World War II marked by 50 to 85 million fatalities, most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China. It included massacres, the genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, premeditated death from starvation and disease, and the only use of nuclear weapons in war. Japan, which aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific, was at war with China by 1937, though neither side had declared war on the other. World War II is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany and subsequent declarations on Germany by France and the United Kingdom. From
Casualties of the Gaza War (2008–09) Casualties of the Gaza War (2008–09) Gaza War fatalities estimates made by human rights NGOs and by the involved combatants: "*" B'Tselem was unable to classify 32 deaths, including four children, as combatant or non-combatant. "**" The IDF regards Gazan police as part of the Hamas armed forces. "***" The figure refers to police officers killed at police stations, 17 other policemen were killed while participating in hostilities. "****" The figure refers to what PCHR claimed was non-combatant civil police officers. "*****" Includes four IDF soldiers killed by the IDF in friendly fire incidents. The World Health Organization reported that