Talk:World War II casualties/Archives/2012/December

Colonial Peoples not counted - usual racism
The article fails to indicate the losses suffered by colonial forces dragooned into the various colonial armies. For example, the majority of the so-called "Free French" army was made up of Senagalese and Algerians, in addition to smaller numbers of Vietnamese, Malagassy, etc. Of some 210,000, around 185,000 were non-white. They did all the hard fighting until the German collapse at the very end. Then the racist French carried out an explicity "whitening" policy of removing all the non-white soldiers so that they could hold an all white victory parade of the master race in Paris. This same policy was enacted by an explicit signed agreement with British (no Indian or African troops), and the United States (no Blacks or Asians) commands, which removed all non-white troops. Then all the reporting and history books were doctored accordingly.

So it appears that Wikipedia is obeying the same policy. Hello it's 2012 not 1945.

By the way the French also removed most of the immigrants and Jews from the "resistance" (the most notable were killed by the Gestapo after being snitched-out by their own comrades in the French Communist Party, which was interested in a deal with the DeGaulle, both of which were embarrassed by the lack of actual French in the so-called Resistance.

So what about the Indian deaths in the British army? Certainly can't trust the British statistics for non-whites.

What about deaths of the hundreds of thousands of African and Arab civilian laborers worked to death or killed by the British, French, German, United States and Italians? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CF7B:4320:CABC:C8FF:FE32:44AD (talk) 03:24, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

some 210,000, around 185,000 were non-white What is your source? --Woogie10w (talk) 03:30, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

deaths of the hundreds of thousands of African and Arab civilian laborers worked to death or killed What is your source? --Woogie10w (talk) 14:31, 23 November 2012 (UTC)


 * The article clearly has statistics for Indian deaths, and notes that the French casualties include soldiers from the colonial empire. Everyone involved in this article would like to see it further improved, so charging in and throwing accusations of racism around is pretty offensive and unproductive. Nick-D (talk) 22:29, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

The simple answer to your comment, 2602:306:CF7B:4320:CABC:C8FF:FE32:44AD, is that this is Wikipedia, and you are very welcome to 1) find specific reliable sources for the information you miss in the article, and after that 2) add the information to the article. Wikipedia is written by all of us and improved by all of us constantly. So if you find that something is missing, simply find reliable sources for the information and then add it (stating the reliable sources). You don't even need to write about it on this Talk page first (unless you are unsure about something and want to discuss it first). :-) --Jhertel (talk) 12:11, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

The BBC website gives us background on the Colonial contributions to the British Empire war effort- Colonies, Colonials and World War Two By Marika Sherwood Also from the BBC- Africa's forgotten wartime heroes --Woogie10w (talk) 13:19, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

I will be checking out Black soldiers, white wars : black warriors from antiquity to the present / William E. Alt and Betty L. Alt. --Woogie10w (talk) 14:18, 25 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Moroccan GoumierXx236 (talk) 14:25, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Dalforce and Japanese crimes against Chinese people of Singapore .Xx236 (talk) 14:31, 6 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Polish contribution to World War II, "Note a" compares the number of Polish and French soldiers. Big part of the French soldiers were African.Xx236 (talk) 14:39, 6 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree that many people of color from UK and French colonies were casualties. However, we need a reliable sources with stats.--Woogie10w (talk) 23:04, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

European casualties
Would you please write how many people died in Europe?Xx236 (talk) 08:11, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Whats the problem? Just add the totals for Europe, drop the schedule into an Excel spreadsheet--Woogie10w (talk) 10:23, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Soviet Union is situated in Europa and Asia and fought a big war in Europe and a small one in Asia. The USA participated in wars in Europa and Asia. Some soldiers of many countries died in Africa.Xx236 (talk) 10:45, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


 * What sources do you suggest drawing on to provide such figures? DIY tends to work best if you think something is missing :) Nick-D (talk) 10:56, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


 * - 32 mln.Xx236 (talk) 14:14, 20 December 2012 (UTC) Hello: Source:Franciszek Proch, Poland's Way of the Cross, New York 1987--Franciszek Proch was a Polish lawyer and journalist. During the war he was imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp. In the post war era Proch resided in Germany and the United States. Franciszek Jozef Proch--Woogie10w (talk) 14:23, 20 December 2012 (UTC)


 * 39 mln. .Xx236 (talk) 10:17, 21 December 2012 (UTC)