Casualties: 425,000 estimated killed-wounded-or MIA; 209,000 Allied Casulaties (37,000 Ground Forces and 16,700 Air Forces). Approx 200,000 German Casualties and 200,000 captured POWs.
Famous Combatants: James Doohan "Scotty" from Star Trek, Royal Canadian Artillery. New York Yankee Yogi Berra, US Navy. Author Rye J.D. Salinger, and Actor Alex Guinness "Obi Wan Kenobi" Star Wars for the Royal Navy.
So much male privilege.