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Casualties of World War II, World War II, the deadliest and most destructive war in human history, claimed between 40 and 50 million lives, displaced tens of millions of people, and cost more than $1 trillion to prosecute. The financial cost to the United States alone was more than $341 billion.
World War I - Casualties, Armistice, Legacy: The casualties suffered by the military in World War I are estimated to be about 8,500,000 soldiers who died as a result of wounds and/or disease. The number of civilian deaths is uncertain but has been estimated to be around 13,000,000, largely caused by starvation, exposure, disease, military ...
Sep 10, 2021 · National News. News. Home. The Long-Reaching Human Toll of Sept. 11, by the Numbers. Thousands of people died on Sept. 11, 2001. Hundreds of thousands more would die as a result of the wars...
Nov 10, 2022 · Nov. 10, 2022. WASHINGTON — Russia’s war in Ukraine has left more than 100,000 of Moscow’s troops dead or wounded, and Ukraine has probably suffered a similar number of casualties, the United...
Dec 18, 2021 · Glossary. Related coverage: Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes. The Human Toll of America’s Air Wars. What to Know About the Civilian Casualty Files....
In civilian usage, a casualty is a person who is killed, wounded or incapacitated by some event; the term is usually used to describe multiple deaths and injuries due to violent incidents or disasters. It is sometimes misunderstood to mean "fatalities", but non-fatal injuries are also casualties.
Add to word list. a person hurt or killed in a war or other destructive event, or something prevented by an event: The number of casualties from Sunday's tsunami continues to rise. New team uniforms were a casualty of the budget cuts.
