Since the 2nd world war, how many countries have been invaded and lives lost by the US?
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Korea\nVietnam\nDomnican Republic\nIraq\n\nThis site has a list of operations by the US Armed Forces before and after WW II:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_actions_by_or_within_the_United_States
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Japan invaded China in 1936 some say that was the start of World War Two.  The war in Europe started when Germany invaded Poland in 1939 and France and England declared war on Germany.\n\nThe cause of the 2nd World War was the treaty that ended the first world war.
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World War II, also, The Second World War, or WWII, was the global military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. World War II was the largest and deadliest war in history.\n\nThe war began between Germany and the Allies. Germany was later joined by Italy, Japan, and others, jointly known as the Axis. The Allies at first were made up of Poland, the United Kingdom, France, and others. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union, and in December, Japan attacked the United States. China, which had been at war with Japan since the mid-1930s, also joined the Allies, as eventually did a number of other countries.\n\nItaly surrendered to and then joined the Allies in late 1943. Germany surrendered to the Allies in May of 1945. The war ended on 2 September 1945 with the formal surrender of Japan.\n\nApproximately 62 million people died in the war. Most were civilians, as a result of the large-scale aerial bombing of cities, disease, starvation, and genocide (see the Holocaust). It is guessed that the Soviet Union suffered around 23 million deaths, and that China suffered about 10 million. Poland suffered the most deaths in proportion to its population of any country, losing 5.6 million out of a pre-war population of 34.8 million.\n\nThe war was responsible for the re-drawing of national boundaries and the creation of new nations, the end of western colonialism, and the beginning of the Cold War. [1]\n\nAfter World War II, Europe was informally partitioned into Western and Soviet spheres of influence. Western Europe largely aligned as NATO, and Eastern Europe largely as the Warsaw pact. There was a fundamental shift in power from Western Europe and the British Empire to the new superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with significant boundary changes and displacement of people as the Soviet Union's borders shifted westwards.\n\nIn Asia, the United States' military occupation of Japan led to Japan's democratization. China's civil war continued through and after the war, resulting eventually in the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The former colonies of the European powers, such as India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, began their road to independence.\n\nFinally, the war saw a number of newly developed weapons that were used against either military and civilian targets. Atomic weapons, long range missiles, jet aircraft, and radar, are only a few of many wartime inventions that changed the nature of future conflict.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WW_2
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Everywhere you look there is a different total\n\n\nRevolutionary War  (1775-1783) 4,435  \nWar of 1812  (1812-1815) 2,260 \nMexican War  (1846-1848) 13,283  \nCivil War  (1861-1865) 623,026  \nSpanish-American War  (1898) 2,446  \nWorld War I  (1917-1918) 116,708  \nWorld War II  (1941-1945) 407,316 \nKorean War  (1950-1953) 36,914  \nVietnam War  (1964-1973) 58,169  \nPersian Gulf War  (1991)  269  \nAfghanistan  (2002-2006) 220+ \nOperation: Iraqi Freedom  (2003-2006) 2,200+ \nTOTALS 49 years 1,267,246
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51,983 — Americans died in the Pacific\nhttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/peaceinthepacific/numbers
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We still have troops in Germany, South Korea, Philippines, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and numerous other countries.  WWII has been over since the mid 1940s.  It's called strategic positioning.  Removing our troops from that area puts us at a great disadvantage strategically.  I don't know why people have a hard time understanding that there are people/groups who don't like the United States of America and are looking for opportunities for our defeat.
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over 45 million. world war 2 was because Hitler was being a jack ass.
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Let's see........\n\nItaly\nJapan\nFrance\nEngland\nGermany\n\nOh sorry, I was just making a list of countries that have tried to take over the world at some point in history.\n\nYou'll notice the US is not on that list. \n\nPlease make a note of it.
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There is no definite answer to your question since the reported number varies depending on who's counting. The latest study though published by the Lancet medical journal in October 2006, suggested that about 655,000 people had died in Iraq as a result of the 2003 invasion. Quite impressive isn't it? I guess the argument for the war just went out of the window!
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+ There are no full lists. There are big holes of no information, only partial lists. What country are you asking about? Are you assuming that everyone on here is from the United States? What war, the US does not participate in all wars? Try Canadian Veterans association if you are from Canada. Try the Mexican Veterans association if you are from Mexico, etc. etc.
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If you combine the populations of Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Austrailia, Canada, and Germany, you a number roughly the same as the US.  They had less than 500 gun deaths a year.  We have 30,000 a year.
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world war 1 : the assassination of Franz Ferdinand\nworld war 2 : i think it's that lots of countries didnt agree with the Nazis who were taking over Europe.. \n                     Hope this helps
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The US has been over there off & on since the first World War.  Lately, we've been over there since 9-11 happened back in 01.
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WWI   15,000,000\n\nWWII  55,000,000\n\nKorea 2,800,000\n\nVietnam (1960-75) 3,500,000\n\nIraq  Under Saddam (1979-2003) 300,000\n\nAmerican Invasion 13,500-45,000 (all Iraqi troops)\n\nAmerican Occupation(2003- ) 12,950 ± 2,150
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World War 3 started the day after sept 11th 2001. Nations all over the world, not just iraq and afganistan, are involved. Over a hundred nations are involved. The enemies fight overtly, and covertly, with bullets, bombs, and video tapes! Everyone thought ww3 would be fought with  nuclear weapons, its turns out its being fought with cnn broadcasts.
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If you know the history well, you wouldn't say U.S lost to V.N, you need to look at the bigger picture during that era. I want to say that the U.S has not lost a war, yet. \n\nThe U.S abandoned South Vietnam to allie with China against the U.S.S.R during the Cold War. \n\nLogically speaking... how can can the U.S lost to a third world country back in the day...when in the past the U.S has defeated Germany, Italy and Japan, and many other countries? It's rediculous to say that U.S lost to VN.
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54,229 deaths\n\n103,284 wounded