Timeline of History - 20th Century at a Glance. Explore more. Web pages, photos, and videos. Casualties of War - Putting American Casualties in Perspective. Casualties of War - Putting American Casualties in Perspective by - November 3, 2003 The United States of America has a somewhat unique relationship with war.
While America is considered to be the most militarily powerful country in the world today, Americans as a whole have never experienced war in the way that many other countries of the world have. There is a huge disparity between the American experience of war and the global experience. The total number of Americans killed in action from all major wars combined, the ten listed below, is 2,757,196, which, while a disheartening number, is about the same as the number of Vietnamese that died in the Vietnam War alone. (Note that Australian, British, French, Chinese, Laotian, Cambodian, and several other nationalities were involved in the Vietnam war as well, but I don't have their statistics shown here.
American dead - 58,169 Vietnamese killed by American military - 1,165,000+ Sources: History for busy people. This war...! Remember the War - Remembering our heroes - 13th November 2011. Prohibition: Watch Videos. Skip to nav skip to content Prohibition Share Watch Videos A Nation of Drunkards "Virtually every part of the constitution is about expanding human freedom except Prohibition, in which human freedom was being limited. Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Other Videos Share Your Story "People made money during prohibition a number of rather ingenious ways. Read & Share Stories Send Email Postcards Create personalized postcards using images from PROHIBITION and email them to friends or family. Create Your Postcard Prohibition Nationwide The consequences of prohibition were felt all across the United States.
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HistoryBuff.com. Visual History of War, Religion, and Government. 1901 to World War II. European History Interactive Map - StumbleUpon. Photo Timelines - LIFE. Voices of History - Old Time Radio Shows - OTR. THIS DAY. U.S. Constitution Test. Questions are followed with Answers: 1.
What are the colors of our flag? 2. How many stars are there on our flag? 3. What color are the stars on our flag? The Hot Mess Handbook Revisited. Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century by Rank. 25 of the Most Influential News Images of All Time. News Photography is all about capturing the decisive moment in an aesthetic way.
It is about telling the world a story, through one or more images. Many times, news images come to be remembered as symbolically associated with a certain event, remembered for decades thanks to that special news image. Let us look at 25 such images. Remember, news images need NOT always be technically sound. Some may be grainy; some may even have a marginal amount of camera shake…as long as they tell the story right, its all right! The Great Depression This image of Florence Thompson from the 1930s came to be associated with the great depression, for years to come. Abe Smith and Tom Shipp Abe Smith and Tom Shipp were convicted of robbery and rape in 1930.
Jesse Owens Jesse Owens was the most successful athlete in the 1936 Olympics. Moment of Death This image of militiaman Federico Borrell Garcia, captures the precise moment of his death. Hindenburg Fall Of Nazi Collaborators Iwo Jima Atom Bomb Skymaster. Maps. Home page Down to: 6th to 15th Centuries | 16th and 19th Centuries | 1901 to World War Two | 1946 to 21st Century The Ancient World ... index of places Aegean Region, to 300 BCE Aegean Region, 185 BCE Africa, 2500 to 1500 BCE Africa to 500 CE African Language Families Alexander in the East (334 to 323 BCE) Ashoka, Empire of (269 to 232 BCE) Athenian Empire (431 BCE) China, Korea and Japan (1st to 5th century CE) China's Warring States (245 to 235 BCE)
