USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nearly 5 million people died. More than half of these–about 10 percent of Korea’s prewar population–were civilians. (This rate of civilian casualties was higher than World War II’s and the Vietnam War’s.) Almost 40, 000 Americans died in action in Korea, and more than 100, 000 were wounded.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nearly five million people died. More than half are civilians. It is known that the level of civilian casualties in the Korean War was higher than that of World War II and the Vietnam War. Meanwhile, nearly 40 thousand Americans died in the war in Korea and more than 100 thousand were injured.

Detailed explanation-3: -By far the most costly war in terms of human life was World War II (1939–45), in which the total number of fatalities, including battle deaths and civilians of all countries, is estimated to have been 56.4 million, assuming 26.6 million Soviet fatalities and 7.8 million Chinese civilians were killed.

Detailed explanation-4: -An estimate by the Department of Defense after the war gave a figure of 1.2 million civilian casualties, including 195, 000 deaths.

Detailed explanation-5: -Approximately 150, 000 troops from South Korea, the United States, and participating U.N. nations were killed in the Korean War, and as many as one million South Korean civilians perished. An estimated 800, 000 communist soldiers were killed, and more than 200, 000 North Korean civilians died.