2007-02-24 02:56:02 · 13 answers · asked by GZmale 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It is much worse now. No other war saw so many deaths and casualties after the enemy was defeated.
2007-02-24 03:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Cassie ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Revolutionary War 10,623
4,435
War of 1812 6,765 2,260
Mexican-American War 17,435 1,733
Civil War 970,227 184,594
Spanish-American War 4,108 385
World War I 320,710 53,513
World War II 1,078,162 292,131
Korean War 136,935 33,651
Vietnam War 211,471 47,369
Gulf War 760 148
Iraq War 3,254
the first number in all but the Iraq war indicates wounded
2007-02-24 11:07:21 · answer #2 · answered by Thozz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rate and total are less than anything we've been involved in except for maybe Grenada.
Consider Nam, we were there for eight years, 50K dead. That's over 6K a year. If we had the same casualty rate in Iraq we'd have about 18K dead at this point.
We lost more than we have lost in Iraq on June 6, 1944 at Normandy
2007-02-24 11:05:45 · answer #3 · answered by namsaev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The casualties are extremely low compared to other wars For example, in the Civil war about half a million were killed. In Vietnam 54,200.
so while sad, 3100 is a light casualty rate.
2007-02-24 11:49:15 · answer #4 · answered by webbrew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our casualties are fewer than other wars, both in combat related and DNBI(Disease Noncombat Battle Injury).
I put alot of stock in the body armor. It's good stuff and has saved alot of lives. Also, we have better treatment in the field. Not only our medics are well trained but our Combat Lifesavers are also better trained.
2007-02-24 11:13:29 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While every death is tragic, there have been far-far less in Iraq than every other declared or undeclared war. In fact, if you do some research, you will find that in most years, there are more military killed stateside in training accidents than ave been KIA in Iraq.
2007-02-24 12:14:35 · answer #6 · answered by aiminhigh24u2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accept or the first gulf war it has the least amount of casualties.It is the most successful war since WWII.!!!!!!
To (look it up) maybe you should look up the numbers.Far more died after we won the first gulf war,because liberals insisted that we pull out without getting Saddam.they said that was not the objective.Nice to see how that turned out.Thousands of Iraqis that supported the US invasion died be cause liberals insisted we pull out!!!!!!
2007-02-24 11:00:58 · answer #7 · answered by shawnn 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we've had naval battles that lasted <72 hours, that had more casualties..
im not taking away the sacrifice our soldiers have made in Iraq.
just adding some perspective
2007-02-24 11:00:53 · answer #8 · answered by chumpchange 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compared to most of our wars....very low see the chart below.
2007-02-24 11:01:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than first Gulf War, less than most others.
2007-02-24 11:03:38 · answer #10 · answered by F T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋