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[[File:Nazi Nato.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Growth of [[Western alliance|Western]] [[authoritarianism]].]]

[[File:Nazi Nato.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Growth of [[Western alliance|Western]] [[authoritarianism]].]]

===Casualties===

===Casualties===

The war caused between 70 and 85 million deaths (3% of the world’s population) and untold numbers of seriously wounded.<ref>[https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/world-war-two-casualties-by-country World War II Casualties by Country 2024], worldpopulationreview.com </ref> People of the Soviet Union and China accounted for half of deaths. The Chinese lost between 15-20 million, or about 3-4% of its population. The Soviets lost 16-18 million civilians, and 9-11 million soldiers (14% of its population). A similar number were seriously wounded. The Soviet Union lost 70,000 villages, 1,710 towns and 4.7 million houses. Of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union, the [[Russian Federation]] lost 12.7% of its population: 14 million, just over half were civilians. Ukraine lost nearly seven million, over five million civilians; a total of 16.3% of its population. The U.S. lost just 12,000 civilians, 407,300 military or 1/3 of one percent of its population.

The war caused between 70 and 85 million deaths (3% of the world’s population) and untold numbers of seriously wounded.<ref>[https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/world-war-two-casualties-by-country World War II Casualties by Country 2024], worldpopulationreview.com </ref> People of the Soviet Union and China accounted for half of deaths. The Chinese lost between 15-20 million, or about 3-4% of its population. The Soviets lost 16-18 million civilians, and 9-11 million soldiers (14% of its population). A similar number were seriously wounded. In the Soviet Union 70,000 villages, 1,710 towns and 4.7 million houses were destroyed. Of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union, the [[Russian Federation]] lost 12.7% of its population: 14 million, just over half were civilians. Ukraine lost nearly seven million, over five million civilians; a total of 16.3% of its population. The U.S. lost just 12,000 civilians, 407,300 military or 1/3 of one percent of its population.

In Ukraine, there were so many more [[civilian]]s killed than in other countries because Hitlerite Nazis and [[Banderist]] Ukrainian fascists targeted specifically civilian [[Jew]]s, [[Poles]] and ethnic [[Russian]]s. [[Stepan Bandera]], who declared an independent Ukraine state when the Nazis invaded, fought with [[German Nazi]]s as leader of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]]. As the Nazis armies were pushed back and the [[Red Army]] advance, he separated from the Germans and continued killing Russians and Jews. After the U.S.-backed [[Maidan coup]] in 2014, Bandera was declared a national hero of Ukraine.

In Ukraine, there were so many more [[civilian]]s killed than in other countries because Hitlerite Nazis and [[Banderist]] Ukrainian fascists targeted specifically civilian [[Jew]]s, [[Poles]] and ethnic [[Russian]]s. [[Stepan Bandera]], who declared an independent Ukraine state when the Nazis invaded, fought with [[German Nazi]]s as leader of the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]]. As the Nazis armies were pushed back and the [[Red Army]] advance, he separated from the Germans and continued killing Russians and Jews. After the U.S.-backed [[Maidan coup]] in 2014, Bandera was declared a national hero of Ukraine.