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the soviet military had 11 million military deaths with 11 million soviet military members by the end of ww2 while first fighting allied with nazi germany (russia - germany non aggression treaty wiki)  then defeating nazi germany on the western front after it betrayed them

the u s had 12 million military members and suffered 407,000 u s military deaths while defeating fascist italy, nazi germany, vichy france and japan in two theaters of war

wikipedia says the soviet union's military suffered 8 million to 11 million military deaths during ww2:

wikipedia says the u s military suffered "407,300" u s military deaths during ww2

the soviet union's military had 11 million officers and men by the end of ww2 according to the encyclopedia britanica

the ww2 museum says the u s military had 12 million officers and men by the end of ww2

dad said when they went home on the train after ww2 everyone was listening to sentimental journey and they were supposed to warn their mothers they were about to arrive because so many mothers had heart attacks when they first saw their sons

gramps & grandma https://t.co/E9m1uqqEBY

curiously, dad unknowingly was returning to north adams, mass where the guy who managed the andrews sisters and was married to doris day was born and lived in