1, 566, 000 us casualties were in world war ii.
1, 566, 000 us casualties were in world war ii.
how many us casualties in world war ii?
1, 566, 000
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in 1929 a section of the lnc's land at brookwood was set aside as brookwood american cemetery and memorial, the sole burial ground in britain for us military casualties of the first world war. as most us casualties had occurred in continental europe and been buried there the number interred at brookwood was small, with a total of 468 servicemen buried in the cemetery. after the entry of the united states into the second world war the american cemetery was enlarged, with burials of us servicemen beginning in april 1942. with large numbers of american personnel based in the west of england, a dedicated rail service for the transport of bodies operated from devonport to brookwood. by august 1944 over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the american military cemetery. at this time burials were discontinued, and us casualties were from then on buried at cambridge american cemetery and memorial.
london necropolis railway