American War of Independence (1775-83)
KIA and mortally wounded: 7,000
Disease: 63,000
TOTAL: 70,000
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United States, Indian Wars (1775-1890)
Individual conflicts:
Whites: 5,000
Indians: 8,500
Wars under the gov’t:
Whites: 14,000
Indians: 30-45,000
TOTAL:
Whites: 19,000
Indians: 38,500 to 53,500
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Anglo-American War of 1812 (1812-15)
US: 12,000
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Mexican-American War (1846-48)
USA: 11,000
Mexico: 6,000
TOTAL: 17,000
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American Civil War (1861-65)
United States: 360,000
Confederacy: 260,000
TOTAL: 620,000
Civilians: 50,000
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USA, Reconstruction (1865-76)
1998 World Book Encyc.: 5,000 southern blacks murdered by whites
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Spanish-American War (1898)
Spain: 5,000
USA: 5,000
TOTAL: 10,000
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Philippines Insurgency (1899-1902)
US, battle: 5,000
Filipino, battle: 20,000
Filipino civilians: 250,000
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Mexican Revolution (1910-20)
According to a report from the US Congress dated 17 Feb. 1915, the Mexican Revolution killed 213 US citizens in Mexico, as well as 36 US citizens inside the US — often from stray bullets in border towns. Also, 92 Mexicans were killed inside the US because of the Revolution
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Russian Civil War (Dec.1917-Oct.1920)
Russians: 500,000
Allied Intervention:
Japan: 1,500
UK: 350
USA: 275
France: 50
Finland: 50
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World War I (1917-18)
116,516 Americans killed
8,500,000 military deaths total
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World War II (1941-45)
USA – killed 292,131 – wounded 671,801
It is estimated the war in Russia alone killed about 25 million people. Estimates of casualties put the number of those killed at five million in Poland, one million in Yugoslavia, five million in Germany and six million in the Holocaust. Most historians agree that the death toll was about 50 million.
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The Korean War (1950-53)
The war took the lives of more than 30,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of South Koreans.
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Vietnam (1965-73)
U.S. forces withdrew from a conflict that killed 3 million Vietnamese and 58,000 Americans.
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Gulf War (1990-91)
Coalition
USA: 145 killed in action and 121 killed in accidents.
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Iraq War II (2003-2011)
4,800 KIA, 31,965 wounded (Cost of Iraq War now exceeds 2 trillion dollars)
Afghanistan
1,879 KIA, 10,780 wounded
2001 – Present
After a ceremony steeped in solemn tradition, the commander-in-chief said he fears the men and and women of the military are fading from the public consciousness because many people don’t know anyone serving in the all-volunteer fighting force.
“The truth cannot be ignored. Today, most Americans are not directly touched by war,” Obama said at the hallowed burial ground,
“As a consequence, not all Americans may fully grasp the depths of sacrifice, the profound costs, that are made in our name.”
After a ceremony steeped in solemn tradition, the commander-in-chief said he fears the men and and women of the military are fading from the public consciousness because many people don’t know anyone serving in the all-volunteer fighting force.
“The truth cannot be ignored. Today, most Americans are not directly touched by war,” Obama said at the hallowed burial ground,
“As a consequence, not all Americans may fully grasp the depths of sacrifice, the profound costs that are made in our name.”
The hubris of this man Obama, he first divides the country with a socialistic ideology, he even attempts to step on the constitution (that I believe he wishes were not in his way). His speeches misrepresents actual situations, while he attempts to inflame and take advantage of anything newsworthy, especially tragedy’s that he can weave into falsehoods which he spews forth.
The Truth is, even though we have an all volunteer Army, which will not, nor will ever mean ‘Most Americans are not touched directly by war:, this false spin might be an attempt to try and reduce the importance of Americas Military and it’s personnel. The man does not command respect from any self reliant American, and here is clearly a situation where you salute the uniform and not the disappointment inside it