How many solders fought in World War 2?

Answer 1

There were dozens of different countries involved in that war. I think Winston Churchill gives a partial listing of this information in his memoirs. Michael Montagne

Hi Pete

Your question is too great a task I think, but I can give you the official number of mobilised personnel for the major players;

USA 16 115 000 UK 5 900 000 Germany 20 000 000 Italy 3 100 000 Japan 9 700 000 Canada 1 500 000 Russia 29 000 000

The USSR never provided a figure on how many they mobilised, and the French count is too confusing to be of value here. Sorry.

Official numbers for USSR: 4 826 907 as of June 22, 1941 ( the date Soviet Union entered the war ); 29 574 900 mobilized between 1941 and 1945.

The numbers for France are as follows: 6 000 000 were mobilized in 1940; 480 000 participated in the liberation of North Africa and Italy (1942-); and 1 450 000 were in French uniform during the liberation of France (1944).

About 85 000 soldiers were in a French Army reconstituted under German orders after France was invaded by Germany, and meant to fight alongside the Axis.

Two of the countries above, France and Italy, also had internal resistance movements, i.e. civilians who fought on the side of the Allies but could not fight in uniform. About 400 000 French were at the core of that country's resistance movement. There were about 300 000 Italian resistants.

Answer 2

Proud to Serve! There were 16.1 million men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces in World War II (between Dec. 1, 1941, and Dec. 31, 1946). 73% of them served overseas. Over 10 million were drafted. The source of this information is the US Census Bureau and is found online in table 523 at http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-03.html

Answer 3

british empire - 8 720 000 France - 700 000 USA - 12 million USSR - 12 500 000 Germany - 11 million Japan - just over 6oo million

I am unsure if this is troops left after the war or ammount of troops rasied during the war, if it is troops left then the ammount who where killed should be added to those figures

british empire - 400 000 France - 250 000 USA - 300 000 USSR - 13 and half million (but this figure can go any where up to around 25 million or over, Russia kept there casualties secert for along time so we will never really now how many they lost) Germany - 1 600 000 Japan - 1 700 000

Answer 4

Here list of main countris military size in World War 2

Britain: 3.5 Million Soldiers

Italy: 4.25 Million Soldiers

America: 13 Million Soldiers

Nazi Germany: 25 Million Soldiers

USSR: 32 Million Soldiers

Answer 5

Somewhere between 8 and 9 million men served in the U.S. Army during World War II. The exact number is difficult to determine since figures are usually given for peak strength during a given year and do not take into account those who were killed or who were wounded and released from duty. Plus man soldiers did not serve for the entire war. Deployed means to go overseas. A large number of Army troops remained in the continental US and did not serve in a combat zone. Accurate figures are again not available but estimates are that the number of troops who did not go overseas was probably around 3 million.

Answer 6

In all branches of the US services, 17,867,000 donned the uniforms of their country during WW-II.

Answer 7

Total numbers of soldiers from all countries were about 300 million. Roughly 15 million from the USA.

Answer 8

Over 16 million US Servicemen were under arms during WW2.

About 1 in 12 actually had any contact with the enemy in a combat context.