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26 million, mostly in prime working and childbearing age - so a larger effect on future population size than the number itself implies.
by idlehand 4y ago
26 million, mostly in prime working and childbearing age - so a larger effect on future population size than the number itself implies.
- watwut 4y ago> mostly in prime working and childbearing age You have seen that in stats or just assume? Because civilian causalities in WWII outnumber military ones. Old people, kids and sick people are extremely vulnerable during wars and die a lot. Especially in WWII. First, obviously holocaust - most victims were from Eastern Europe and old, sick, kids had even lower chance to survive then physically strong people (not that it was high there, but). Second, German army was cleansing Eastern Europe for German settlement. That meant whole villages routinely burned out to ground. Third, famines and such, cause military extracts resources from people.