Talk:World War II casualties/Archives/2015/December

Semi-protected edit request on 14 September 2015
Original request:

In the "Human losses of World War II by country" box, please add a hyperlink in the Soviet Union's "Deaths as % of 1939 population" where it says "See Table Below" linking it via a reference number or letter to the title table of the Soviet Union's casualty box. This can be similar to the "S3" reference figure that connects Germany's "See Table Below" to the casualty box for Germany.

39.50.171.105 (talk) 20:08, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

OK done: --Woogie10w (talk) 20:27, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Inomyabcs (talk) 00:25, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

The above request was not resolved. The added hyperlink (do a find for 'AY4') sends you to the wrong table. The link back from the correct table doesn't work either; this actually probably messed up the example the original requester gave too...

If the person who will edit this doesn't know html, do the following:

change &lt;sup class="reference plainlinks nourlexpansion" id="ref_table"&gt;&lt;a href="#endnote_table"&gt;AY4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; to &lt;sup class="reference plainlinks nourlexpansion" id="ref_AY4"&gt;&lt;a href="#USSR"&gt;AY4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;

and change &lt;a href="#ref_table"&gt;^&lt;sup&gt;AY4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href="#ref_AY4"&gt;^&lt;sup&gt;AY4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

That ought to fix it all. Typing all this frankly takes a lot more time than if I could just edit it... Jefhimself (talk) 13:28, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I probably fix it, but not marking this as done, so some other can take a look. Those footnotes are quite complex... that is why ref and all other are deprecated, we now use efn. -- Edgars2007  (talk/contribs) 11:01, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The id's is what needs to be fixed. I fixed it in a sandbox by changing:  to   and   to  . Other than that I'm not familiar with Wikipedia's templates, so by all means use your proper judgement.  Jefhimself (talk) 13:51, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
 * what about now? :) -- Edgars2007  (talk/contribs) 16:52, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Now we've fixed it. :) Jefhimself (talk) 16:57, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 December 2015
Denmark should be changed to 4 military deaths, as 4 soldiers were killed during the invasion in 1940. It is not a joke, but it was because the phone was out of order and they did not get the order to surrender.

JacobAagaard (talk) 07:50, 9 December 2015 (UTC)


 * This edit is not necessary
 * The figures on the table are rounded to the nearest hundredth place on the table, so the figure of 4 military deaths does not belong on the table.  In fact the Danish official figures do not list them in 2,685 Danes who lost there lives on Danish territory.


 * see: http://www.befrielsen1945.dk/temaer/befrielsen/doede_danskere/index.html


 * Tallet på dræbte danskere indenfor landets grænser er opgjort til 2685.
 * Tallene fordeler sig ikke jævnt over perioden, men stiger i de sidste år, da forholdene blev forværret:


 * 1940 	 1941	1942 	 1943 	 1944	1945 (januar-maj)
 * 72	 20 	 27	 195	 840	 1531 Tallene dækker forskellige grupper af dræbte. Der er ofre for bombeangreb, der er modstandsfolk dræbte i aktion eller henrettede af tyskerne. Der er danske likvideret af modstandsbevægelsen, eller danske myrdet af de tyske terrorgrupper, eller dem der blev skudt under de store strejker i 1943 og 1944.


 * Google Translate gives us the English
 * The number of killed Danes within the country is estimated to 2685
 * The figures are distributed unevenly over the period, but increases in the past year, since conditions deteriorated:


 * 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 (January to May)
 * 72 20 27 195 840 1531 The figures cover different groups of fatalities. There are victims of the bombings that are resistance fighters killed in action or executed by the Germans. There are Danish liquidated by the Resistance, or Danish murdered by the German terrorist groups, or those who were shot during the big strikes in 1943 and 1944


 * I believe the official Danish figures are in fact correct and that this edit is not necessary--Woogie10w (talk) 11:07, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 December 2015 Homosexual casualties
Where the article states the following: "Homosexuals: 10,000–15,000 gay men perished in Nazi concentration camps.[222]" This directly contradicts the source that says, "Most of the 50,000 men sentenced by the courts spent time in regular prisons, and between 5,000 and 15,000 were interned in concentration camps." No where is the mention of the number 10,000 and the numbers "...5,000 and 15,000..." was the number in concentration camps, not deaths.

Additionally, siting from this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_homosexuals_in_Nazi_Germany_and_the_Holocaust "It is unclear how many of the 5,000 to 15,000 eventually perished in the camps, but leading scholar Rüdiger Lautmann believes that the death rate of homosexuals in concentration camps may have been as high as 60%." The source for this is un-cited, nevertheless, based on these figures the estimated Homosexual deaths should be between 3,000 and 9,000.

Further, the source article stipulates that "Lesbians were not regarded as a threat to Nazi racial policies and were generally not targeted for persecution. Similarly, the Nazis generally did not target non-German homosexuals unless they were active with German partners. In most cases, the Nazis were prepared to accept former homosexuals into the "racial community" provided that they became "racially conscious" and gave up their lifestyle." and "Ministry officials expanded the category of "criminally indecent activities between men" to include any act that could be construed as homosexual." This intimates that Lesbians were not sent to the concentration camps nor were imprisoned and should not be counted among the death tolls of homosexuals. Therefor, for the sake of accuracy, instead of "Homosexuals" the article should say "Homosexual Men".

Regards, Jared Whitefield

Jwhitefield (talk) 17:36, 9 December 2015 (UTC)


 * I corrected the citation for US Holocaust Museum "According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum "Between 1933 and 1945 the police arrested an estimated 100,000 men as homosexuals. Most of the 50,000 men sentenced by the courts spent time in regular prisons, and between 5,000 and 15,000 were interned in concentration camps." They also noted that There are no known statistics for the number of homosexuals who died in the camps"


 * On Wikipedia we must have a reliable source for are posts. The statement "but leading scholar Rüdiger Lautmann believes that the death rate of homosexuals in concentration camps may have been as high as 60%." needs a reliable source that can be verified before it can be posted here.


 * Re the other portion of the request I added, For further details see Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

--Woogie10w (talk) 17:58, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 December 2015
Under the Holocaust deaths heading, Jewish deaths sub-heading, please change sentence three from: "Estimates Holocaust deaths range between 4.9 to 5.9 million Jews." to "Estimates of Holocaust deaths range between 4.9 to 5.9 million Jews.". This is a minor grammar correction, not a fact or fact source correction, and just inserts the word "OF" to make the sentence read correctly.

OAmigaMan (talk) 17:21, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Fixed, done OK--Woogie10w (talk) 17:47, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Canadian Casualties.
Canadian Casualties are off by a few thousand.

http://www.canadaatwar.ca/memorial/world-war-ii/

Just under 47,000 thousand.

Blitzkreigery (talk) 15:41, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

According to the Canadian War Museum

1939-1945 More than 42,000 Canadians lost their lives as a result of the Second World War. Canada played a strong role in defeating the Axis powers. The price of victory was high: approximately 23,000 Canadians laid down their lives serving in the army, 17,000 in the air force, 2000 in the navy and 1600 in the merchant navy. Another 54,000 Canadians were wounded and thousands would be physically impaired or psychologically scarred for life. Over 700 Newfoundlanders also died during the war.

The self published website that you cited (canadaatwar) listing 47,000 war dead more than likely includes those who died of natural causes. I trust the figures of the Canadian government Canadian War Museum that lists those who gave their lives in battle. The canadaatwar website is self published and requests donations, not a reliable source.--Woogie10w (talk) 16:02, 23 December 2015 (UTC)