Approximately 51 million people died in the European theater during World War II.
Explanation:
Europe was the main theater of operations of World War II. It was opened with the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 and closed with the unconditional surrender of Germany to the United Kingdom, the United States, France and the Soviet Union on May 8, 1945.
The important European theater of operations included three fronts of operations: the Mediterranean Front, the Western Front and the Eastern Front. The combined total deaths of these fronts was approximately of 51 million, taking into account both military and civilian deaths.
<span>C. 40 million+ people died in the European theater of World War II.
Death toll totals for World War II are debated somewhat, and have some ranges within which estimates occur. Using figures provided by the National World War II Museum, the death count in the European theater of the war (both military and civilian deaths) totaled between 41 and 45 million people. The Soviet Union bore the heaviest casualty count, with 24 million who died. The Holocaust, which Germany carried out against Jews and others, is another dreadful part of the death count in Europe.
And then there was the Asian-Pacific theater of war as well. About 20 million Chinese persons and 3 million Japanese persons lost their lives in World War II.
Worldwide in the horrific conflict between nations that was World War II, there were approximately 15 million battle deaths (plus another 25 million wounded), and 45 million civilian deaths.</span>
