Casualties of War

1. Casualties of War

2. America at War

3. How can the victor of a war be determined? New form of government is in place Revenge is achieved When is victory Achieved? Economic needs are protected National Prestige is upheld Are there any victors/losers? The threat of attack has ended Victor inflicts more casualties The Enemy surrenders

4. Casulaties

5. What were the casualties of WWI? • Total Casualties • 37.5 million • 15.5 million deaths • 21 million wounded • Allied Powers • 5 million soldiers • Central Powers • > 3 million soldiers

8. What effects did WWI have beyond the soldiers on the battlefield? Wars often spark other effects beyond the soldiers fighting on the battle field.

9. What was the Armenian Genocide? • forced mass evacuation & systematic murder of nearly 1 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire • Mahsusa • Special organization used to force Armenian evacuations • Filled with freed murders and criminals • did not provide facilities or supplies • prevented deportees from supplying themselves • allowed others & participated in robbing, raping & killing Armenians

10. Armenian Genocide

11. What was the Russian Revolution? • Takeover of Tsar Nicholas II’s autocratic government by the Bolsheviks • Communists • Vladimir Lenin • Romanovs murdered • Separate peace with Germany • US involvement: Reds vs. Whites

12. Russian Revolution (could insert 0-4)

13. Flu Epidemic of 1918 Presentation

14. Spanish Flu

15. What was the Spanish Flu? • Virus (influenza) that killed between 20-40 million people worldwide (1918-1919)) • 675 thousand Americans • most devastating epidemic in recorded world history • Symptoms began like a cold • Infected 20% of world population • 28% of Americans • Highest fatality between ages 20-30 • 4 women playing bridge together one night and next morning 3 were dead • I had a little bird, Its name was Enza. • I opened the window, • And in-flu-enza.

16. Spanish Flu

18. Was it worth it? • Remember the original goals • Number of goals achieved v. Casualties • Do the goals outweigh the costs?

19. As an American, how does this make you feel? Combat in Afghanistan Casualties in any amount affect the people of a country and often are the reasons for a war’s end.

20. Wars often spark other effects beyond the soldiers fighting on the battle field: List some possible effects of the Iraqi War: • Civil War • Stable Democratically elected government • Skyrocketing Debt (figures from 2006) • $300 billion for the war • Over $9 Trillion total • Oil Rich ally • Spread of Democracy • Spread of Terrorism • Embolden terrorist states (Iran/North Korea)

21. Other Costs

22. Is it worth it?

23. The fog of war can cloud a normally clear mind. If you have learned nothing else from this lesson, I hope that you appreciate the far reaching effects of ‘going to war.’ Thousands/millions of lives are affected by the decision to go to war. Bad and good people die. Hopefully the leaders that we have/will elect(ed) appreciate this. But remember that freedom isn’t free. At this very moment, hundreds of thousands of young Americans are risking their lives so that we can have this conversation.