Canadian military casualties in Afghanistan and-the resilience of modern Canadians

Some interesting perspectives So far in military operations, Canada has suffered 158 Military casualties in Afghanistan( over 6 years since 2002)

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Consider and contrast this with at least 24 Canadians murdered on 9/11 in 40 minutes Our WW2 losses on D-Day alone: (just 8 hours of battle )

• 340 killed
• 574 wounded
• 47 taken prisoner

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In the Normandy Battle Area of France where fighting raged through the month of June into July and August 1944

• 5,002 Canadians were killed in action accounting for over 70 Canadian soldiers killed in action every single day of the battles that took place there.

In the Italian Campaign.

• 5,900 Dead and 19,500 Wounded in Sicily and Italy 10 July 1943 to 2nd May 1945 - 660 days of battle (approximately 10 KIA on average per day = 300 dead per month
• 562 Canadians dead in Sicily alone in 26 days of fighting = 22 Canadians Killed per day
• 164 Canadians Killed in 12 hours at the Lamone River Crossing
• In 20 days at the Lamone and Senia River Crossings over 2nd to the 22nd Dec 1944, the number of Canadians killed in action totalled 548 = 28 per day

In the East

• 291 Canadian soldiers were killed at Hong Kong within one week from 18th to the 25th December in 1941 An average rate of 42 men KIA every day of the battle. (another 260 died as Prisoners of War from 1942-45.

Yup 260 in three years. As against 158 current Afghanistan casualties in 6 years . But then that generation was something else altogether n'est pas? Our WW1 losses in France just in two battles in 1915 and 1917 alone

• 250 dead per day at Passchendaele (from 26th October to 15th November= 5,000 KIA and 10,000 wounded.)
• 1,000 dead per day = 2,000 dead 4,000 wounded in 2 days Battle of Ypres 1915,
• 1.200 dead per day = 3.598 dead and 10,000 wounded in 3 days Battle of Vimy Ridge April 9th to 12th

In Korea- Days in action from Feb 1951 to July 1953 = 880 days in action in country

• 516 Canadians KIA 1,550 wounded

And, to date (in 2008,) Toronto's- nearly 60 homicides- the bulk, according to Police, gang-related. Before the year is out Canada will see over 600 murders from province to province, coast to coast territory to territory (the normal average is around 620) Also before the year is out, over 650 Canadians will die in road accidents. Over 3,700 Canadian Men will commit suicide in 2008. Most of them as a result of "family law" related court decisions Some perspective eh? What does this all tell us about what have become as a nation? I leave that to the reader to decide.

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