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I am wondering how did they come up with 3,600 casualties per day - that would be 1.3M per year.
by treprinum 3y ago
I am wondering how did they come up with 3,600 casualties per day - that would be 1.3M per year.
- monocasa 3y agoThat number might make sense if you include injuries significant enough to (at least temporarily) remove that person from the theater of war. Soldiers in hospital or discharged because of injuries are very nearly equivalent to dead soldiers when it comes to removing enough people in play who can pull a trigger pointed at your soldiers.
- verteu 3y agoCorrect -- a "casualty, as a term in military usage, is a person in military service, combatant or non-combatant, who becomes unavailable for duty due to any of several circumstances, including death, injury, illness, capture or desertion." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualty_(person) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualty_(person)