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⁾

Most historians think that WWII began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Others think it started when Japan invaded Manchuria on September 18, 1931. Some experts believe WWII is a continuation of WWI with a pause in between.⁸⁾

The SS used the bogus identity Max Heiliger to open a bank account in which they deposited money, gold, and jewellery stolen from European Jews.⁹⁾

The Conflict of the Atlantic, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, was the longest battle of WWII.¹⁰⁾

Nasos was the initial acronym for the National Socialist Party.¹¹⁾

“Nazi” is short for “Nationalsozialist”.¹²⁾

During WWII, around 600,000 Jews served in the United States military services. More than 35,000 people were killed, injured, kidnapped, or went missing. Approximately 8,000 people were killed in action.¹³⁾

With over 80,000 American losses, the Battle of the Bulge is the greatest and bloodiest battle for US forces to date.¹⁴⁾

During the Siege of Leningrad, more Russians (military and civilian) died than American and British soldiers combined during WWII.¹⁵⁾

Approximately 12 million individuals were slaughtered by the Nazis, roughly 6 million of them were Jews slain in the Holocaust (“whole burned”).¹⁶⁾