China In World War II
Infographic on WWII deaths. Hat-tip, Sanjaya.
Power’s back. And speaking of power, here’s a graphic of deaths in World War II. I thought that the Soviet Union would be number one, though that may surprise some. Despite the narrative the USA tells, that less evil empire was more crucial to defeating the Nazis than anything else. What surprises me is the number 2. China. Japan must have raped and killed a storm through there.
Madam Chiang Kai-Shek in America, speaking English.
Over 60 million people were killed in World War II, or about 2.5% of the world’s population. While western eyes and histories largely focused on the western front, the east was also a scene of mass carnage, even preceding when the US dropped atomic bombs on civilian populations. The Japanese, for example, captured Beijing and Shanghai and killed up to 300,000 people in the Rape Of Nanking. In the course of that insane and inhuman fighting, China lost 10-20 million people, about 2-4% of their population. Even India lost 1.5-2.5% of its population, which also surprises me (World War II Casualties).
On the Western front, however, it’s not like they had it easy. Poland lost around 16% of its entire population, literally decimating them. What a horrible war.
Posted on Thursday, September 6th, 2012 in General.
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The highest British casualties in the first three weeks since Britain declared war was due to road accidents during the nightly blackouts!
I wonder how many people in Sri Lanka get injured/killed due to poor infrastructure like blackouts, poorly paved roads/lack of pedestrian access, water, etc..?
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Wonder who who more brutal, Japz or the SS?
Funnily, the Brits killed more Indian civilians in WW2 than they did German or Japanese – mostly through famine and other forms of neglect – and India was on the Brit side.
“Even India lost 1.5-2.5% of its population”
Only 2.5%???? Too bad. The scum should have lost 90% of it’s population.
This entire region would have been a very peaceful place then.