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
British fatalities during Operation Telic these totals are likely to rise significantly when full records for 2003 to 2006 become available. Total: 8 Total: 11 Total: 137 Total: 22 Total: 4 Combat Fatalities: 0, Other Fatalities: 1, Wounded in Action: 0, Other Injured: 218. Combat Fatalities: 2, Other Fatalities: 2, Wounded in Action: 20, Other Injured: 758. Combat Fatalities: 37, Other Fatalities: 10, Wounded in Action: 202, Other Injured: 1098. Combat Fatalities: 27, Other Fatalities: 2, Wounded in Action: 93, Other Injured: 1209. Combat Fatalities: 20, Other Fatalities: 3, Wounded in Action: UNAVAILABLE, Other Injured: UNAVAILABLE. Combat Fatalities: 10, Other Fatalities: 12, Wounded in Action: