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The Fallen of World War II

Neil Halloran · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Data visualization & information designMilitary history & warfareWorld history

What it is

Neil Halloran's animated, data-driven documentary visualizes the human cost of World War II and compares it with other wars and the trend toward fewer war deaths in recent decades.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it for a sense of the scale of WWII casualties by country and the long decline in violence.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “This video is widely viewed and worth the time”

    Widely viewed video on scale of WWII deaths

    chrisdhoover, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “Battle of the Bulge”

  2. “I encourage you to watch this video”

    Explains Russian WWII losses and why they matter to Putin

    roveo, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “Understanding the War in Ukraine”

  3. “does a great job of giving a sense of what the proportions are of relative tragedies in terms of loss of life.”

    Conveys proportions of tragedies by loss of life

    zug_zug, 2023-09 · Recommendation · in “9/11 in Realtime”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: data visualization, war deaths, wwii, history, decline of violence

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