How many Army Casualties in Europe Area during World War 2?

Answer 1

Good Guestimate AnswerWe'll assume you're asking about the American Army which included the Army Air Corps (later the Air Force) during WW2. One commonly hears that 229,000 Americans died during World War Two. That is the ARMY figure, however. Overall American deaths (413,000, of which approx. 300,000 were combat deaths) were spread pretty much equally between the two theaters. We can assume, however, that Navy and Marine casualties were much higher in the Pacific while Merchant Marine and Army casualties were higher in Europe. Going with this information, I would surmise that the U.S. Army (again, including the Army Air Corps) probably lost about 120,000+ men in Europe during World War Two.

My wife and I visited the D-Day museum in Caan, France in September, 2008. (The museum is spectacular.) In it, there is a plaque with the list of deaths by country. They are as follows:

Allied Powers

Russia 1,800,000

France 1,375,800

United Kingdom 908,371

Italy 578,000

Serbia 278,000

Romania 250,000

United States 114,000

Belgium 38,716

Central Powers

Germany 2,033,700

Austria/Hungary 1,100,000

Turkey 804,000

Bulgaria 87,500