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![]() ![]() Iraq War figures combine statistics from operations Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, and Inherent Resolve, while the War in Afghanistan figures combine statistics from operations Enduring Freedom and Freedom’s Sentinel. The conflicts are ordered by total deaths, which include American military personnel killed in action and non-combat-related deaths such as exposure, disease, and infection.Įstimates for non-combat deaths during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 are from military history sites. reviewed data from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ fact sheet, America’s Wars, and the Department of Defense. To find the wars in which the most American military personnel died, 24/7 Wall St. The Civil War and its aftermath still reverberate in our society today, while WWI and WWII reshaped the maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and other parts of the world, or at least changed who controls certain countries and territories. fought over the years not only shaped the country’s future, but often the world’s. ( This is the death toll in each state from America’s post 9/11 wars.) But while it remains one of the country’s most controversial, it is far from the bloodiest. ![]() The inaccurate justification for the war, as well as the fact that it, along with the war in Afghanistan, ended up lasting years longer than expected and seriously destabilizing the area, caused the war to eventually become unfavorable to a majority of Americans. ![]() The war was justified by the Bush administration, which stated its belief that Saddam Hussein had been secretly developing weapons of mass destruction, an assertion which turned out to be based on faulty evidence. invasion of Iraq, a war that lasted eight years and involved the deaths of some 4,600 U.S. March 19 marked the 20th anniversary of the U.S. ![]()
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