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Countries in World War II

Name the countries that had at least 10,000 military deaths during WWII.
Sovereign countries that existed as of September 1, 1939
Czechoslovakia and Austria don't count because they had already been taken over by Germany
Also India doesn't count because it was part of the British Empire. Philippines was part of the US, etc...
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Last updated: February 24, 2020
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First submittedDecember 18, 2012
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Deaths
Country
11,400,000
Soviet Union
5,318,000
Germany
3,750,000
China
2,300,000
Japan
446,000
Yugoslavia
407,300
United States
383,700
United Kingdom
341,000
Italy
Deaths
Country
300,000
Romania
240,000
Poland
210,000
France
200,000
Hungary
95,000
Finland
42,000
Canada
39,700
Australia
35,100
Greece
Deaths
Country
34,000
Estonia
30,000
Latvia
25,000
Lithuania
18,500
Bulgaria
18,200
Netherlands
12,000
Belgium
11,900
South Africa
11,700
New Zealand
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Level 25
Apr 11, 2019
How did I miss Germany and Italy?!?
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Level 32
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 65
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 26
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 65
Mar 7, 2020
Not after 1931, it became fully sovereign from the UK
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Level 52
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 50
Feb 14, 2020
Bru I missed France!!!
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Level 17
Mar 4, 2024
Same
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Level 39
Mar 2, 2020
What about Norway and Denmark... they got invaded by Nazi Germany
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Level 62
Nov 20, 2020
Too few casualties to be included on the list.
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Level 64
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 77
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 71
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 32
Mar 21, 2020
Didn't realize Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania weren't part of the USSR then.
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Level 79
Apr 8, 2020
Regarding the caveat, Philippines was never a part of the United States.
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Level 24
Apr 12, 2020
Many maps made in the USA suggest otherwise. 1898 to 1949 I believe...
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Level 56
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 73
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 78
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 65
Apr 8, 2020
I missed Germany. Giant facepalm.
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Level 24
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 60
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 24
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 24
Apr 25, 2020
During WWII Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was parts of USSR.
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Level 64
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 48
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 52
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 62
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 54
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 55
Aug 3, 2020
Poland 240k??? In war 6 Million Polish people dead!
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Level 82
Aug 5, 2020
military deaths
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Level 24
Feb 13, 2024
Dang that sad they be like u dont matter
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Level 30
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 59
Sep 20, 2020
Norway had over 10000 deaths too
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Level 24
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 62
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 71
Dec 1, 2020
Wow now I feel dumb because I didnt know China was involved in ww2
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Level 57
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 38
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 64
Aug 30, 2021
Australia/Canada/NZ/South Africa all had more independence than India.
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Level 37
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 64
Aug 30, 2021
Every comment:

Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania was USSR *gets corrected*

Wheres Denmark and Norway?

I feel so dumb i missed [country]

I feel so dumb i missed [country]

Something useful.

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Level 36
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 67
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 35
Sep 1, 2021
philipines...
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Level 70
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 36
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 57
Oct 7, 2021
Damn you South Africa
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Level 59
Nov 10, 2021
werent estonia latvia and lithuania just annexed peacefully into ussr?
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Level 67
Dec 10, 2021
That's what I thought
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Level 49
Dec 21, 2021
almost forgot the commonwealth countries
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Level 57
Dec 29, 2021
No Brazil,Slovakia,Croatia,or Siam
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Level 24
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 67
May 19, 2023
They were annexed and invaded by the Soviet Union in 1940 (during WWII), who was fighting in the war.
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Level 26
Jan 4, 2022
the only one i missed was the netherlands i feel dumb
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Level 53
Apr 24, 2022
so the baltics werent part of the soviets back then? interesting
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Level 37
May 8, 2022
87,000 Indian soldiers died for Britain in WWII. They deserve their mention.
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Level 22
May 27, 2022
Yup, India is missing from the list
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Level 16
May 31, 2022
What about India
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Level 43
Jun 8, 2022
Dayum I missed UK
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Level 27
Nov 26, 2022
I almost missed it but remembered at the last 10 seconds
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Level 38
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 53
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 53
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 37
Aug 22, 2022
Why haves Netherlands more deaths than Belgium but belgium fighted back for 13 mor days?
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Level 79
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 37
Oct 16, 2022
That sounds logic, but the Dutch East Indies suffered 4 millions deaths so I think that doesn’t make many sense
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Level 65
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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Level 37
Oct 16, 2022
The ussr literally had 2 times the deaths as it stand here
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Level 30
Dec 4, 2022
Surprised only 91% get the Soviet Union
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Level 28
Nov 9, 2023
maybe they got confused with the difference between Russia and Soviet Union
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Level 17
Dec 9, 2022
you forgot brazil
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Level 28
Jan 6, 2023
How did I almost miss China...
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Level 58
Jan 9, 2023
..and where is CzechoSlovak army ?

In 1938, the 1,500,000-strong Czechoslovak Army was among the largest in Europe, and fairly well-equipped with modern weapons, including locally produced tanks and aircraft.

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Level 53
Feb 17, 2023
Since Czechoslovakia was invaded by Nazi Germany before the Second World War, it does not count. This quiz only counts countries that were sovereign states at the start of WWII.
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Level 45
Jan 27, 2023
I'm curious where you got the numbers from.
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Level 28
Mar 1, 2023
Why are the baltic countries in this? They all lost sovereignty outside of/before the war.
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Level 67
May 19, 2023
They were invaded and annexed in 1940, well into the war.
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Level 39
Mar 14, 2023
Where is India? They lost 2.2 - 3 million people fighting for the UK.
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Level 67
May 8, 2023
Exactly, fighting for the UK, wasn't independent until 1947
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Level 76
Jun 16, 2023
Already been answered, but India "only" lost around 90,000 soldiers. Most of the 3 million deaths you mentioned were famine related.
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Level 67
May 8, 2023
Usually I miss Romania but this time I somehow forgot France
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Level 21
Jun 7, 2023
Czechoslovakia should be included. As someone pointed out, Slovakia is not on the list, since it was not recognised by allies and neither is the Protectorate -> Czechoslovakia government existed and was recognised, if only in exile.

The list should be consistent, as it is it is erasing contributions and suffering of Czechoslovakia (and other countries). It should either include Protectorate and Slovakia as separate entities or as Czechoslovakia, not ommit them altogether.

More so, the number of casualties for China counts casualties since 1937.

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Level 49
Aug 13, 2023
I had no idea Finland, China, Greece, Latvia, Estonia, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Lithuania, and Netherlands were a part of WWII
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Level 28
Nov 9, 2023
wasn't Indonesia part of ww2 ?????
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Level 26
Dec 23, 2023
Canada, Australia and New Zealand were yet colonies of the UK.
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Level 22
Feb 14, 2024
Was Algeria In World War 2?
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Level 20
Feb 19, 2024
It was a French colony, not a sovereign nation, so it wouldn't be included on the list.
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Level 20
Feb 19, 2024
I'm so dumb... I forgot Hungary....
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Level 17
Mar 4, 2024
you forgot sudan