Russia had the most WWII casualties, with nearly 21 million people killed.¹⁾

During the Holocaust, it is believed that 1.5 million children died. Approximately 1.2 million were Jewish, with tens of thousands being Gypsies.²⁾

80% of Soviet boys born in 1923 did not survive WWII.³⁾

The Allies dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs between 1939 and 1945, an average of 27,700 tons each month.⁴⁾

Russia and the Red Army were accused of various war crimes, including systematic mass rape (the Red Army reportedly raped over 2 million German women) and genocide.⁵⁾

Many concentration camp inmates were beyond aid even after the Allies arrived. In Bergen-Belsen, for example, 13,000 prisoners died after liberation.⁶⁾

Within six weeks of liberation, over 2,500 of the 33,000 Dachau survivors perished.⁷⁾

Most historians think that WWII began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Others think it started when Japan invaded Manchuria on September 18, 1931. Some experts believe WWII is a continuation of WWI with a pause in between.⁸⁾

The SS used the bogus identity Max Heiliger to open a bank account in which they deposited money, gold, and jewellery stolen from European Jews.⁹⁾