how many british ww2 veterans are there?
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More than 5 million came from the British Isles, 1,440,500 from India, 629,000 from Canada, 413,000 from Australia, 136,000 from South Africa, 128,500 from New Zealand and more than 134,000 from other colonies.”
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There are 18.8 million veterans living in the U.S. today, 7.6 percent of the population. They are predominantly male (91.6 percent), though the number of female veterans is on the rise.
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The German Red Cross reported in 2005 that the records of the military search service WAS list total Wehrmacht losses at 4.3 million men (3.1 million dead and 1.2 million missing) in World War II. Their figures include Austria and conscripted ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe.
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The UK has an ageing population (ONS, 2018k). There are nearly 12 million (11,989,322) people aged 65 and above in the UK of which: o 5.4 million people are aged 75+, o 1.6 million are aged 85+, o Over 500,000 people are 90+ (579,776) o 14,430 are centenarians (ONS, 2018f, 2018e).
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Assuming a statical consistency, 60% of them will have served in the war. Thus, there are about 275 thousand German veterans still alive today.
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That's because we're losing our World War II veterans at an alarming rate of about 348 per day, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Of the more than 16 million Americans who served in World War II, fewer than 500,000 were still alive in 2018.
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The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces. As of 2019, the British Army comprises just over 79,300 trained regular (full-time) personnel and just over 27,200 trained reserve (part-time) personnel.
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The last living veteran of World War I was Florence Green, a British citizen who served in the Allied armed forces, and who died 4 February 2012, aged 110. ... The last veteran who served in the trenches was Harry Patch (British Army) who died on 25 July 2009, aged 111.
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According to the office for national statistics there were approximately a quarter of a million people aged 90+ living in the UK in September last year. So there are probably tens of thousands of men who saw combat, and possibly 100,000+ men and women who were actively involved in the war effort still alive.
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Five bombs tumbled away into the icy sky. Between 1940 and 1945, U.S. and British air forces dropped 2.7 million tons of bombs on Europe, half of that amount on Germany.
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More than 5.7 million Americans served during the Korean War, and today there are still approximately over 2.25 million Korean war veterans still alive.
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Last year on the 75th anniversary of the Bataan Death March, the Veterans of Foreign Wars said fewer than 60 survivors were still alive. Almost half of them have died since then. On Sunday, Skardon joined 8,470 other marchers as he walked — and drove a small portion — through 8 miles of the course.
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There were around 20.4 million U.S. veterans in 2016, according to data from the Department of Veterans Affairs, representing less than 10% of the total U.S. adult population. As Americans observe Veterans Day, here are key facts about those who have served in the military and how this population is changing.
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Another statistic from the National World War II Museum in New Orleans states that the number of World War 2 veterans still alive today dwindled to only 389,292 as of 2019.
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According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, just under one million U.S. WWII veterans were alive in 2015. The men and women who fought in the war are now in their late 80s and 90s with an average of 362 dying every day.
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According to Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), 33,200 Second World War veterans are still alive in Canada, including 7,500 in British Columbia. More than one million Canadians and Newfoundlanders served in the military during the campaign — more than 45,000 gave their lives and another 55,000 were wounded.
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Over 45,000 bombs were dropped on Britain during the campaign. Aside from London, the Luftwaffe attacked ports in Liverpool and Hull as well the cities of Bristol, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Southampton, Cardiff, and Swansea.