Missing in MiG Alley
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Teacher Handout
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Historian Fact Sheet
Historians
are not in agreement on many figures. The column titled "Number
Killed" shows only battle deaths and does not take into account civilian
casualties, which are even more subject to debate. Not all combatants are
listed for all wars.
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War/Conflict
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Theater
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Combatant
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Number
Killed
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World
War I: 1914–1918
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Europe,
Middle East
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Austria-Hungary
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1,200,000
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British
Empire
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908,400
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Bulgaria
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87,500
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France
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1,357,800
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Germany
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1,773,700
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Italy
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650,000
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Russia
(USSR born in 1922)
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1,700,000
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Turkey
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325,000
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United
States
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116,500
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War/Conflict
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Theater
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Combatant
|
Number
Killed
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World
War II: 1939–1945
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Europe,
Asia, Pacific
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China
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2,200,000
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France
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210,700
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Germany
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3,500,000
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Great
Britain
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329,200
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Italy
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77,500
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Japan
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1,219,000
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Soviet
Union
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7,500,000
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United
States
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405,400
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War/Conflict
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Theater
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Combatant
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Number
Killed
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Korean
War: 1950–1953
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Korea
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China
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460,000
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North
Korea
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316,600
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Other
United Nations Forces
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3,200
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South
Korea
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58,100
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United
States
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36,500
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War/Conflict
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Theater
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Combatant
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Number
Killed
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Vietnam
Conflict: 1965–1973
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South
Vietnam, North Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
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North
Vietnam/Viet Cong
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1,000,000
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South
Vietnam
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224,000
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United
States
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58,200
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War/Conflict
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Theater
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Combatant
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Number
Killed
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Persian
Gulf War: 1990–1991
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Iraq
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Coalition
Troops
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345
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Iraq
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25,000
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Sources: Strachan, Hew. "World War I," 2007;
Stokesbury, James L. "World War II," 2007; Gardner, Lloyd C.
"Korean War," 2007; Gilbert, Marc Jason. "Vietnam War,"
2007; Deese, David A. "Persian Gulf War of 1991," 2007; World Book
Online Reference. "American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists
and Statistics," 2005. The Library of Congress.
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