Since I live in The United States, I will do a post in remembrance of the soldiers who served this country from the very beginning up until the present time. The dates on some of the wars are the dates when the United States was involved.
The Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Causalities: ~50,000 The War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Casualties: ~25,000
The Mexican/American War (1846-1848)
Casualties: 17,435The American Civil War (1861-1865)
Casualties: ~650,000+
The Spanish/American War (April 25 – August 12, 1898)
Casualties: 4,068
World War I (1917-1918)
Casualties: 320,518
World War II (1941-1945)
Casualties: 1,076,245
The Korean War (1950-1953)
Casualties: 128,650
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Casualties: 211,454Operation Desert Storm (1991)
Casualties: ~767
Operation Enduring Freedom (2001-present)
Casualties to date: 3,125
Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present)
Casualties to date: 50,460
Casualties = Killed, Wounded, and Missing
4 comments:
Your casualty figures appear to list American losses in some wars and total losses in others. I always understood that the greatest American losses occurred in the Civil War, but you have over a million lost in WWII. Is this correct?
J, I got all my figures from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_casualties_of_war
And keep in mind that the term "casualties" refers to those killed, wounded, and missing.
Those are interesting statistics. And a good selection of pictures.
Thanks for the post.
And a beautiful video too.
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