Casualties

[Jim]

While there were many incidents which saw heavy loss of life, a few are worth mentioning as all indication of the impact upon local people and morale in general. On 20th January 1943, a 500kg (1,1001b) bomb struck Sandhurst Road School in Catford, London; the blast killed 38 children and six teachers, injuring many more. Just over a month later, on 3rd March, the London Underground station shelter at Bethnal Green became the site of an avoidable disaster. As hundreds of people were making their way down to the shelter following the sounding of the air raid warning siren, one woman tripped on the stairs; 173 people were killed and more than 60 injured in the crush which followed. In the early morning of 8th March 1945, London's Smithfield Market was busy with traders and shoppers when a V2 fell without warning: more than 100 people were killed instantly and countless others injured. Total casualties throughout the war from enemy bombing, rocket weapons and cross-Channel artillery bombardment were 146,777 civilians, of whom 60,595 were killed or died of their injuries. Of the total casualties, 80,397 (including nine-tenths of those caused by V1 and V2's) occurred in the London region. The V1 caused 6,184 deaths and over 17,981 injuries in the UK, and the V2, 2,754 dead and a further 6,523 injured. Although these figures speak for themselves, the cost to civilians on the Home Front can be further emphasized by noting that the British Army in the Far East, 1941-45, suffered 5,670 men killed in action; and that even those killed in NW Europe between June 1944 and May 1945, a campaign terribly costly in infantry and tank crew casualties - numbered just half the wartime civilian total.

[Phuture]

It's always sad when people who die become less then people who die. And only becaume a sum, only become a statistic.

[Stalin]

Unfortunately in war this happens, being in the wrong place at the wrong time i guess.

[anirban3598]

nearly 11 million of the civilian casualties were victims of the Holocaust, which was conducted by Nazi Germany, largely in Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union.

was the single deadliest conflict the world has ever seen, causing many tens of millions of deaths. The total estimated human loss of life caused by World War II was roughly 72 million people. The civilian toll was around 47 million, including 20 million deaths due to war related famine and disease. The military toll was about 25 million, including the deaths of about 5 million prisoners of war in captivity. The Allies lost about 61 million people, and the Axis lost 11 million.