NUMBERS TELL PART OF THE STORY
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AT A GLANCE
December 16, 1944–January 25, 1945
U.S. NUMBERS |
| 600,000 GIs fought in the Ardennes |
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| 19,246 soldiers died |
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| 23,000 GIs taken prisoner |
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| More than 60,000 GIs wounded or injured |
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| One in 10 U.S. combat casualties during World War II occurred during the Battle of the Bulge |
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GERMAN NUMBERS* |
| 250,000 men fought on the front lines |
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| 11,000 dead |
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| 34,000 wounded |
WORLD WAR II AT A GLANCE
How long the war lasted |
| 2,174 days |
Countries involved in World War II |
| 61 |
Americans who served in uniform |
| 16.1 million |
United Kingdom citizens who served in uniform |
| 5.9 million |
Canadians who served in uniform |
| 1.1 million |
Average time each U.S. serviceman spent overseas |
| 16 months |
Bombs dropped by Allies |
| 3.4 million tons |
Airplanes that the U.S. 8th Air Force shot down |
| 6,098 |
Americans unaccounted for at the end of the war |
| 73,000 |
Estimated number of GIs buried in Europe |
| 25,000 |
U.S. military dead |
| 405,399 |
U.S. civilian dead |
| 1,700† |
U.S. soldiers wounded |
| 671,278 |
U.K. military dead |
| 383,600 |
U.K. civilian dead |
| 67,100 |
U.K. soldiers wounded |
| 326,000 |
Canadian military dead |
| 23,000 |
Canadian soldiers wounded |
| 54,000 |
Soviet military dead |
| 8.8–10.7 million |
Soviet civilian dead |
| 13–15 million |
Soviet soldiers wounded |
| 14,915,517 |
German military dead |
| 5,533,000 |
German civilian dead |
| 1,067,000–3,267,000 |
German soldiers wounded |
| 6,035,000 |
European Jews killed during the Holocaust |
| 6 million |
Japanese dead in Hiroshima bombing |
| 90,000–120,000‡ |
Japanese dead in Nagasaki bombing |
| 60,000–80,000‡ |
Deaths worldwide |
| 60 million§ |
*German losses are difficult to count with precision. These numbers are taken from the official German history.
†1,500 American citizens were living in Japan at the time of the declaration of war. They died in internment camps. About 180 U.S. citizens were living in Germany and also died in captivity. At Pearl Harbor, 68 civilians died.
‡Many more died later of diseases caused by radiation poisoning.
§27,600 every day of the war, 1,150 every hour, or 19 every minute.