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It was Kuwait so there was no enemy fire. Actually, for most of the conflicts in US history there were more casualties due to illnesses and other health issues
by phaus 6y ago
It was Kuwait so there was no enemy fire. Actually, for most of the conflicts in US history there were more casualties due to illnesses and other health issues than enemy fire. IIRC the Gulf War might have been the first time that wasn't the case. I just think heated plastics causing cancer was just something they hadn't caught up with.
- blaser-waffle 6y agoNapoleon was generally thought of as the first time were violent casualties exceeded non-violent ones. At least until his march to Russia. In the US the Civil War in the 1860s was when violent casualties tended to exceed medical ones. Even then, disease was a big deal, even up to WW2 where malaria was a huge problem in the Pacific Theater.