What are the casualty figures for U.S. civilians - not soldiers or others in official capacities - during World War II? It's easy finding numbers for soldier deaths and wounded, but I'm stuck when it comes to civilian figures. I know there were a number of civilian deaths at Pearl Harbor. Probably others in Asia. Don't know about Germany/Italy. Any help?
2007-11-13 10:20:57 · 7 answers · asked by sbraitman 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
This can be found on Wikipedia.
2007-11-13 10:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by alaisin13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of what possible importance is this question? Are you going to say that World War II was wrong because civilians were killed? No? Then why does it matter? Civilians get caught up in war, every war. Remember on Veterans Day almost all soldiers started as civilians.
2007-11-13 10:55:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first ten civilians in Honolulu who were killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor all had Japanese surnames.
Total civilian deaths in all theaters (not counting victims of the Holocaust) probably exceeded 25 million.
2007-11-13 11:55:55 · answer #3 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Several from 5" AA shells at Pearl Harbor and 5 from the Japanese incidiary balloon that landed in Washington (state) in 1945.
2007-11-13 10:25:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
JH.. he typed in the battle of okinawa... 1945... in the pacific. thats the time period. im not sure what the estimate is either... yeah there have been so many that there isnt an exact amnt. its definitely way more than the US casualties (72,000) but if i had to guess.. itd be around 130,000.
2016-05-23 01:20:42 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give this a shot...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_casualties_by_country
2007-11-13 10:27:47 · answer #6 · answered by Robert S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here you go!
2007-11-13 10:27:09 · answer #7 · answered by Bamababe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋