Tuesday, September 6, 2011

90s Trivia: How many Americans suffered battle-related deaths during the first Gulf War?


The 90s, unlike the 00s, were punctuated with numerous successful American military conflicts.  Most remembered of those was the closest thing we had to a full-scale war during the 90s: the First Gulf War, otherwise known as Operation Desert Storm.  During the conflict, the United States and other allies invaded Iraq to beat back an Iraqi invasion of neighboring Kuwait.  The conflict was an unprecedented military success for the United States, with an extremely low number of American battle-related military deaths.  So, off of Pocket Trivia: 90s Trivia - How many Americans suffered battle-related deaths during the first Gulf War?  Was it 148, 390, 1212 or 4,539?

The correct answer here, thankfully, is the lowest number: 148.  35 of those killed died by friendly fire.  According to estimates, 3,664 Iraqi civilians died during the war, with another 20,000 - 26,000 Iraqi soldiers killed.

Of course, these pale in comparison to those killed in the Second Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom.  As of 2010, more than 4,400 American troops were killed in the war.

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