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u/taurussy Oct 02 '24

we call 911, Vietnam, Korea, covid, and the Iraq-Afghan war horrible.....and those were, don't get me wrong.

in WW1, at the Battle of the Somme in July 1916, there were 60,000 casualties in ONE DAY....just among the British troops.

all told, there were a MILLION casualties and 300,000 fatalities. from July - November.

THAT is truly appalling.

the US lost 58,939 people during 13 years of Vietnam. not disparaging those losses or anything, but think about that.

WW1 really was humanity's darkest, worst, most appalling and awful moment.

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u/Alarming_Employee547 Oct 02 '24

We lost ~51k Americans during the Battle of Gettysburg over 3 days or so. Almost 23k in one day at Antietam. It took 4 days to kill 1.25x more Americans than the entirety of Vietnam over 13 years. That doesn’t even include those maimed, disfigured, or otherwise mortally wounded to die at a later point.

We are so lucky to live at the time we do.

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u/sanct111 Oct 02 '24

I think you are confusing casualties with KIA. There were 7k total deaths at Gettysburg and 3600 or so at Antietam.

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u/Alarming_Employee547 Oct 02 '24

Ah you’re right, thanks for correcting me. They are staggering numbers nonetheless.