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Remembering "Players" and "Stastics": World War II Fast Facts

(CNN) - Here's a look at World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945.

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Major Players:
Germany - Adolf Hitler, Der Furher
Japan - Admiral Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister
Italy - Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister

Allied Powers:
The United States, Great Britain, China and the Soviet Union made up the Allies, the group fighting the Axis. Between 1939 and 1944 at least 50 nations would eventually fight together.
Thirteen more nations would join by 1945 including: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, British Commonwealth of Nations, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Philippines and Yugoslavia.

Major Players:
United States - Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
Great Britain - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister
China - Chiang Kai-Shek, General
Soviet Union - Joseph Stalin, General

US Troop Statistics:
16,112,566 - Number of US troops that served in the conflict.
670,846 - Number of US wounded.

US Deaths:
Battle: 291,557
Non-Battle: 113,842
Total In-Theatre: 405,399

Other Military Casualties by Country 1939-1945 (selected):
Australia: 23,365 dead; 39,803 wounded
Austria: 380,000 dead; 350,117 wounded
Belgium: 7,760 dead; 14,500 wounded
Bulgaria: 10,000 dead; 21,878 wounded
Canada: 37,476 dead; 53,174 wounded
China: 2,200,000 dead; 1,762,000 wounded
France: 210,671 dead; 390,000 wounded
Germany: 3,500,000 dead; 7,250,000 wounded
Great Britain: 329,208 dead; 348,403 wounded
Hungary: 140,000 dead; 89,313 wounded
Italy: 77,494 dead; 120,000 wounded
Japan: 1,219,000 dead; 295,247 wounded
Poland: 320,000 dead; 530,000 wounded
Romania: 300,000 dead; wounded unknown
Soviet Union: 7,500,000 dead; 5,000,000 wounded
United States: 405,399 dead; 670,846 wounded

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