Dayton Kitchens
Banned
Those are pretty low estimates.
Not really.
Red Storm Rising Estimates
3,000,000 NATO military personnel in direct combat
200,000 killed. 600,000 wounded
5,000,000 Warsaw Pact personnel (mostly Soviet) in direct combat
500,000 killed, 1,000,000 wounded
West German pre war civilian population about 60 million.
3% killed
1,800,000 killed.
East German civilians killed
200,000
Other non German civilians killed in the war.
500,000
Total 3.2 million
Add in 500,000 possible killed in "chaotic aftermath"
Possible maximum in nonnuclear, nonchemical war.
3.7 million max
For the Sir John Hacket Scenario (two nuclear attacks, heavy chemical weapons used, spillover conflict (I would add another Korean War as well).
Add. 1.5 million for the two nuclear attacks.
add another 1 million civilian for the chemical attacks
Add another 500,000 for overseas spillover conflicts.
You get about 6.7 million.
Unsure as how many more military fatalities would be suffered as a result of chemical attacks.
But a total in the Sir John Hackett (even including Korea which he does not do) would' probably not exceed 7.5 million killed.
Though for what is worth, that is 7.5 million people killed IN ONE MONTH more or less.