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Table 1. AMERICA’S WARS: Number of deaths
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USA |
ALLIED |
ENEMY (inc. civilian) and other |
| Indian Wars, 1817-98 |
1,000 |
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unknown |
| Mexican War 1846-48 |
13,000 |
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unknown |
| Spanish-American & Philippines 1898-1901 |
11,000 |
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Spanish: unknown but small Philippinos: c.204,000 |
| World War 1 1914-18 |
114,000 |
Russia 1,811,000
France 1,398,000
UK 723,000
Italy 578,000
Serbia 278,000
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Germany 2,037,000
Austria 1,100,000
Turkey 804,000
Armenians 600,000 - 1m.
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| World War 11 1939-45 |
298,000 |
USSR c.17,000,000
China, up to 24,000,000
Poland 5,800,000
Yugoslavia 1,505,000
France 563,000
Italy 395,000
UK 357,000
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Germany 4,200,000
Japan 1,972,000
Total Jews c.6m.
Gypsies c.0.5m.
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| Korean War 1950.53 |
37,000 |
S.Korean Army c.415,000
Other, inc.Britain 3,063
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Chinese/ N.Korean armies:c.1.5m
Civilians 2-3m.
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| Vietnam War 1964.1975 |
58,000 |
ARVN c. 200,000
Austr.531
N.Z. 37
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Vietcong & N.Viet.Army:c.900,000
Civilians 1 -1.6m
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| Grenada 1983 |
42 |
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unknown: see Notes |
| Nicaragua 1978-90 |
0 |
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c30,000 civilians |
| Panama 1989 |
23 |
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1,000-5,000, see Notes |
| Iraq-Iran War 1980-1990 |
0 |
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Iraqis and Iranians c.500,000
(Airbus 290)
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| Somalia 1993 |
18 |
Pakistanis 110 |
Several thousand Somalis |
| Gulf War 1990 |
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Nato 275
(All from ‘friendly fire’ or accidents) |
c.100,000 military: c.100,000 civilian |
| ‘Gulf War I a’, 1990 -2003 |
0 |
Britain 0 |
Iraqis c.1,500,000 mostly children |
| Operation Storm 1995 |
0 |
Croatia 0, Nato 0 |
c.200,000 Croatian Serbs expelled.
Deaths, unknown but small. |
| Kosovo War 1999 |
0 |
Nato 0 |
Serb military, c.600. In bombing, civilian, 488-527. Other c.10,000
c.290,000 Serbs and gypsies expelled
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| Afghanistan 2001 - (invasion only) |
0 |
Nato 0 |
Military, unknown
Civilians: c.5,000 direct, c.20,000 indirect. |
| Iraq 2003 - |
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Total Nato, Dec. 2005, c.2,000 dead. |
Iraqis, see Notes |
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