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re: What would be the worst war to fight in in history?
Posted on 1/19/20 at 7:40 am to athenslife101
Posted on 1/19/20 at 7:40 am to athenslife101
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More people died of rifles in the civil war.
More men died of disease than wounds.
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Pneumonia, typhoid, diarrhea/dysentery, and malaria were the predominant illnesses. Altogether, two-thirds of the approximately 660,000 deaths of soldiers were caused by uncontrolled infectious diseases, and epidemics played a major role in halting several major campaigns.
Infectious diseases during the Civil War: the triumph of the "Third Army"
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Posted on 1/19/20 at 10:01 am to Dr Phibes
You know what I meant. Battlefield casualties. I don’t think it was till the 20th century that the leading causes of war weren’t disease
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