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"Deaths per day" is the total number of Americans killed in military service, divided by the number of days between the commencement and end of hostilities. "Deaths per population" is the total number of deaths in military service, divided by the U.S. population of the year indicated.
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]
Atlas of American Military History. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438130255. - Total pages: 257; Nelson, Peter (2009). A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-7867-4467-1. Tucker, Spencer C. (2013). Almanac of American Military History, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO.
Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan through mid-2019, nearly 2,400 American servicemembers have died. [164] Additionally, 20,719 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department. [3] Of the United States deaths, 1,922 have died in hostile action.
Between 7 October 2001 and 30 August 2021, the United States lost a total of 2,459 military personnel in Afghanistan. Of this figure, 1,922 had been killed in action. An additional 20,769 were wounded in action. [1] 18 operatives of the Central Intelligence Agency were also killed during the conflict. [2]
Lists of death tolls. Casualties of the Iraq War; Deadliest single days of World War I; List of wars by death toll; United States military casualties of war – Military personnel casualties of the United States; List of terrorist incidents; List of wars – Overview of and topical guide to war
Civilian deaths according to Belgian government statistics were 23,700 (6,000 killed in the 1914 German massacres and 17,700 victims in prisons, deportations and by military tribunals). [31] According to a demographic study, there were 92,000 indirect deaths in Belgium (62,000 deaths due to wartime privations and 30,000 in the Spanish flu ...