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Total Dead Note World War II: 1939 1945 383,700 67,100 450,900 World War II deaths; includes deaths from the Crown Colonies: Arab revolt in Palestine: 1936 1939 262 262 Iraqi revolt against the British: 1920 1920 1,000 1,000 Tauber, E., The Formation of Modern Syria and Iraq, pp. 312-314 Anglo-Irish War: 1919 1921 776 [7] 898 [7] 1,674
British casualties of World War II, persons in military service, combatants or non-combatants, who became unavailable for duty due to any of several circumstances, including death, injury, illness, capture or desertion.
Pages in category "British Army personnel killed in World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 324 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [342] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [343]
The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions, Crown colonies and protectorates on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany. There was ...
The first British civilian casualties of World War II occurred when a German U-boat sank the Cunard passenger liner SS Athenia (1922) chartered from the Anchor Donaldson Line on September 3, 1939, the day Britain entered the War. It was sunk without warning west of Scotland by U-30, which had been shadowing the liner and attacked when it ...
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British people who died in Japanese internment camps (15 P) Pages in category "British civilians killed in World War II" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.