War and Its Effects
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Effects of war
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Disability-adjusted life year for war per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.[59]
no data less than 100 100-200 200-600 600-1000 1000-1400 1400-1800 1800-2200 2200-2600 2600-3000 3000-8000 8000-8800 more than 8800
It is estimated that 378 000 people died due to war each year between 1985 and 1994.[60]
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The Apotheosis of War (1871) by
Based on 1860 census figures, 8% of all white American males aged 13 to 43 died in the American Civil War, including 6% in the North and 18% in the South.[61] Of the 60 million European soldiers who were mobilized in World War I, 8 million were killed, 7 million were permanently disabled, and 15 million were seriously injured.[62]
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Why?, from The Disasters of War (Los desastres de la guerra), by Francisco Goya, 1812-15. A collection of depictions of the brutalities of the Napoleonic-Peninsular War.
During Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, more French soldiers died of typhus than were killed by the Russians.[63] Felix Markham thinks that 450,000 crossed the Neman on 25 June 1812, of whom less than 40,000 recrossed in anything like a recognizable military formation.[64] More soldiers were killed from 1500-1914 by typhus than from all military action during that time combined.[65] In addition, if it were not for the modern medical advances there would be thousands of more dead from disease and infection.
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Les Grandes Misères de la guerre depict the destruction unleashed on civilians during the Thirty Years' War.
On civilians
Many wars have been accompanied by significant depopulations. During the Thirty Years' War in Europe, for example, the population of the German states was reduced by about 30%.[66][67] The Swedish armies alone may have destroyed up to 2,000 castles, 18,000 villages and 1,500 towns in Germany, one-third of all German towns.[68]
Estimates for the total casualties of World War II...
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Disability-adjusted life year for war per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.[59]
no data less than 100 100-200 200-600 600-1000 1000-1400 1400-1800 1800-2200 2200-2600 2600-3000 3000-8000 8000-8800 more than 8800
It is estimated that 378 000 people died due to war each year between 1985 and 1994.[60]
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The Apotheosis of War (1871) by
Based on 1860 census figures, 8% of all white American males aged 13 to 43 died in the American Civil War, including 6% in the North and 18% in the South.[61] Of the 60 million European soldiers who were mobilized in World War I, 8 million were killed, 7 million were permanently disabled, and 15 million were seriously injured.[62]
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Why?, from The Disasters of War (Los desastres de la guerra), by Francisco Goya, 1812-15. A collection of depictions of the brutalities of the Napoleonic-Peninsular War.
During Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, more French soldiers died of typhus than were killed by the Russians.[63] Felix Markham thinks that 450,000 crossed the Neman on 25 June 1812, of whom less than 40,000 recrossed in anything like a recognizable military formation.[64] More soldiers were killed from 1500-1914 by typhus than from all military action during that time combined.[65] In addition, if it were not for the modern medical advances there would be thousands of more dead from disease and infection.
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Les Grandes Misères de la guerre depict the destruction unleashed on civilians during the Thirty Years' War.
On civilians
Many wars have been accompanied by significant depopulations. During the Thirty Years' War in Europe, for example, the population of the German states was reduced by about 30%.[66][67] The Swedish armies alone may have destroyed up to 2,000 castles, 18,000 villages and 1,500 towns in Germany, one-third of all German towns.[68]
Estimates for the total casualties of World War II...