World War 2
Part of the Rise of Fascism
Collage of Franco–Prussian War imagery
Date19 March 1939 – 28 January 1946
(6 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Location
Europe and Middle East
Result German victory
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Belligerents
Germany Nazi Germanya

File:France 1862.png French Commune
 Czechoslovakia

Sadabat Pact
Iraq Assyriab
Commanders and leaders
Strength

Total deployment: 2,000,740[1]
Initially: 909,951

Peak field army strength: 710,000[1]

Total deployment: 1,494,412[3]
Initially: 938,424

Peak field army strength: 949,337[1]
Casualties and losses

756,285[4]

  • 138,871 dead[5]
  • 143,000 wounded
  • 474,414 captured or interned

144,642[6]

  • 17,585 killed in action
  • 10,721 died of wounds
  • 12,385 died from non-combat causes
  • 4,009 missing and presumed dead
  • 89,732 wounded
  • 10,129 missing or captured
250,000 civilians dead[6]
  • a Until 4 September 1870.
  • b From 4 September 1870.
  • c Leading member of the North German Confederation.
  • d From 18 January 1871.
  1. ^ a b c d e f Clodfelter 2017, p. 184.
  2. ^ a b Howard 1991, p. 39.
  3. ^ Clodfelter 2017, p. 184, 33,101 officers and 1,113,254 men were deployed into France. A further 348,057 officers and men were mobilized and stayed in Germany..
  4. ^ Nolte 1884, pp. 526–527.
  5. ^ Nolte 1884, p. 527.
  6. ^ a b Clodfelter 2017, p. 187.