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See estimates for worldwide deaths, broken down by country, in World War II.
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Main Leaders. Numbers of Deaths. Death figures for World War Two vary from source to source. The figures below are believed to be reasonably accurate. Victims of the Holocaust. Loading... This article is part of our larger educational resource on World War Two.
The war involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale; the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expansion of the role of women inevitable, although the particular roles varied from country to country. Millions of women of various ages were injured or died as a result of the war.
10 paź 2019 · Since the 1960s, the role of women in the Second World War as war workers, victims and as auxiliaries to patriarchal militaries, has received scholarly attention.
From housewives and mothers to factory workers and farm hands, women across the country were central to the war effort. How did this experience change their lives?
29 sie 2018 · A museum exhibit about the roles of women in World War II reveals how every person had an impact, for better or worse, at home and on the battlefield.
When men left to serve in the armed forces during World War II, their absence created a labor shortage throughout the United States. By 1943, government officials and industry leaders looked to women workers to contribute to the production needs created by war.
