Japan’s surrender on the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay: End of World War II. 60 million dead: >30 million Russia, 13 million China, 6 million Poland, 6 million Germany (4.5 million soldiers and 1.5 million civilians), 2 million Japan (0.4 million civilians), 0.3 Italy, USA (405,399 American casualties), UK, France. Russia loses 10% of its population in the conflict and another 10% dies due to Stalinist repression. Greece loses 6% of its population, Hungary 5%, Yugoslavia 6.3%, the Baltics 9%, Poland 15%, Ukraine 20%, and Belarus 25%! Total cost: $7 trillion. It was, in absolute terms, the most destructive event in human history. 90 million people in all but 18 countries of the world were affected
