Millions of people died during World War II as a result of massacres, starvation, and disease.
Sources
- World War II (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-ii-deadliest-war (history.com)
- https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/famines-wwii (cepr.org)
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