Civilian+Casualties

Civilian casualties is a military term describing deaths or injuries of civilians or non-combatant persons. This term applies regardless of whether the action is direct or unintentional. In some cases, it may be considered a war crime.
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jameswagner.com traffick.com __Mexican War__ (1810-1821)- __450,000__ __Civil War__ (1861-1865)- __50,000__ __Spanish American War__ (1898)- __26__ (Spanish losses) __Philippine American War__ (1898-1902)- __200,000__ (Philippine loss by disease/hunger) __World War II__- USSR __19 million__- Chinese __10 million__- European Jews __6 million__ (Victims of occupation and mass murder.) __Korean War__ (1950-1953)- __5__ American __Vietnam War__ (1964-1973)- South __289,000__- North __298,000__ __Operation Desert Storm__ (1991)- __1,140__ Iraq __War in Iraq__- 50,000 to over __100,000__ (under-reported)
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From these numbers, it can be said that there is a connection between the animosity of the war and the results in civilian casualties. Of course it also depends on the situations and the countries. For example, the Japanese was at its peak of power and control in the east during WWII, resulting in the Chinese casualties.

In World War II, the estimated total of civilian deaths was 47 million. Due to extermination, bombing and famine, the death toll in some countries was astronomical. With the addition of military deaths, Poland lost 18% of it's population. Over 16 million civilians died in China due to famine and other indirect influences of the war. Sometimes, civilian areas were targeted for bombing. Both sides caused hundreds of thousands of civilian death due to bombing cities, factories, and other strategic areas where civilians were.
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We are civilians. Civilians are just the regular people in a country, but make up a large percent of the death toll in a war. The civilians are usually just trying to make it through while their governments and soldiers do the fighting. Though they stay out of the conflict does not mean they are safe. Civilian deaths also leave more children without parents and jobs without workers.
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Info and WWII Deaths chart from: __World War II Casualties__ Wikipedia.com http://www.taphilo.com/history/war-deaths.shtml http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm
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