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December 14

British losses on the Western Front of WWII

And what are the losses of Great Britain exactly on the Western European front of the Second World War. The article about the Western Front says 41 thousand dead, but there is a discrepancy. Total losses in the WWII in England 383 thousand dead: 41 thousand died in Europe, 35 thousand in Africa, 12 thousand in the Pacific War, 10 thousand in Italy, 50 thousand in Antarctica 37.145.63.226 (talk) 16:22, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The "50 thousand in Antarctica" figure makes me think the source may not be entirely reliable. DOR (HK) (talk) 19:08, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

typo, I meant Atlantic.But I'm more interested in the loss of the British on the Western Front because the sources differ greatly. 37.145.63.226 (talk) 19:11, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, can you please clarify what the discrepancy is by providing some links to where you are reading these figures? --Jayron 32 19:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Western Front (World War II)

North African campaign

Pacific War

Battle of the Atlantic 37.145.63.226 (talk) 20:03, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Italian campaign (World War II) 37.145.63.226 (talk) 20:04, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The 41,000 figure is the number of killed in the 21st Army Group in NW Europe between D-Day and VE-Day, which also includes Canadian and Polish deaths. See Table 10. So this does not include losses in NW Europe during 1939-1940, which were just over 11,000 killed. I haven't been able to find an overall breakdown by theatre. Alansplodge (talk) 11:51, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]