From Tony Shafton: "Following up our highway billboard project, the Northwest Indiana Coalition Against the Iraq War has initiated a new project to bring the "Out of Iraq" message to street level in surrounding communities -- some of which have been supporting the war. For the next six months, poster billboards will appear in two communities per month, each to remain up for one month." From Tony Shafton: "Following up our highway billboard project, the Northwest Indiana Coalition Against the Iraq War has initiated a new project to bring the "Out of Iraq" message to street level in surrounding communities -- some of which have been supporting the war. For the next six months, poster billboards will appear in two communities per month, each to remain up for one month." 
Demonstrators form a human peace sign in New York's Central Park, Sunday, May 1, 2005. Invoking memories of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki decades ago, anti-nuclear weapon and anti-war activists on Sunday marched past the United Nations, where a conference to reassess the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was scheduled to begin this week through mid town to a rally in Central Park. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
World War 2 Death Count Per Country
Here we've compiled a comprehensive collection of World War 2 Statistics. Please note that these figues are approximate. Individual sources of statistics sometimes vary.
Country Military Civilian Total
USSR 12 million 17 million 29 million
Poland 597,000 5.86 million 6.27 million
Germany 3.25 million 2.44 million 5.69 million
Yugoslavia 305,000 1.35 million 1.66 million
Romania 450,000 465,000 915,000
Hungary 200,000 600,000 800,000
France 245,000 350,000 595,000
Italy 380,000 153,000 533,000
Great Britain 403,000 92,700 495,000
United States 407,000 6,000 413,000
Czechoslovakia 7,000 315,000 322,000
Holland 13,700 236,000 249,000
Greece 19,000 140,000 159,000
Belgium 76,000 23,000 99,000
Death Distribution Of Both World Wars
War Military Dead Civilian Dead
World War 1 95% 5%
World War 2 33% 67% ?????? but why.........
Here we've compiled a comprehensive collection of World War 2 Statistics. Please note that these figues are approximate. Individual sources of statistics sometimes vary.
Country Military Civilian Total
USSR 12 million 17 million 29 million
Poland 597,000 5.86 million 6.27 million
Germany 3.25 million 2.44 million 5.69 million
Yugoslavia 305,000 1.35 million 1.66 million
Romania 450,000 465,000 915,000
Hungary 200,000 600,000 800,000
France 245,000 350,000 595,000
Italy 380,000 153,000 533,000
Great Britain 403,000 92,700 495,000
United States 407,000 6,000 413,000
Czechoslovakia 7,000 315,000 322,000
Holland 13,700 236,000 249,000
Greece 19,000 140,000 159,000
Belgium 76,000 23,000 99,000
Death Distribution Of Both World Wars
War Military Dead Civilian Dead
World War 1 95% 5%
World War 2 33% 67% ?????? but why.........
"It is of course well known that the only source of war is politics ... war is simply a continuation of political intercourse, with the addition of other means." - Carl von Clausewitz, Vom Kriege (On War)
The basic motivation, of course, is willingness to wage war, but motivations may be analysed specifically. Motivations for war may be different for those ordering the war than for those undertaking the war. For a state to prosecute a war it must have the support of its leadership, its military forces, and the population. For example, in the third Punic War, Rome's leaders may have wished to make war with Carthage for the purpose of annihilating a resurgent rival; the army may have wished to make war with Carthage to exploit the great opportunity for plunder while levelling the city of Carthage. But the Roman people may have tolerated the war with Carthage on account of the demonisation of the Carthaginians in popular culture, since there had been rumors of child sacrifice. Since many people are involved, a war may acquire a life of its own -- from the confluences of many different motivations.
The basic motivation, of course, is willingness to wage war, but motivations may be analysed specifically. Motivations for war may be different for those ordering the war than for those undertaking the war. For a state to prosecute a war it must have the support of its leadership, its military forces, and the population. For example, in the third Punic War, Rome's leaders may have wished to make war with Carthage for the purpose of annihilating a resurgent rival; the army may have wished to make war with Carthage to exploit the great opportunity for plunder while levelling the city of Carthage. But the Roman people may have tolerated the war with Carthage on account of the demonisation of the Carthaginians in popular culture, since there had been rumors of child sacrifice. Since many people are involved, a war may acquire a life of its own -- from the confluences of many different motivations.
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