War Losses
In the House of Commons Mr Atlee revealed that it is estimated the German armed forces during the war lost 7,400,000 killed and permanently wounded or disabled. On the other hand, the forces of the British Commonwealth—including Great Britain—from September 3, 1939, to May 31, 1945, lost 1,233,796 of whom 336,772 were killed and 330,523 were prisoners of war. In the First World War the British Commonwealth casualties were about three times that number.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 34, 2 April 1948, Page 5
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