Russia had the most WWII casualties, with nearly 21 million people killed.¹⁾

During the Holocaust, it is believed that 1.5 million children died. Approximately 1.2 million were Jewish, with tens of thousands being Gypsies.²⁾

80% of Soviet boys born in 1923 did not survive WWII.³⁾

The Allies dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs between 1939 and 1945, an average of 27,700 tons each month.⁴⁾

Russia and the Red Army were accused of various war crimes, including systematic mass rape (the Red Army reportedly raped over 2 million German women) and genocide.⁵⁾

Many concentration camp inmates were beyond aid even after the Allies arrived. In Bergen-Belsen, for example, 13,000 prisoners died after liberation.⁶⁾

Within six weeks of liberation, over 2,500 of the 33,000 Dachau survivors perished.⁷⁾