Percentage of population lost during World War 2

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Could you imagine being a man in those times.

[–]jet199[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Not really, especially as most men wanted the war as a way to prove themselves as the previous generation had.

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Exactly. I’d not go to war and bang sluts.

[–]cunninglingus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Excellent map, which I think someone on Reddit shared a while ago, noting Belarus and Ukraine deaths:

https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/189899031489/extension-world-war-2-deaths-by-percentage-of

Sometimes those numbers are added to a misleading Soviet estimate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_War_II_Casualties.svg