World War II casualties of the Soviet Union World War II casualties of the Soviet Union World War II fatalities of the Soviet Union from all related causes number was approximately 27,000,000, both civilian and military, although the exact figures are disputed. The number 20 million was considered official during the Soviet era. The Russian government puts the Soviet war dead at 26.6 million based on a 1993 study by the Russian Academy of Sciences. this includes 8,668,400 military deaths as calculated by the Russian Ministry of Defense. The figures published by Russian Ministry of Defense have been accepted by most historians outside Russia (see table below "Western
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