History GCSE
Human casualties
What Human casualties means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Human casualties
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Over 58,000 American military personnel were killed and approximately 300,000 were wounded.
Topics that use Human casualties
- Option 33: Key topic 4: Reactions to, and the end of, US involvement in Vietnam, 1964–75 - 3 The peace process and end of the war (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Diplomacy and negotiation
- Economic impact
- Military coercion
- Cold War geopolitics
- Domestic political pressure
- Psychological trauma
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