22 and 27 million deaths. China then suffered the second greatest, at around 20 million, although these figures are less certain and often overlap with the Chinese Civil War.
Detailed explanation-5: -The country that suffered most in proportion to its population was Poland, with 6, 028, 000 or 17.2 per cent of its population of 35, 100, 000 killed.