Shocking Visualization of World War II Fatalities
The grander context of the gravity that was World War II is shocking, but it is often lost among the finer details of each theater or battle. Here is a video that illustrates the incomprehensible fatality counts that occurred in the Second World War. Comparisons are made between countries, and across the worst atrocities throughout the entire history of the world.
An interactive version can be found here.
h/t io9