Moderate71
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That's a good question.
the distinction though I would say, is are we also talking about those POW's that died in captivity on the Russian and German sides and would you limit that to wartime only, cause that's going to massively skew the numbers, if its a direct result of combat, it's a very, very difficult thing to measure.
I think you're massively overrating Italy and forgetting about the Japanese Vs. Chinese.
I would count POWs because they had to capture them first. I wouldn't count civilians killed though. How do you think a war between Germany and Italy would have gone?
For that matter, how would the following invasions have gone?
Germany invades Russia with neither country having allies.
Italy invades Russia with no country having allies.
I would count POWs because they had to capture them first. I wouldn't count civilians killed though. How do you think a war between Germany and Italy would have gone?
For that matter, how would the following invasions have gone?
Germany invades Russia with neither country having allies.
Italy invades Russia with no country having allies.
If we're counting POW's that died in captivity, we have a better idea, but then it comes down to whether you want to count the massive amount of Germans that died in Soviet Captivity following the end of the war.
I would say, it probably goes:
Germany
Soviet Union
Japan
In terms of total enemy combatants killed.
Germany would have steamrolled Italy, Italy was inferior in virtually every way to the German Military except for perhaps Naval capability.
Well, in essence Germany did invade the Soviet Union with it having no allies, that changed quickly afterwards, as Stalin had signed the Non-Aggression Pact and tried to avoid the entire thing, but the Western Powers prior to 1939 didn't really help themselves in that regard.
The Soviet Union invading Italy... Um... That's a tough one, I mean it's not really a practical question with the geography involved and I'm afraid I don't possess knowledge of Soviet Naval Invasion capability, but I can imagine it probably wasn't great, particularly in what it could deploy in the Mediterranean.
Thanks for the response.
One minor point. I wasn't talking about the Soviet Union invading Italy. I was talking about Italy invading the Soviet Union 1V1 in 1940.
1. JapanWhich country killed the most enemy soldiers in WW2?
Russia lost about 11 million, with Germany killing slightly more than half of them. Lets say 6 million killed by Germany and 5 million killed by Italy. Italy was also tearing things up in the Balkans and North Africa and gave the Allies fits trying to invade them. I'd still give Germany a slight edge in enemy soldiers killed though.
Germany lost about 5 million, probably 4.9 million killed by Russia.
I say:
1. Germany
2. Italy
3. Russia
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1. Japan
2. Russia
3. Germany
4. U.S.
Which country killed the most enemy soldiers in WW2?
Russia lost about 11 million, with Germany killing slightly more than half of them. Lets say 6 million killed by Germany and 5 million killed by Italy. Italy was also tearing things up in the Balkans and North Africa and gave the Allies fits trying to invade them. I'd still give Germany a slight edge in enemy soldiers killed though.
Germany lost about 5 million, probably 4.9 million killed by Russia.
I say:
1. Germany
2. Italy
3. Russia
Who did Russia kill other than Germans? About 100,000 Italians and Rumanians is all I can think of. The Germans killed more Russians than vice versa. Also Germany killed British, French, and Americans.
People who Ioseph had killed.Who did Russia kill other than Germans? About 100,000 Italians and Rumanians is all I can think of. The Germans killed more Russians than vice versa. Also Germany killed British, French, and Americans.
Which country killed the most enemy soldiers in WW2?
Russia lost about 11 million, with Germany killing slightly more than half of them. Lets say 6 million killed by Germany and 5 million killed by Italy. Italy was also tearing things up in the Balkans and North Africa and gave the Allies fits trying to invade them. I'd still give Germany a slight edge in enemy soldiers killed though.
Germany lost about 5 million, probably 4.9 million killed by Russia.
I say:
1. Germany
2. Italy
3. Russia
Italy??? Italy was the military laughingstock of WW2.
Italy might not have killed 100,000 Russians, and certainly killed nowhere near 1mil, much less 5mil.
And Italy did not "tear" anyone up, anywhere. The only place it went in the Balkans was Greece (tiny Albania was conquered before WW2 started), and the Greeks completely routed them. As for North Africa Italy not only did not put a dent in the British, they were torn to shreds. All the "fits" in the Balkans, North Africa and the Italian mainland were provided by the Germans. And Germany lost more than 100k dead outside the USSR, although POWs far exceeded battle deaths.
If you ever watched the movie "Head" with 'The Monkees' there is a vignette where a large group of Italian soldiers, with Tank, surrender to one of the musicians lost in the desert....
People who Ioseph had killed.
1. Russians
2. Germans
3. Italians
4. Hungarians
5. Japanese
6. Poles
The thread is title "Which country killed the most enemy soldiers in WW2?", not who killed the most of their own civilians. Russia killed maybe a couple hundred thousand enemy soldiers not counting Germans.
That's a good question.
the distinction though I would say, is are we also talking about those POW's that died in captivity on the Russian and German sides and would you limit that to wartime only, cause that's going to massively skew the numbers, if its a direct result of combat, it's a very, very difficult thing to measure.
I think you're massively overrating Italy and forgetting about the Japanese Vs. Chinese.
Which country killed the most enemy soldiers in WW2?
Russia lost about 11 million, with Germany killing slightly more than half of them. Lets say 6 million killed by Germany and 5 million killed by Italy. Italy was also tearing things up in the Balkans and North Africa and gave the Allies fits trying to invade them. I'd still give Germany a slight edge in enemy soldiers killed though.
Which country killed the most enemy soldiers in WW2?
Russia lost about 11 million, with Germany killing slightly more than half of them. Lets say 6 million killed by Germany and 5 million killed by Italy. Italy was also tearing things up in the Balkans and North Africa and gave the Allies fits trying to invade them. I'd still give Germany a slight edge in enemy soldiers killed though.
Germany lost about 5 million, probably 4.9 million killed by Russia.
I say:
1. Germany
2. Italy
3. Russia
...I think the more interesting question is who killed more Russian soldiers, the Nazis or the Soviets?
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