Who were the victims of World War 2?

Answer 1

It is hard to say because you can't say any group of people truly won the war. The Jewish perscution by the Nazis is very well documented. also the Nazi persecution, of

Poles, Romanis(Gypsies), Soviet civilians, Soviet prisoners of war, people with mental or physical disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other political and religious opponents, which is lesser known to the general public and of course the millions of civilians who died due to starvation, disease, and other war-related actions

Answer 2

Depends who you ask.

The "targets" varied from country to country in their own engagement in the war.

For example, a simple answer might be that the Germans "targeted" the Jewish race. But it was much more complicated than that. The Germans also invaded surrounding countries like Poland and France in attempt to re-establish the land and country that they believed was theirs.

The Japanese targeted the United States with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but they were also interfering in other countries as part of their own "manifest destiny" plan. This included occupation of several islands in the Pacific (notably the Philippines) as well as small incursions and capture of Chinese nationals.

The Russians had targets of their own as well, some of whom included political "dissidents" within their own state, but which also extended to empirical ambitions throughout many of the countries surrounding Russia (the USSR and what are now called the "Former Soviet Republics")

It's simple to say the US targeted the German Nazis, the Italian Fascists and the Japanese. But we also targeted foreign nationals living within our own borders, including placing Japanese nationals in concentration camps within the United States.

There is no simple answer to such a question. It was all-out war. Anyone and everyone was targeted. What you believe is a result of your particular reading of the history, and the biases that come with that.

Answer 3

In a coflict as large as World War 2, everyone is a victim.