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American Civil War: Total estimated between 625,000 and 850,000 dead World War 1: 8,528,831 killed. I know we could account for relative population, but in ab
by byroot 11y ago
American Civil War: Total estimated between 625,000 and 850,000 dead
World War 1: 8,528,831 killed.
I know we could account for relative population, but in absolute there is just no possible comparison.
Relevant source: https://www.pbs.org/greatwar/resources/casdeath_pop.html https://www.pbs.org/greatwar/resources/casdeath_pop.html
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoThat's total killed for all combatants during WW1 though. American casualties during the Civil War were comparable to European countries individually during WW1.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoIts especially impressive when you consider WW1 had a 50 year advantage in perfecting the art of killing people.
- NLips 11y agoIn fact, the civil war number is for dead and wounded. The WW1 number for comparison is 29,717,985. Or compare dead only... 8,528,831 : 364,511