QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoIsraeli strike hits Rafah area after Hamas barragewww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1231arrow-down118
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-linkIsraeli strike hits Rafah area after Hamas barragewww.bbc.co.ukQuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square187fedilink
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 months agoAnyone reading along in this thread should probably check the veracity of these claimed ratios. Wikipedia has an okay overview. It’s also worth noting that the Russian wars in Chechnya were particularly notable for their brutal war crimes. @FlyingSquid
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-26 months agoI’ll save you the effort: Mexican American War, 1:1 WW1, 1:1 WW2, between 3:2 and 2:1 Korean War, 3:1 Vietnam War, between 1:3 and 2:1 Lebanon War, between 4:1 and 6:1 Chechen Wars, 10:1 (first), 4:1 (second), 7.6:1 (overall) Yugoslav War: between 1:10 and 10:1 Iraq War: between 1:2 and 3:1 Mosul: between 0.7:1 and 1.5:1 If there are 15,000 combatants among the 35,000 dead in Gaza, then this war stands at 1.3:1
Anyone reading along in this thread should probably check the veracity of these claimed ratios. Wikipedia has an okay overview.
It’s also worth noting that the Russian wars in Chechnya were particularly notable for their brutal war crimes.
@FlyingSquid
I’ll save you the effort:
If there are 15,000 combatants among the 35,000 dead in Gaza, then this war stands at 1.3:1