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British and German wounded, Bernafay Wood, 19 July 1916. Photo by Ernest Brooks.. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths [1] and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.
Rank War Years Deaths 1: World War II: 1941–1945: 291,557 2: American Civil War: 1861–1865: 204,100 3: World War I: 1917–1918: 53,402 4: Vietnam War: 1955–1975
American Civil War: 0.6–1 million [82] [83] 1861–1865 United States vs. Confederate States: North America Mozambican Civil War: 0.5–1 million [84] 1977–1992 People's Republic of Mozambique, later Republic of Mozambique, and allies vs. RENAMO and allies Mozambique First Sudanese Civil War: 0.5–1 million [85] [86] 1955–1972
Many American soldiers had been told incorrectly that the ace of spades represented death in Vietnamese culture. ... During the Vietnam Conflict, about 58,220 Americans died. About 2 million ...
The American Army and the First World War (2014). 484 pp. online review; Woodward, David R. Trial by Friendship: Anglo-American Relations, 1917-1918 (1993) online; Young, Ernest William. The Wilson Administration and the Great War (1922) online edition; Zieger, Robert H. America's Great War: World War I and the American Experience (2000)
The origins of the U.S. military can be traced to the Americans' fight for independence from their former colonial power, Great Britain, in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). The three bloodiest conflicts have been American Civil War (1861–1865), World War I (1917–1918), and World War II (1941–1945 for declared American ...
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
American Civil War: 36,000 20,000 Battle of Gettysburg: 1863 American Civil War: 50,000 ... This type of battle died out in favor of larger military operations.