GK - History of American Wars

Quiz

The United States of America has fought many wars in which many people were killed and wounded and billions of dollars were spent on each war. Here is the list of American wars along with the number of people dead and wounded. The cost of each war is also mentioned −

Name of the war	Tenure of war	Number of People Dead	Number of People Wounded	Financial Loss
The Revolutionary War	1775-1783	4,435	6,188	$1.2 billion
War of 1812	1812-1815	2,260	4,505	$0.7 billion
Mexican-American War	1846-1848	13,283	4,152	$1.1 billion
American Civil War	1861-1865	3,60,000	2,75,175	$27.3 billion
Spanish-American War	1898	387	1,662	$6.3 billion
World War 1	1914-1918	1,16,708	2,04,002	$196.5 billion
World War II	1939-1945	4,07,316	6,70,848	$2,091.3 billion
Korean War	1950-1953	33,651	1,03,284	$263.9 billion
Vietnam War	1959-1975	58,168	3,03,635	$346.7 billion
Gulf War	1990-1991	382	467	$61.1 billion
War in Afghanistan	2001-2021	2,455		$2 Trillion
Iraq War	2003-2011	4,488	32,223	$1.7 Trillion

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