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

New Chart added 7/17/15
Where is Poland?--Woogie10w (talk) 19:48, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

My error, chart is correct since it depicts military casualties --Woogie10w (talk) 00:49, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Other Countries
I've noticed that "Other Countries" has been added to the casualty chart with only data for overall population. Would it still be considered OR to add a footnote (like the other countries) outlining some of the losses these smaller countries (San Marino, Dominican Republic etc) sustained without tallying them (tallying them would be OR?)

24.228.234.139 (talk) 19:18, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Do yo have a reliable source for these casualties--Woogie10w (talk) 19:20, 23 July 2015 (UTC)


 * I might. I'm sorting through some of the books and articles I have.  24.228.234.139 (talk) 20:03, 23 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Dominican Republic had 27 Merchant Mariners killed

Latin America in World War II by Thomas M. Leonard, John F. Bratzel, George Lauderbaugh Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (September 11, 2006), Pg 83


 * IMO trivial pursuit!!--Woogie10w (talk) 21:07, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps. The same could also be said about some of the neutrals and lesser combatants listed. Cuba and Iceland, for example, did lose more lives, but still have minimal impact on the conflict. If anything, including some of the lesser states could show how even small, uninvolved states suffered. 24.228.234.139 (talk) 00:30, 25 July 2015 (UTC)


 * In a similar vein, I do find it kind of odd that there aren't figures for Egypt (not just here, but anywhere.) They had their own army, were a major seat of combat, and sustained attacks on civilians and shipping.  24.228.234.139 (talk) 00:34, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

We need reliable sources before anything can be posted to Wikipdia, in any case the Egyptian army was not in combat--Woogie10w (talk) 00:39, 25 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Neither was the Swedish Navy, but we cite a ship sinking of theirs. I did in fact, find a source:

- The World in World Wars: Experiences, Perceptions, and Perspectives from Africa and Asia. by Heike Liebau et al. Studies in Global Social History, 2010) Pg 227.    It gives the number of Egyptian military casualties as 1,125 killed, 1,308 wounded.  24.228.234.139 (talk) 00:45, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Could you add the Egyptian figures. It's an RS and the source directly ties it into World War II 24.228.234.139 (talk) 13:45, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Poland 2014 estimates
http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/ipn-polska-poniosla-najwieksze-straty-osobowe-w-ii-wojnie-swiatowej/n3193
 * Germans 2.7 million ethnic Poles plus 2.7-2.9 million Jews
 * Ukrainian nationalists 100 000
 * Soviets 150 000

Xx236 (talk) 10:18, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Theasee are the same numbers they issued in 2009--Woogie10w (talk) 10:35, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

ne1 crosschecked the figures? recently i read that 11 mio soviet soldiers died in wwII. that collided with the numbers i recalled. i checked the english Wiki and here it stated said 11 mio dead soldiers. than i thought i better tried the german page since for apparent reasons the germans not only should know best how many deaths they have on their hands, i was quite confident that they actually would know. and tada, it said 13 mio dead soldiers. which is the number i recall from school. while the spanish page lists 8.9 mio dead soviet soldiers. i could try other pages but i guess you see the point. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.139.236.190 (talk) 10:34, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Wipedia itself cannot be used as a source. The sources cited here for Soviet military casualties are based on current research published in Russia during the 1990's. The footnotes to this article and World War II casualties of the Soviet Union provide additional details.--Woogie10w (talk) 12:09, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Holocaust deaths in Libya
Does the Italian tally for holocaust deaths include those killed in Libya. Yad Vashem puts the total at 600. http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/newsletter/25/algeria_marocco.asp

Should the casualties of the Baghdad pogrom also be counted? It happened, in part, due to the War. 19:50, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Jabberwock2015 (talk) 19:50, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Re Iraq there is a source

The Libya deaths are listed by Martin Gilbert in his Atlas of the Holocaust.--Woogie10w (talk) 20:07, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Jabberwock2015 you are an excellant researcher--Woogie10w (talk) 21:10, 30 July 2015 (UTC)