28.5.10

American War Deaths...



On June 7th, the War in Afganistan officially becomes AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR.


Monthly breakdown of U.S Military Deaths. Calculated by dividing Total number of American deaths by the length of the war, in months.

Revolutionary War: 25000 deaths in 81 months = 308.64 deaths per month.

Civil War: 625000 deaths in 48 months = 13020.83 deaths per month. (360k Union/260k Confederate.)

World War I: 116708 deaths in 19 months = 6142.53 deaths per month.

World War II: 405399 deaths in 44 months = 9213.61 deaths per month.

Korean War: 33686 deaths in 37 months = 910.43 deaths per month.

Vietnam War: 58209 deaths in 103 months = 565.14 deaths per month.

Iraq: 4391 deaths in 86 months = 51.06 deaths per month.

Afganistan: 996 deaths in 104 months = 9.58 deaths per month.

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