Talk:Wastage (military)

Latest comment: 1 year ago by MrArtC in topic Not just World War I

Article in need of neutrality--Piedras grandes 19:53, 17 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

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The military definition has not been defined in the Wiktionary entry. -- œ 07:23, 4 September 2010 (UTC)Reply

Seems High

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7000 a day on a quiet day would be around 10 million for the war, not counting anyone lost during actual operations. This seems high. Source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.50.137 (talk) 16:40, 14 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Not just World War I

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There is at least one example of the term being used in World War II. See "WAR CABINET, Defence Committee (Operations), ARMY STRENGTHS, Directive by the Minister of Defence," October 9, 1941. (p. 2, paragraph 4.), contemplating "a normal wastage of 50,000 [men] a quarter." U.S. National Archives, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/27579597/31/public?contributionType=transcription (Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942-1945; Message Files, 1942-1945; FDR to Churchill-March-April 1942) MrArtC (talk) 15:03, 7 October 2022 (UTC)Reply