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450,900 British people died during WW2. 383,300 were Military deaths and 67,100 were civilian deaths. This was about 0.94% of the British population that was killed during WW2.
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Britain lost about 451,000 people (not inlcuding British colonies). 383,800 were military deaths and 67,100 were civlian deaths.
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I assume you mean civilian casualties? The number of dead from German bombing and V weapons was about 65,000 non-military in the British Isles for the entire war. Most of these died during the 'blitz' which was an intense air campaign the Germans ran from Summer 1940 to May 1941. Originally it was structured to destroy the British air force (RAF) and to disrupt shipping around Britain. Due to British attacks against German civilians, Hitler ordered the targets be changed to include British residential areas. It was here that most of the civilian casualties occurred. To some extent the German attacks were tactically successful. The warehouse and port area of London was heavily damaged. Many ships were sunk in the shipping lanes. Mines were laid too and these slowed commerce greatly. The British air forces were nearly exhausted by the conflict. The German switch to civilian targets gave the English space to recover and in those air battles they decimated the German attackers. It is interesting to note that the English government had anticipated a much bloodier bombing campaign. They had ordered up to 2,000,000 caskets as this was the number of dead they expected as a result of German attacks. As it was only a tiny percentage of this number were killed. In 1942, there was a 'mini blitz' where near suicidal German attacks were made to try and dissuade the English from their attacks on German civilians. Then, in early 1944, the Vengeance Weapons were launched by Germany. The first, the V1, was a small jet powered air craft without pilot. Later the V2 was used, a much larger, expensive weapon. This was the first long range rocket in human history. Both these produced many civilian casualties.

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451,000 British People were killed during World War 2, 384,000 being Military Recorded deaths and 67,000 Civilian Deaths. The civilians deaths were mostly from the Blitzkrieg Bombings in the UK and rest from the Channel Islands captured by the Nazi Germans.

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In total, Britain lost 450,900. This includes 383,800 soldiers and 67,100 civilians, which were killed during WW2.

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Roughly about 300,000 military personnel and about 60-70,000 civilian dead

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451,000 British people were killed during World War 2, 390,000 Being Military Deaths and 61,000 being Civilian Deaths.

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10000000000000

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I do not have a clue

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450,900 British died during WW2.

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