Talk:World War II casualties/Archives/2023/September

Iranian famine
Should the Iranian_famine_of_1942–1943 be included in these numbers? Gooseneck41 (talk) 16:30, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Yes, they should. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Holocaust Encyclopedia, "Famine spread (in Iran) and many people died." And yet, the current article contains nothing on Iran. A search of the article's history shows that a previous version gave the death toll at 3-4 million. In an apparent act of vandalism, it had been deleted and no alternative figures put in its place. It seems to me that given that 6 million died in the Ukranian famine of the 1930s, 3-4 million deaths in World War 2 Iran is not unreasonable. Moreover, a recent article in the June 2023 issue of Third World Quarterly states 8-10 million Iranians died in the 1917-1919 famine. For the sake of completeness and accuracy, Iranian casualties in WWII need to be included in the article. Benjamin1883 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 07:00, 30 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Iran was included a long time in the list, why it was deleted? In the fights in 1941 Iran had losses and the deaths in the famine in WW2. KnowledgeIsPower (talk) 21:59, 12 September 2023 (UTC)