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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#Human_losses_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#Human_... has military death
by zimpenfish 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#Human_losses_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#Human_... has military deaths for the Soviet Union at between 8 and 11M - bad but some way short of 20M.
- asimjalis 6y agoWho are you going to believe? An anonymous poster on Wikipedia or an anonymous poster on HN?
- zimpenfish 6y agoThe anonymous poster(s) on Wikipedia do include links to sources, including, e.g., http://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/SovietLosses.pdf http://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/SovietLosses.pd... which has the 11M estimate and seems reasonably well researched.
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- pacificmint 6y agoFor soldiers, that’s correct. However, if you include civilian deaths you do hit the 20 million number. And that’s the lower estimate.
- zimpenfish 6y agoYes, but the original statement specifically said 20M soldiers, not "soldiers and civilians".
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