04 - People losses of World War II by country

Country
Military deaths
Civilian deaths
Jewish deaths
Total deaths
Luxembourg
-
1.300
700
2.000
Total war dead were 5,000 which included military losses of about 3,000 with the German Armed Forces and 200 in Belgian Army. The genocide of Roma people was 200 persons.Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 700.
Malaesya
-
100.000
-
100.000
Victims of forced labor and reprisals during the Japanese occupation.
Malta-1.500-1.500
Air attack victims.The BBC has an online report on the siege of Malta.
Mexico-100-100
Mexico lost 7 merchant ships and 63 dead merchant mariners.Mexican Air Force unit Escuadrón 201 served in the Pacific and suffered 5 combat deaths.
Mongolia300--300
Military losses with USSR against Japan in the 1939 Battle of Khalkhin Gol (200) and the 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria  campaigns.
Nauru-500-500
Deaths are for 463 Nauruan labourers deported by Japanese authorities to the Caroline Islands .
Netherlands21.000176.000104.000301.000
Dutch government figures for losses in Europe released in 1948 by the Central Bureau of Statistics( CBS)listed 210,000 direct war casualties plus an additional 70,000 disease deaths caused by the war. The details are as follows: Military deaths of 8,100; which included 2,200 regular Army, 1,700 Dutch Resistance forces, 2,600 Navy forces, 250 POW in Germany and 1,350 Merchant seaman. Civilian deaths of 271,900; which included 27,000 forced workers in Germany, 7,500 missing and presumed dead in Germany, 2,800 victims of executions, 2,500 deaths in Dutch concentration camps, 18,000 political prisoners in Germany, 20,400 deaths due to military activities, 3,700 Dutch serving in the German military, 104,000 deported Jews and 16,000 deaths in the Dutch famine of 1944. The official statistics also reported an additional 70,000 "indirect war casualties", which are attributed to various diseases caused by wartime conditions. Not included in these figures are an additional 1,650 foreign nationals killed while serving in the Dutch Merchant Marine.

At least 3,121 civilian members of various Dutch resistance groups were killed during the occupation, on this page they are included under military casualties. On this page the losses of the 3,700 Dutch in the German Armed Forces are not considered Dutch war casualties, they are included with the military of Germany.

The Dutch suffered additional losses in the Far East which were not included in the CBS figures except for the Navy. Military losses in Asia were 900 in the 1942 Dutch East Indies campaign and 8,500 military POW deaths in Japanese captivity.The Australian War Memorial website reports 8,000 of the 37,0000 Dutch POW died in Japanese captivity .Civilian losses in Asia reported by the Dutch Red Cross included the deaths in Japanese custody of 14,800 Europeans out of 80,000 interned in the Dutch East Indies.

The Netherlands War Graves Foundation maintains a registry of the names of Dutch war dead.The genocide of Roma people was 500 persons.
Newfoundland1.000100-1.100
Newfoundland's losses are listed separately since it was not part of Canada during World War II. Military losses were 1,058: with 956 with the UK: Navy(351),Army (115),Air Force (134) and Merchant Navy (356) and 102 with Canada: Navy (21), Army(41) and Air Force (40).The losses of the Newfoundland Merchant Navy are commemorated at the Allied Merchant Navy Memorial in Newfoundland,. Civilian due to the sinking of the SS Caribou in October 1942 .
New Zealand11.900--11.900
The New Zealand government reported 11,928 total military war dead, mostly fighting in Europe.The military deaths listed here are those reported by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Total deaths were 11,928. The 'Debt of Honour Register' from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists the 1.7m men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars.Details can be found online at the New Zealand Armed Forces Memorial Project.The preliminary 1945 data for New Zealand losses was, killed 10,033, missing 2,129, wounded 19,314 and POW 8,453.
Norway
3.000
5.800
728
9.528
Military deaths were 2,000 regular forces and 1,000 resistance fighters. Civilian dead include 3,600 merchant marine. Total does not include 700 deaths with German Armed Forces.The Norwegian Foreign Ministry reported that "10,262 Norwegians had been killed, including 3,670 seamen. The Germans had executed 366 and tortured 39 to death. Among political prisoners and members of the underground, 658 died at home and 1,433 abroad. About 6,000 Norwegians had served the German war cause, and 709 of them had fallen in battle.Jewish Holocaust victims totaled 728.

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