On September 3, Russia celebrates the end of the Second World War. She became the most destructive and bloody in the history of mankind. ⠀ To better understand the scale of World War II, let's look at the numbers: ⠀ It began on September 1, 1939 and lasted 6 years; 62 states out of 74 that existed in those years with a total population of 1.7 billion people participated; Military operations were conducted on the territory of 40 countries, as well as on the water; Killed from 55 to 80 million people, including the military and civilians; Most of the victims were in the USSR: about 27 million people; More than 70 thousand villages and villages, 32 thousand factories and plants were destroyed.