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em Saz....the Germans suffered over 160,000 causalties in the fall of France:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France

Again though, this is why the wars should be looked at COLLECTIVELY rather than individually. The real war in the west was WW1. Again, not to diminish what happened in france during ww2, but it really wasn't comparable to the carnage in the first world war. Looking at the conflicts as a single war I think better reflects the contributions of each nation. France suffered immensely to check german power and expansion. but most of that suffering was during the first war. Russia suffered immensely in both wars, but it was roundly beaten in the first and only came into their own during the second. The American contribution is also grossly underestimated simply by looking at casualties, so I want to be clear that's not my point. The only take away looking at the casualties is the intensity of the war. What happened in the west was a war, as the casualties demonstrate. What happened in the east...I'm not sure we have a word for that because it was just so far beyond what human beings had ever done to each other before.

I see the France invasion as akin to the close out game in a 7 game series. It puts the nail in the coffin, but there were some serious back and forth prior to getting there.

The billions in the world today will insure plenty of cannon fodder for the next major world military fiasco.