A majority of the 60 to 75 million people who died in World War II were civilians.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including academic and government casualty databases; civilian deaths consistently estimated at 65-70% of total WWII fatalities. [tier=gold indep_score=0.838 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- World War II (wikipedia)
- https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/ww2 (corroboration)
- https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/world-war-two-casualties-by-country (corroboration)
- https://www.goodreads.com/notes/56896526-an-elegant-defense/108421659-dan-seitz/8e7c8120-4977-494a-8760-a3e8bd3bf84c (corroboration)
- https://studycorgi.com/world-war-ii-casualties-and-civilian-deaths-statistical-overview-and-causes/ (corroboration)