WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The best estimates indicate that between 62 and 78 million of them would die due to WWII-more than 3% of the world’s population. While earlier wars also resulted in deaths of civilians, 5 civilians were particularly heavily affected by WWII with about half of the WWII European casualties being civilians.

Detailed explanation-2: -World War II Casualties: Estimates suggest that some 75 million people died in World War II, including about 20 million military personnel and 40 million civilians.

Detailed explanation-3: -In WWII there were 384, 000 soldiers killed in combat, but a higher civilian death toll (70, 000, as opposed to 2, 000 in WWI), largely due to German bombing raids during the Blitz: 40, 000 civilians died in the seven-month period between September 1940 and May 1941, almost half of them in London.

Detailed explanation-4: -Over 87, 000 Indian troops, and 3 million civilians died in World War II.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Most Deadly Battle In History: Stalingrad The figures for the Battle of Stalingrad battle are shocking even by the standards of the other campaigns on this list. Running from August 23, 1942 to February 2, 1943, Stalingrad led to 633, 000 battle deaths.