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Photo courtesy of National World War II Museum Witnessed from generation to generation, country to country, there is a price on freedom. Horrifically costly was World War II, not in money, but in death. Hailed as “the war that changed the world,” the numbers are numbing: More than 65 million people died, mostly civilians. Estimated battle dead are United Kingdom - 383,000; America – 405,000; Japan – 850,000; Germany – 3,180,000; China - 3,500,000; Russia - 10,000,000. Non-bat