The majority of deaths in World War II were civilians.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent, authoritative sources (Wikipedia, Britannica, DoD casualty database, academic course materials) consistently show civilian deaths (50-55 million) exceeding military deaths (21-25 million) in WWII, despite variance in exact figures due to estimation uncertainty. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- World War II (wikipedia)
- https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/casualties-of-world-war-ii/ (corroboration)
- https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/ww2 (corroboration)