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99 interesting facts about WWII
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World War II was the most destructive conflict in history. It cost more money, damaged more property, killed more people, and caused more far-reaching changes than any other war in history.a
The country with the largest number of WWII causalities was Russia, with over 21 million.i
For every five German soldiers who died in WWII, four of them died on the Eastern Front.c
It is estimated that 1.5 million children died during the Holocaust. Approximately 1.2 million of them were Jewish and tens of thousands were Gypsies.i
Eighty percent of Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t survive WWII.c
Between 1939 and 1945, the Allies dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs, which averaged to 27,700 tons per month.c
Russia and the Red Army were accused of several war crimes, including systematic mass rape (over 2 million German women aged 13-70 were allegedly raped by the Red Army) and genocide.h
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