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Home / British militarism examined

Deaths in the ‘War on Terror’

This category examines military and civilian deaths in the War on Terror, with a focus on UK and US combat fatalities

  • 3 Dec 2020

    Why AOAV compared US and UK soldiers deaths in the War on Terror

    The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were defined by Improvised Explosive Devices. These were the primary cause of death for both UK and US militaries, accounting for between half (UK) and two-thirds (US) of combat fatalities.

  • 3 Dec 2020

    For All Was Lost: comparing UK & US military deaths in the War on Terror

    IEDs were the primary cause of death for both UK and US militaries in the ‘War on Terror’. As a proportion of total force size, a UK soldier was twenty per cent more likely to be killed by an IED than their US counterpart.

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