Countries in World War II

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Level ∞

Nov 17, 2016

I have majorly revamped this quiz. I increased the criteria from 1,000 to 10,000 which removed a lot of questionable cases such as Ireland, Spain, and Newfoundland. I also added the Baltic countries which were missing before, and removed Czechoslovakia which lost its sovereignty prior to the start of the war.

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Level 90

Nov 18, 2016

Completely understand the rationale, but was a little disappointed to see Newfoundland drop off the list, as this quiz was how I learned it used to be it's own state.

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Level 55

Apr 9, 2018

This is a quiz of countries, not countries and self-governing states.

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Level 17

Apr 17, 2018

Wasn't newfoundland an independent country before in 1939?

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Level 76

Mar 25, 2019

its :)

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Level 90

Jul 10, 2020

D'oh! Yes, its. And yes, it was an independent country (nation, state, whatever synonym you want to use) before 39.

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Level 28

Aug 19, 2020

what about norway?

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Level 33

Sep 15, 2021

Newfoundland wasnt independent before 1939 it was occupied by the british instead of canada either way canada was a dominion of the united kingdom so it doesnt really matter

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Level 30

Sep 9, 2022

Newfoundland was independent in the same way Canada was independent during World War II

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Level 83

Dec 7, 2016

I was going to comment on this. I remember Czechoslovakia, Brazil, and Thailand all being on the quiz previously.

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Level 50

May 7, 2022

Especially Thailand, they easily suffered more military casualties than some of the countries listed toward the end.

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Level 68

Dec 8, 2016

What about Slovakia?

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Level 57

Dec 9, 2016

Slovakia's independent role in WW2 could be questioned, as they were not recognized as a state by anyone besides the axis and were basically a German province with more autonomy.

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Level 40

May 7, 2017

CzechoSLOVAKIA

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Level 41

Jun 30, 2018

Slovakia were practically independent, it’s just a case of no recognition. Like Kosovo or North Korea. Addition of Slovakia, please.

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Level 50

Jul 20, 2018

What? I'm pretty sure North Korea is fully recognised and Kosovo is recognised by a majority of countries.

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Level 49

Sep 20, 2018

North Korea is not recognized by South Korea

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Level 55

Jun 28, 2020

South Korea is also not recognized by North Korea. Neither is China recognised by a bunch of countries. What is your point ?

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Level 20

Nov 27, 2020

true abhishek

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Level 60

Aug 3, 2017

Thanks QM!

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Level 37

Dec 15, 2017

You eliminated Czechoslovakia and Austria because they had already been taken over by Germany. Wasn't Poland also overrun?

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Level 87

Jan 9, 2019

So was France. So was the U.K. but they ran into the sea and didn't come back until D-Day at Normandy 4 years later with the Americans and Canadians.

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Level 50

Feb 16, 2019

You can't really say the UK was overrun.

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Level 58

Dec 31, 2019

It was before the war

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Level 71

Jan 25, 2021

Czechoslovakia was invaded before the start of WW2. WW2 commenced with the invasion of Poland.

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Level 43

May 6, 2021

the invasion of Poland marked the beginning of world war 2, as it was when Hitler signed a peace treaty with stalin, and the uk and france declared war on germany.

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Level 36

Apr 9, 2018

Norway & Denmark are still missing

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Level 62

May 3, 2018

They didn't bother fighting.

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Level 56

May 20, 2018

Yeah, Norway had around 10.000 casualties

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Level 43

Apr 27, 2021

norway put up some of the hardest resistance against the germans

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Level 17

Mar 23, 2022

That is true, for Norway and potentially Denmark. A group of norwegian rebels actually severely hindered and halted the Axis nuclear bomb project.

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Level 34

May 30, 2018

umm there are a lot of mistakes here like ,Denmark is not on here nither is norway, and you dont add Czechoslovakia or Austria but you add Australia and new Zealand?!?!?! so you might wanna fix some things up here....

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Level 50

Jul 20, 2018

That's because Denmark and Norway had less than 10,000 military casualties.

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Level 33

Oct 11, 2019

Austria was annexed by Germany before 1939 (Anschluss), Czechoslovakia was annexed prior to WW2, and both new Zealand and Australia had 10,000 plus casualties.

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Level 32

Mar 1, 2020

Lol Australia got the first major victory against Japan, Italy and Germany... not to mention they were one of the first to declare on Germany, as well as sending nearly a million men to fight the axis...

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Level 75

Apr 8, 2020

The Australian troops fought in North Africa, too. Look up the Rats of Tobruk.

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Level 68

Aug 18, 2018

Albania was annexed by Italy before September 1st 1939.

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Level ∞

Feb 24, 2020

Albania has been removed thanks.

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Level 83

Mar 1, 2020

So this is why I had to get my points again.

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Level 40

Sep 2, 2021

they had 30k casualties

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Level 40

Nov 19, 2018

Where are Denmark and Norway?

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Level 50

Feb 16, 2019

They are in Northern Europe, part of a region called Scandinavia.

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Level 20

Nov 27, 2020

XD

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Level 20

Nov 27, 2020

XD

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Level 28

Jan 27, 2019

You missed norway, denmark, siam (Thailand) Brazil Mexico and more...

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Level 76

Feb 18, 2019

'Name the countries that had at least 10,000 military deaths during WWII'

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Level 67

Mar 7, 2020

I think there should be a comprehensive reading test that people should ace, before they are allowed to post comments ;)

90% of the complaints can be answered/countered by simply rereading the title/description back to them.

Like a really really easy test, but with a lot of exceptions. (like "The name of this website" or "which animal meows" and in the description: you should leave out all t's in the answers.)

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Level 67

Mar 7, 2020

Some more rules to spice it up:

answers should be spelled backwards

plurals become singular and vice versa

if an answer contains 2 words only give the 2nd one (so new york becomes york)

If the answer to a question is a country, give its capital

That could be so much fun :D I could go on dreaming up more, but I ll leave it at this :)

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Level 74

Mar 22, 2021

You should make your own quiz with these rules. Something to look forward to. ;)

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Level 43

Jul 23, 2019

Latvia and Lithuania were part of the soviet union

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Level ∞

Feb 24, 2020

Not at the start of the war they weren't.

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Level 32

Sep 16, 2020

I think your rationale is inconsistent. Sure India and the Philippines were part of the UK and US "empires" but they were also still nation states, just as Australia and NZ were, which you have included.

Also, what about Indonesia, Thailand and PNG? All saw horrific fighting. Ditto in the case of Albania in Europe.

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Level 57

Feb 11, 2021

Indonesia was a Dutch colony Thailand was Siam

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Level 57

Aug 30, 2021

Correction to self*

Thailand was Thailand

But it was just a Japanese puppet with no real losses

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Level 35

Nov 10, 2021

Both Australia and New Zealand were both (technically) independent, self governing countries before WWI, India didn't gain independence until after WWII.

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Level 20

Sep 12, 2022

Australia became fully independent from Britain in 1901 nearly 40 years before WWII. We are still a commonwealth and apprieciate our British heritage but we were and always have been independent since our federation.

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Level 49

Dec 15, 2020

but didnt the slovakia part of czechoslovakia still exist?

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Level 32

Feb 25, 2022

But.. South Africa was not independent during WW2 was it?

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Level 55

Mar 14, 2022

It was an independently governing state/puppet of UK

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Level 23

Mar 10, 2022

the quiz needs to add British India, malaysia, Singapore, Burma

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Level 55

Mar 14, 2022

All of which you said were not independent at the time of the war.

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Level 30

Sep 14, 2022

Nor was the Philipines, New Zealand, Australia, or Canada

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Level 23

Apr 3, 2022

the baltic states were part of the ussr, if you included them why didnt you include kazakhstan, ukraine, belarus etc

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Level 38

May 17, 2022

No, they weren't. The baltic states were independent countries in 1939, before the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and Soviet Union

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Level 69

Nov 17, 2016

Crap, totally overlooked the Baltic countries, I thought they were probably part of the USSR at that point.

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Level 68

Nov 17, 2016

Yep, Me too... You're not alone my friend..

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Level 75

Nov 18, 2016

and me :(

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Level 87

Nov 18, 2016

Ditto, those were all I missed.

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Level 70

Nov 27, 2016

Yeah, and me. Got everything bar those three.

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Level 55

Aug 27, 2018

same

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Level 67

Nov 18, 2016

They were independent prior to 1940.

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Level 67

Dec 7, 2016

But by the time Hitler invaded the Baltic states they long longer were.

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Level 59

Nov 23, 2016

me too!

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Level 65

Nov 26, 2016

I would have missed those three if I didn't have an discussion about it with my girlfriend three hours ago. What a lucky coincidence that helped me get 25/25.

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Level 70

Nov 27, 2016

QM, it looks like a lot of people are missing the three Baltic states because they assume they were part of the USSR, is it possible to include something in the intro that hints at the fact that the USSR hadn't reached its full size by Sept '39, without making it too obvious who the countries in question are?

Just a thought, as a lot of people seem to be tripping up in the same way.

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Level 45

Dec 7, 2016

Same here

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Level 26

Apr 12, 2020

Hints? Really? The Molotov-Ribbentropp pact plus the Winter War with Finland and the annexation of the Baltic countries are one of the most important forgotten parts of WWII. Moldova, The Eastern section of Poland (Lwow), the Baltics, Kaliningrad, and a section of Finland were incorporated into the USSR at the end of the war, but were not at the beginning. Köningsberg (Kaliningrad) and Memel (Klaipėda) on the Baltic were in Sept 1939 German-ruled cities, although Hitler had only just annexed Memel in March. Danzig (now Gdansk), also German-majority, was the starting point for the war.

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Level 59

Dec 7, 2016

The Baltic states were independent up to 1940, but they never declared war on either side in WWII. In 1940, the USSR annexed the Baltic states and a year later, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. After that, it was not rare to find Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians fighting their brethren on the other side of the same battle.

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Level 67

Dec 7, 2016

Plus a lot of Western countries considered them occupied by the USSR.

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Level 36

Apr 18, 2017

Same

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Level 49

Feb 23, 2018

the baltic countries became a part of USSR after it took them over, some were invaded by Germany some weren't.

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Level 43

Jul 23, 2019

I agree

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Level 47

Jul 24, 2019

Me too!!!

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Level 65

Nov 18, 2016

I totally forgot some eastern European countries!!

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Level 78

Dec 7, 2016

no Slovakia??? seriously? was a sovereign country

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Level 61

Dec 7, 2016

The First Slovak Republic wasn't recognised by any of the Allies who considered it (rightly) to be a German puppet state, and the legitimate government to be the Czechoslovak government in place before the German invasion. Which was a bit rich since it was British and French treachery which destabilised Czechoslovakia in the first place, but there you go.

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Level 83

Dec 7, 2016

According to Wikipedia, it was recognized by the Soviet Union. Weren't they considered one of "the Allies"?

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Level 61

Dec 8, 2016

The Soviets weren't part of the Allies when they recognised it, and they derecognised it when Slovakia took part in Operation Barbarossa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)

If you're being literal, the Slovak Republic did exist for a few years during the period, but the idea that it was an independent sovereign nation is pretty strange. It was a German puppet which only a handful of countries recognised, and which only existed in any sense for the duration of the war.

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Level 83

Feb 25, 2020

Google: "Great Britain asked for a new exequatur for its consul Peter Pares and the UK therefore de facto recognised Slovakia on the 4th May 1939. De facto recognition by France followed on the 14th July 1939."

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Level 43

Mar 12, 2022

czechoSLOVAKIA

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Level 55

Mar 14, 2022

Its not the same thing bro

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Level 66

Dec 7, 2016

But, but Norway and Denmark:(

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Level 43

Jul 30, 2017

@NorwegianFarmer It's the old don't fight so all of our men don't die motive!

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Level 21

Dec 7, 2016

if uk and usa work, nz should too

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Level 83

Dec 8, 2016

Disagree that NZ is analogous to USA and UK; but I would like to see ROK, DPRK, and KSA universally accepted. Though none of those countries are on this quiz.

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Level 60

May 21, 2017

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Level 33

Aug 21, 2017

and RSA for South Africa.

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Level 83

Oct 18, 2017

Also ROC and PRC..

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Level 87

Aug 23, 2018

N.Z. is a thousand fold more recognizable than K.S.A. I thought you meant the Klan States of America.

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Level 83

Oct 20, 2018

No it's not.

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Level 76

Sep 12, 2022

Yes, it actually is.

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Level 18

Dec 30, 2016

What was used for the calculation for "Deaths" number? Most accepted statistics put Soviet casualties at over 20 million (if you include military and civilian).

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Level 63

Jan 12, 2017

It's specified that this quiz asks for military deats only.

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Level 68

Jan 12, 2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties

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Level 24

Jan 14, 2017

missed poland

im gonna kill myself

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Level 74

Jan 18, 2017

Don't do it! You have so much to live for!

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Level 71

Feb 16, 2017

Well a few more quizzes anyway!

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Level 67

Apr 9, 2021

Please don't.

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Level 60

Apr 3, 2017

I thought the Canada only gained independence from the UK until afterwards. Although, Canada did have many freedoms compared to India, it was still a part of Britain. Please Correct Me if I'm wrong.

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Level 76

Apr 20, 2017

The Statute of Westminster in 1931 effectively granted independence to Canada (and Australia, NZ, S Africa and Newfoundland).

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Level 60

May 21, 2017

They just became Dominions of the UK not full blown countries.

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Level 60

May 21, 2017

On the Wikipedia page it even says Canada didn't became fully independent until 1982.

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Level 76

Aug 3, 2019

hence the word 'effectively'

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Level 67

Feb 15, 2021

Dominions had a lot more power than colonies. The South African parliament had a serious debate about remaining neutral during the war and the outcome resulted in the fall of the government (hence the delay in declaring war compared to other countries).

Before becoming a Republic in 1961 South Africa introduced a large amount of apartheid-era legislation, relying on its independence via the Statute of Westminster to do so. If it wasn't independent in 1939 then effectively one could argue that the UK enacted large parts of the apartheid system, which I think you would agree would be silly.

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Level 43

Nov 18, 2017

No, we were our own country with very strong ties to Britain which wouldn't be fully severed until 1980-something

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Level 87

Aug 23, 2018

Wouldn't be severed until....leave the date blank like a gravestone of someone who's still living. Who's on your money and referred to everywhere? The queen of England. Who must approve or disapprove of all legislation? The queen of England's representative. Go to court? "Her majesty, blah blah blah Queen of England requests your presence".

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Level 50

Feb 16, 2019

Except that in that capacity she is the Queen of Canada. Canada is very much an independent country.

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Level 68

Apr 20, 2017

Let's be pedantic and add Danzig to the list! Danzig was a semi-souvereign state at September 1, 1939. Unfortunately, I have not found a source on the causalities of Danzig (as those are usually counted as German causalities) but one can be sure that there were more than 10'000.

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Level 66

Apr 24, 2017

Denmark, Norway, Austria. None of them made it?

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Level 68

May 4, 2017

Austria does not count (see header), Denmark has never fought it was just "peacefully" occupied, and Norway's regular fight was short and costed thus only about 2000 military causalities.

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Level 47

May 10, 2018

denmark was not peacefully invaded. they just fell in 4 hours.

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Level 68

Feb 25, 2020

Pardon, I did not intend to renew the German propaganda that Denmark did not opposed the invasion. Though in fact the Danish were "smart" enough not to oppose "to the last man standing". Therefore basically no causalities.

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Level 40

May 7, 2017

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were part of USSR at that time weren't they?

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Level 63

May 19, 2017

No. They were annexed in 1940 once the war had already started. After that they did de facto cease to exist until 1991.

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Level 45

Aug 15, 2017

I was so caught up in the more obscure ones I missed the most obvious one; Germany

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Level 39

Aug 18, 2017

Somehow managed to skim over Japan and the US

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Level 53

Oct 18, 2017

I'm pretty sure that Portugal, Norway and Denmark participated

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Level 37

Feb 10, 2018

Norway and Denmark yes, but Portugal no. I think your talking about WWI. Apparently Denmark was annexed “peacefully”, and Norway apparently had too few casualties to be on the list.

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Level 47

May 10, 2018

denmark was wiped out in 4 hours...no it wasnt peaceful

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Level 55

Mar 14, 2022

hence the "quotation marks"

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Level 61

Nov 1, 2017

Funniest quiz I have done................I forgot one....................could not think of it.....................USA!!!..............because I assumed I had already included it :-)

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Level 46

Dec 28, 2017

happens to me every day

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Level 67

Mar 7, 2020

yes, extremely funny subject... (you didnt even call it fun, but funny..)

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Level 56

Nov 15, 2017

I forgot Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as I knew they were part of the USSR at some point...

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Level 59

Nov 29, 2017

If we re including the Baltic states and Albania, then I think Slovakia should be in here, and maybe Croatia too.

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Level 37

Feb 10, 2018

Slovakia and Croatia were no more recognized than puppets.

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Level 54

Dec 3, 2020

And they didn't really participate

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Level 45

Jun 9, 2022

Croatia and Albania were part of Yugoslavia, so they were not recognized.

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Level 48

Nov 29, 2017

This quiz would be great if it had an empty map

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Level 56

Nov 29, 2017

What about Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania? They are all part of the Soviet Union.

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Level 5

Mar 21, 2018

What do you mean?

All those countries are now independent. The Soviet Union recognized the independence of these countries in 1991.

Estonia adopted the declaration of independence 20.8.1991 and Latvia the following day. Lithuania had issued a proclamation in the early spring of 1990.

Lithuania and Russia, led by Yeltsin recognized each other in July 1991. Estonia and Latvia, the Russian Federation recognized the independence after the conservative coup attempt 24.8.1991.

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Level 47

May 10, 2018

they were separate states at the start of the war

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Level 47

May 10, 2018

i think

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Level 53

Nov 29, 2017

What did New Zealand do in WWII because I did not know they were in it?

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Level 55

Aug 13, 2020

they were one of several commenwealth countries that sent troops to europe and north africa along side australia, canada, newfoundland. In return american forces were placed in NZ from 1942-5.

There most notable services were in greece, crete, north africa and italy.

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Level 76

Apr 20, 2022

The NZ troops were held in pretty high regard, especially for their performance in the Western Desert.

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Level 64

May 3, 2018

Missed France...How can somebody miss France?

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Level 47

May 10, 2018

what about norway and denmark???

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Level 54

May 22, 2020

Denmark fell within 4 hours and the battle between Germany and Norway was also short.

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Level 65

May 29, 2018

missed the UK. HOW??

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Level 36

Aug 22, 2022

I missed it too…

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Level 46

May 30, 2018

I guessed all (reasonable) Asian, European, North and South American countries. Not only that but I guessed all North African countries just to be disappointed in myself again. South. Africa....

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Level 33

May 30, 2018

Stupid me typed "Russia", then decided it wasn't in there

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Level 74

Jun 27, 2020

I did the same thing. I was so mad when the quiz finished and I had forgotten the USSR existed XD

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Level 59

Jun 11, 2018

Where is Denmark and Norway, they were both invaded and occupied in world war 2.

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Level 38

May 31, 2022

Denmark surrendered in under 6 hours, and Norway fell within a month as well as most troop deaths consisting of British and French Forces

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Level 21

Jun 13, 2018

estonia and Lithuania and Latvia all didnt even have independence from ussr yet so how are they considered countries?

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Level 50

Jun 21, 2018

They were invaded by the USSR in 1940 (during world war II) and remained a part of it until 1991.

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Level 56

Jul 24, 2018

Forgot Germany... I feel dumb

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Level 27

Aug 3, 2018

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia were all part of the USSR during WWII. If you are going to have us put those countries then you need to split up Yugoslavia into Bosnia, Macedonia and Serbia.

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Level 74

Oct 3, 2018

they were independent as of 1st September 1939. The USSR took them over as part of the Nazi-Soviet pact when Germany invaded Poland

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Level 77

Apr 8, 2020

*takes notes for next April Fool's quiz

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Level 59

Sep 10, 2018

Baltic countries were not already part of the USSR?

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Level 83

Oct 20, 2018

They were annexed by the Soviet Union on August, 1940.

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Level 74

Oct 3, 2018

Wasn't Albania already taken over by Italy by September '39?

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Level 49

Nov 22, 2018

Can Jugoslavia be a type-in for Yugoslavia?

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Level 65

Nov 15, 2021

Why would the wrong answer be a type in?

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Level 67

Jan 13, 2019

Learned something. That the baltic states were independent before at one point. I alkways thought they were part of the the soviet and only gained independence recently. It is not often you learn something new that is not a minor detail. (Cant remember the last time, must ve been atleast 10 years ago, that I went like, ow ?! That is news to me!)

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Level 56

Feb 2, 2019

I understand why not to include Austria, but I don't agree with excluding Czechoslovakia. Even though it was taken by Germany before the war, it had its exile government in London and its soldiers were dying in Soviet and Allies armies fighting Axis for freedom of their country. Also, with your logic, Albania should be excluded. It was taken by Italy in April 1939.

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Level 36

Feb 18, 2019

oh i thought that soviet union would be separate countries. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are separate and they were part of USSR for a lot of 20th century so i kinda assumed they would be in 1914-1918. grr

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Level 16

Feb 22, 2019

1939 to 1945

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Level 33

Mar 21, 2019

17/25, could have done better.

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Level 26

Apr 11, 2019

How did I miss Germany and Italy?!?

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Level 33

May 18, 2019

Where's Norway?

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Level 50

May 26, 2019

West and North of Sweden.

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Level 67

Mar 7, 2020

In several comments above this one, all complaining it should be on the list, or explaining why it isnt.

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Level 29

Jul 18, 2019

I looked at the numbers after and it made me feel so sad.

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Level 47

Jul 24, 2019

I can't believe Norway and Denmark didn't make the list, also, wtf is South Africa doing here? Wasn't that part of the British Empire?

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Level 67

Mar 7, 2020

Not after 1931, it became fully sovereign from the UK

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Level 53

Dec 8, 2019

23/25. got all the little baltic and balkan countries but missed italy and canada?? i literally went to juno beach last year too, feel like a right idiot

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Level 51

Feb 14, 2020

Bru I missed France!!!

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Level 36

Mar 2, 2020

What about Norway and Denmark... they got invaded by Nazi Germany

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Level 59

Nov 20, 2020

Too few casualties to be included on the list.

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Level 55

Mar 8, 2020

So I missed Germany.

Seriously I am so stupid.

I'm the reason it's not 100%.

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Level 74

Mar 15, 2020

It's a salutary lesson to me how much we owe to the Soviet Union. However much we may hate it (and, in 2020, Mr Putin) in the West, they virtually won the war for us and it cost them almost as many lives as the rest of the World put together.

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Level 70

Mar 2, 2022

If you think you hate Putin in 2020, wait 'til you see Putin in 2022...

Agree with you that the Soviet Union sacrificed a lot though. Pretty ironic that a nation as autocratic as the USSR/Russia did more than any other country to save democracy. But, of course, I am grateful for that.

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Level 33

Mar 21, 2020

Didn't realize Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania weren't part of the USSR then.

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Level 76

Apr 8, 2020

Regarding the caveat, Philippines was never a part of the United States.

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Level 26

Apr 12, 2020

Many maps made in the USA suggest otherwise. 1898 to 1949 I believe...

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Level 57

Apr 8, 2020

The Position of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are perfect, in North East and in same order as they are on Map. Such a Coincidence

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Level 71

Apr 8, 2020

The Westminster Statute of 1931, which practically granted independence was adopted by each of the dominions at different dates. While Canada adopted the statute before 1939 (in 1931) (and South Africa adopted separate laws in 1934), Australia and New Zealand adopted the act at a much later date after 1939 (1942 for Australia, 1947 for New Zealand) due to anti-independence sentiment. Therefore, Australia and New Zealand really shouldn't be there because they weren't independent then (like how we've excluded India and Philippines)

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Level 58

Apr 8, 2020

It's the worst when one you miss is one you thought you already put in (Hungary)

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Level 61

Apr 8, 2020

I missed Germany. Giant facepalm.

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Level 25

Apr 8, 2020

So sad, image how advanced would the humanity be without wars and all the people work together

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Level 5

Apr 8, 2020

240k in Poland only? are you sure????

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Level 43

Jan 14, 2021

about 6 million total deaths, only 240k military deaths

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Level 49

Apr 9, 2020

that moment when you realize you forgot your home country, the usa. 😑

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Level 59

Apr 9, 2020

Reading the comments is rather soul destroying in its repetitiveness!

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Level 26

Apr 12, 2020

At first I was thinking, "this quiz is really Euro-centric" and then I realized that Italy's war in Ethiopia was prior to 1939 and that SE Asia became independent because of WWII. So many Koreans, Indonesians, Malaysians, Filipinos, Burmese, and Indians died.

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Level 26

Apr 25, 2020

During WWII Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was parts of USSR.

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Level 57

Aug 30, 2021

They were invaded by the USSR during WWII.

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Level 34

Jun 18, 2020

Add cointries with atleast 5,000 deaths please becauss they were involved too. Btw why did you change it Quizmaster.

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Level 72

Jun 29, 2020

I had no idea that Yugoslavia had more WWII military deaths than the U.S. A bit mind-blowing.

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Level 43

Jul 6, 2020

I forgot Greece, and South Africa didn't even come to my mind! As a Finn I knew the Baltic Countries of course.

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Level 53

Jul 10, 2020

So Russia isn't accepted for Soviet Union? That's what I typed and eventually gave up. I know the Soviet Union wasn't Russia back then, but still . . . can you make a type-in?

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Level 59

Nov 20, 2020

The Soviet Union's full name was the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" and never included "Russia" (disregarding pre-USSR) in its name until 1991. Plus, "Russia" was not the only part of the whole Soviet Union, it also included present-day European and Asian countries.

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Level 55

Mar 6, 2021

That's being overly pedantic. It was the successor of the Russian Empire as a politically operating entity (which included the same present-day European and Asian countries, plus MORE), and the modern Russian state is considered the successor of the Soviet Union. So yes, I think Russia should be accepted as a type-in.

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Level 45

Aug 1, 2020

when you pick Lithuania and Finland...

...but forget about ITALY.

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Level 56

Aug 3, 2020

Poland 240k??? In war 6 Million Polish people dead!

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Level 83

Aug 5, 2020

military deaths

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Level 29

Aug 16, 2020

I am pretty happy with myself. I am just ten, and scored 21/24...

I'd also like to say VERY nice quiz.... I've rated 5 stars

Keep up the good work!

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Level 57

Sep 20, 2020

Norway had over 10000 deaths too

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Level 25

Oct 18, 2020

If you only want to accept the ‘Soviet Union’ for Russia than you should also only accept ‘Nazi Germany’ and not Germany.

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Level 59

Nov 20, 2020

Just gonna use this as a copy-paste for people who think like this: the Soviet Union's full name was the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" and never included "Russia" (disregarding pre-USSR) in its name until 1991. Plus, "Russia" was not the only part of the whole Soviet Union, it also included present-day European and Asian countries.

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Level 65

Dec 1, 2020

Wow now I feel dumb because I didnt know China was involved in ww2

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Level 54

Dec 3, 2020

Don't worry about it. Read the number of comments from people that say that they missed the US. Or Germany. Or Japan. I missed the US when I took this quiz one time :(

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Level 39

Feb 15, 2021

i finaly got all of the countries after a year of trying!

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Level 18

Mar 11, 2021

People really be sad that not enough soldiers died in some contries

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Level 28

Mar 29, 2021

so India doesn't count because it was British Empire but Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa do?

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Level 57

Aug 30, 2021

Australia/Canada/NZ/South Africa all had more independence than India.

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Level 35

Aug 9, 2021

Interesting to see that although colonial countries in the British Empire that contributed troops (such as the ANZAC nations) are counted, the non-White ones aren't as they were often just not counted. 2.5 million Indian troops served in the British Army, and 87,000 died. They deserve to be on that list. The same with many colonies : 15,000 Ethiopian ones, 57,000 Filipino military. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties

Please update :)

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Level 57

Aug 30, 2021

Every comment:

Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania was USSR *gets corrected*

Wheres Denmark and Norway?

I feel so dumb i missed [country]

Something useful.

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Level 33

Sep 17, 2021

So I don't know about Norway but with Denmark they basically let Germany invade them and did not resist at all meaning they would not have military deaths. However some died during the occupation but it was only 3000 and they were not military deaths.

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Level 64

Aug 30, 2021

These comments could be a lot lot shorter if only people would a) read the question properly and b) previous comments

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Level 33

Sep 1, 2021

philipines...

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Level 57

Sep 10, 2021

India should be added to the list. Whilst not independent at that time they fought along side Britain and allies

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Level 33

Sep 17, 2021

One thing i wonder is that China is pretty broad

there was many different Chinas that fought japan there was China, Communist China, Shanxi, Sinkiang, and Xibei San Ma so did they not have as many military deaths

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Level 58

Oct 7, 2021

Damn you South Africa

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Level 56

Nov 10, 2021

werent estonia latvia and lithuania just annexed peacefully into ussr?

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Level 59

Dec 10, 2021

That's what I thought

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Level 50

Dec 21, 2021

almost forgot the commonwealth countries

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Level 27

Dec 29, 2021

No Brazil,Slovakia,Croatia,or Siam

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Level 36

Jan 11, 2022

Slovakia is now united as Czechoslovakia, Croatia was part of Yugoslavia, I don't know at Brazil and Siam

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Level 26

Jan 3, 2022

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania didn’t take part in the WWII before they became the republics of the Soviet Union.

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Level 27

Jan 4, 2022

the only one i missed was the netherlands i feel dumb

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Level 36

Jan 11, 2022

I forgot the Baltics XD

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Level 36

Apr 24, 2022

so the baltics werent part of the soviets back then? interesting

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Level 35

May 8, 2022

87,000 Indian soldiers died for Britain in WWII. They deserve their mention.

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Level 23

May 27, 2022

Yup, India is missing from the list

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Level 15

May 31, 2022

What about India

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Level 44

Jun 8, 2022

Dayum I missed UK

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Level 35

Jun 12, 2022

Does Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia count as sovereign countries even though they were annex by the U.S.S.R in early August 1940? I think so but can anybody clarify?

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Level 50

Jun 18, 2022

These are sovereign countries at the start of the war, so if the Baltics were annexed in August 1940, they would still have been independent at the start.

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Level 50

Jun 18, 2022

Quizmaster, if India, the Philippines, etc. are included as part of their respective countries, then why do the figures stay the same as on the Wikipedia page?

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Level 36

Aug 22, 2022

Why haves Netherlands more deaths than Belgium but belgium fighted back for 13 mor days?

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Level 76

Sep 12, 2022

The Dutch had some war casualties when Japan invaded Dutch East Indies, lots of sailors perished when the Japanese navy sank Dutch vessels, for instance.

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Level 52

Sep 12, 2022

Didn't know that about the Baltic states. Assumed they had already been part of the USSR. What an interesting thing to learn from a quiz.

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Average score	66.7%
Rating	4.59