Casualties of War

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• Casualties of War

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Todays Agenda

• War Casualties slide show
• Presentation
• Flu Epidemic of 1918
• Homework
• Unit Test Tues (start studying)

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America at War
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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
The threat of attack has ended
Victor inflicts more casualties
The Enemy surrenders

• Are there any victors/losers?

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Casulaties
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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
• gt 3 million soldiers

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What effects did WWI have beyond the soldiers on
the battlefield?
Wars often spark other effects beyond the
soldiers fighting on the battle field.
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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, rapping
  kill of Armenians

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Armenian Genocide
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What was the Russian Revolution?

• Takeover of Tsar Nicholas II autocratic
  government by the Bolsheviks
• Communists
• Vladimir Lenin
• Romanovs murdered

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Russian Revolution (could insert 0-4)
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Flu Epidemic of 1918 Presentation
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Spanish Flu
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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.
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Spanish Flu
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Was it worth it?

• Remember the original goals
• Number of goals achieved v. Casualties
• Do the goals outweigh the costs?

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To date, roughly how many soldiers have we lost
in the current war in Iraq?

• November, 2006
• Since March 19, 2003

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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 wars end.

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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
• 300 billion for the war
• Over 9 Trillion total
• Oil Rich ally
• Spread of Democracy
• Spread of Terrorism
• Embolden terrorist states (Iran/North Korea)

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Other Costs
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• Is it worth it?

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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 isnt
free. At this very moment, hundreds of thousands
of young Americans are risking their lives so
that we can have this conversation.