French WWI veteran 1991 © Lori Grinker   1914-18 World War I History's first mechanized, aerial conflict 9-10 million killed 1 million missing 21 million military wounded 1936-39 Spain Civil war between Republicans and Fascists 500,000-1,000,000 killed 1939-45 World War II Five-continent conflagration 50 million killed Over 9 million military wounded 1945-49 China Civil war between Mao Zedong’s Communists and Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists Estimate: 1-4 million killed 1950-53 Korea United Nations and Chinese-sponsored battle between North and South Korea 3-4 million killed and missing over 2 million wounded 1946-54 Indochina War over disintegrating French colonial empire in Asia 300,000-600,000 killed 1954-62 Algeria Conflict between France and its former colony 230,000-1.2 million killed 1965 Malaysia “Britain’s Small Wars” in former colony 45,000-300,000 killed 1971 Bangladesh East Pakistan War of Independence 500,000-1,000,000 killed 1973 Israel Yom Kippur (or October) War between Israel and combined Arab nations 11,000-23,000 killed 1965-75 Vietnam War between American-supported South Vietnamese government and Ho Chi Minh’s Communist forces 2-3 million killed over one million military wounded 1982 Falklands (Malvinas) British invasion following Argentina’s occupation of the British-held islands 1000 killed 1979-83 El Salvador Civil wars between right-wing militarists and left-wing rebels Over 75,000 killed 1982-85 Lebanon Israeli invasion and occupation of a “security zone” in southern Lebanon 2000-3000 killed 1979-89 Afghanistan War prompted by the invasion of the Russian military 1.3 million killed over 460,000 Russian soldiers wounded or debilitated 1973-91 Eritrea-Ethiopia Eritrean fight for autonomy Over 130,000 killed 1990-91 Persian Gulf Multinational invasion to force Iraq’s withdrawal from Kuwait 100,000 killed 1987-93 Intifada Battle between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli Defense Forces 900 killed 1992-95 Bosnia Nationalist and ethnic conflict between countries of the former Yugoslavia 200,000 killed 1990-96 Liberia Ethnic war between various Liberian factions Over 200,000 killed 1975-98 Cambodia Civil wars and conflict with Vietnam 50,000-250,000 killed 1968-1998 Northern Ireland The “troubles” between Catholics and Protestants 3500 killed 36,000 wounded 1983 – Sri Lanka Civil war between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil secessionists 60,000 killed 2003 Iraq United States and British lead invasion to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein 30,000 Iraqi soldiers killed, 90,000 wounded over 1000 US soldiers killed, 5000 wounded estimated 13-15,000 Iraqi civilians killed, 24,000 wounded