“Europe At War” (1)
One of the many subjects in which I am interested is history and I’ve just started reading the 500-page work “Europe At War 1939-1945: No Simple Victory” written by the British historian Norman Davies. This contains many fascinating facts, figures and insights.
For instance, consider this table which sets out estimates of military war dead in Europe between 1939-1945.
| USSR | 11,000,000 |
| Germany | 3,500,00 |
| Romania | 519,000 |
| Yugoslavia | 300,000 |
| Italy | 226,000 |
| UK | 144,000 |
| USA | 143,000 |
| Hungary | 136,000 |
| Poland | 120,000 |
| France | 92,000 |
| Finland | 90,000 |
Davies writes: “the most obvious conclusion stands out a mile: the war assumed a far grander scale in the East than in any of the fronts where the Western Allies were involved”.