Monday, August 18, 2014

Matt 24 watch, 251: A lesson in the power of unity . . . in the demonic wrong (oh, how the Prince of Peace must weep over our folly!)

Sobering:


Especially, when we reflect on this visual lesson in the demonic, blasphemous, murderous spirit manifested in this mocking of the descent of the Spirit on the newly baptised Jesus:


Courtesy Wiki, the price paid for following such demonic folly:

Human losses of World War II by country
(when the number of deaths in a country is disputed, a range of war losses is given)
(the sources of the figures are provided in the footnotes)
Country Total population
1/1/1939		 Military
deaths		 Civilian deaths due to
military activity and crimes against humanity		 Civilian deaths due to
war related famine and disease		 Total
deaths		 Deaths as % of
1939 population
 AlbaniaA 1,073,000 30,000

30,000 2.81
 AustraliaB 6,998,000 39,700 700
40,400 0.57
 Austria (German-controlled)C 6,650,000 Included with German Army 120,000
120,000 (see table below)
 BelgiumD 8,387,000 12,100 75,900
88,000 1.05
 BrazilE 40,289,000 1,000 1,000
2,000 0.02
 BulgariaF 6,458,000 22,000 3,000
25,000 0.38
 Burma (British)G 16,119,000 22,000
250,000 272,000 1.69
 CanadaH 11,267,000 45,400

45,400 0.40
 China I 517,568,000 3,000,000
to 4,000,000		 7,000,000
to 11,000,000		 5,000,000 10,000,000
to 20,000,000		 (1.93 to 3.86)
 CubaJ 4,235,000
100
100 0.00
 Czechoslovakia (in Nov. 1938 borders)K 10,400,000 [25] 25,000 300,000
325,000 3.15
 DenmarkL 3,795,000 2,100 1,100
3,200 0.08
 Dutch East IndiesM 69,435,000

3,000,000
to 4,000,000		 3,000,000
to 4,000,000		 (4.3 to 5.76)
 Estonia (within 1939 borders)N 1,122,000 Included with the Soviet, German, and Finnish Armies 50,000
50,000 4.44
 EthiopiaO 17,700,000 5,000 95,000
100,000 0.6
 FinlandP 3,700,000 95,000 2,000
97,000 2.62
France FranceQ 41,700,000 200,000 including colonies[26] 350,000
550,000 1.35
 French IndochinaR 24,600,000

1,000,000
to 2,000,000		 1,000,000
to 2,200,000		 (4.07 to 8.1)
 GermanyS 69,850,000 4,300,000
to 5,500,000		 1,100,000 400,000
to 2,400,000		 7,000,000
to 9,000,000		 (see table below)
Greece GreeceT 7,222,000 20,000
to 35,100		 160,000 140,000
to 600,000		 320,000
to 807,000		 (4.5 to 11.2)
Guam GuamTA 20,000 1,000
to 2,000

1,000
to 2,000		 (5.0 to 10.0)
Hungary HungaryU 9,129,000 300,000 280,000
580,000 6.35
 IcelandV 119,000
200
200 0.17
 India (British)W 378,000,000 87,000
1,500,000
to 2,500,000		 1,587,000
to 2,587,000		 (0.42 to 0.68)
IranX 14,340,000 200

200 0.00
Iraq Iraq'Y 3,698,000 500

500 0.01
 IrelandZ 2,960,000 10,000
Irish volunteers included with UK		 200
200 0.00
 ItalyAA 44,394,000 301,400
(includes 10,000 African conscripts)		 153,200
454,600 1.03
 JapanAB 71,380,000 2,120,000 500,000 500,000 2,620,000
to 3,120,000		 (3.67 to 4.37)
 Korea (Japanese Colony)AC 23,400,000
378,000
to 483,000
378,000
to 483,000		 (1.6 to 2.06)
 Latvia (within 1939 borders)AD 1,951,000 Included with the Soviet and German Armies 190,000 40,000 230,000 11.78
 Lithuania (within 1939 borders)AE 2,442,000 Included with the Soviet and German Armies 275,000 75,000 350,000 14.33
 LuxembourgAF 295,000
2,000
2,000 0.68
 Malaya (British)AG 4,391,000
100,000
100,000 2.28
 Malta (British)AH 269,000
1,500
1,500 0.56
 MexicoAI 19,320,000
100
100 0.00
 MongoliaAJ 819,000 300

300 0.04
Australia Nauru (Australian)AK 3,400
500
500 14.7
   Nepal BG 6,000,000 Included with British Indian Army



 NetherlandsAL 8,729,000 17,000 198,000 86,000 301,000 3.45
 Newfoundland (British)AM 300,000 included with the U.K. 100
100 0.03
 New ZealandAN 1,629,000 11,900

11,900 0.73
 NorwayAO 2,945,000 3,000 6,500
9,500 0.32
Australia Papua and New Guinea (Australian)AP 1,292,000
15,000
15,000 1.17
 Philippines (U.S. Territory)AQ 16,000,000 57,000 100,000 400,000
to 900,000		 557,000
to 1,057,000		 (3.48 to 6.6)
Poland Poland (within 1939 borders)AR 34,849,000 240,000 4,880,000
to 5,080,000		 500,000 5,620,000
to 5,820,000		 (16.1 to 16.7)
 Portuguese TimorAS 500,000
40,000
to 70,000
40,000
to 70,000		 (8.00 to 14.00)
Romania Romania (within 1939 borders)AT 19,934,000 300,000 500,000
800,000 4.01
Belgium Ruanda-Urundi (Belgian)AU 4,200,000

0 to 300,000 0 to 300,000 (0.00 to 7.1)
 Singapore (British)AV 728,000
50,000
50,000 6.87
South Africa South AfricaAW 10,160,000 11,900

11,900 0.12
Empire of Japan South Pacific Mandate (Japanese)AX 1,900,000
57,000
57,000 3.00
 Soviet Union (within 1946-1991 borders) AY 168,524,000 8,700,000
to 13,850,000		 7,000,000
to 12,000,000		 6,000,000 21,800,000
to 28,000,000		 (see table below)
Spain SpainAZ 25,637,000 Included with the German Army



 SwedenBA 6,341,000
600
600 0.01
  SwitzerlandBB 4,210,000
100
100 0.00
 ThailandBC 15,023,000 5,600 2,000
7,600 0.04
Turkey TurkeyBD 17,370,000 200

200 0.00
 United KingdomBE 47,760,000 383,800
including Overseas Territories[11]		 67,100
450,900 0.94
 United StatesBF 131,028,000 407,000
(including 1,900 members of the U.S. Coast Guard)		 12,000 (including 9,500 members of the U.S. Merchant Marine)
420,000 0.32
 YugoslaviaBG 15,400,000 300,000
to 446,000		 581,000
to 1,400,000
1,027,000
to 1,700,000		 (6.7 to 11.00)
Approx. Totals 2,000,000,000 22,000,000
to 30,000,000		 19,000,000
to 30,000,000		 19,000,000
25,000,000		 60,000,000
to 85,000,000		 (3.17 to 4.00)

What a contrast is:


A lesson from history. If, we will but heed. END
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