Casualty of war
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Casualty of war: Military or civilian casualty
Casualty (person)
A casualty is a person who is the victim of an accident, injury, or trauma. The word casualties is most often used by the news media to describe deaths and injuries resulting from wars or disasters...

 suffered in war
War
War is a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political...

 or deployments on the side in which it occurred.

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Related terms
  • Casualty
    Casualty (person)
    A casualty is a person who is the victim of an accident, injury, or trauma. The word casualties is most often used by the news media to describe deaths and injuries resulting from wars or disasters...

  • Collateral damage
    Collateral damage
    Collateral damage is damage to people or property that is unintended or incidental to the intended outcome. The phrase is prevalently used as an euphemism for civilian casualties of a military action.-Etymology:...

  • Conflict epidemiology
    Conflict epidemiology
    The emerging field of conflict epidemiology offers a more accurate method to measure deaths caused during violent conflicts or wars that can generate more reliable numbers than before to guide decision-makers....

  • Fragging
  • Friendly fire
    Friendly fire
    Friendly fire is inadvertent firing towards one's own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage enemy forces, particularly where this results in injury or death. A death resulting from a negligent discharge is not considered friendly fire...



Statistics
  • Casualties of the 2006 Lebanon War
  • Casualties of the Iraq War
  • Casualties of the Second Chechen War
    Casualties of the Second Chechen War
    Estimates of casualties in the Second Chechen War vary wildly, from 25,000 to 200,000 civilian dead plus 8,000 to 40,000 Russian military....

  • Civilian casualties of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
  • List of wars by death toll
  • Ottoman casualties of World War I
    Ottoman casualties of World War I
    Ottoman casualties of World War I covers the civilian and military casualties of the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Empire's casualties were enormous regardless of the method used in the calculations...

  • United States casualties of war
    United States casualties of war
    Military casualties suffered by the United States of America in war or deployments-Overview:- Wars ranked by total American deaths :"Deaths per day" are the total number of US military deaths, divided by the number of days between the dates of the commencement and end of hostilities, or until 25...

  • World War I casualties
    World War I casualties
    The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I were over 35 million. There were over 15 million deaths and 20 million wounded ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history....

  • World War II casualties
    World War II casualties
    World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. Over 60 million people were killed, which was over 2.5% of the world population. The tables below give a detailed country-by-country count of human losses.-Total dead:...



Entertainment
  • Casualties of War
    Casualties of War
    Casualties of War is a 1989 war drama directed by Brian De Palma, with a screenplay by David Rabe, based on the actual events of the incident on Hill 192 in 1966 during the Vietnam War. It starred Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn....

  • Casualties of War (Doctor Who)
    Casualties of War (Doctor Who)
    Casualties of War is a BBC Books original novel written by Steve Emmerson and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor.-External links:*...

  • Casualties of War (album)
    Casualties of War (album)
    Casualties of War is the fourth album by Hip Hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik, released on August 14, 2007 through Duck Down Records. The album is compiled of leftover tracks recorded for the group's 2006 album The Last Stand...

  • "Casualties of War" by Eric B. & Rakim
    Eric B. & Rakim
    Eric B. & Rakim were a hip-hop duo composed of DJ Eric Barrier and MC Rakim .Hailing from Long Island, New York, the pair are generally considered by hip hop enthusiasts to be one of the most influential and innovative groups in the genre...

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