It is hard to say with exact certainty how many people died in World War 2, but estimates vary between 50 million to over 80 million.

China did not have many horses and Britain hardly used any at all.

In WW1 1,700,000 died and in WW2 55,000,000 died. Today someone was commenting about an article referring to the number of horses killed in the US Civil War. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, which was about 3% of the 1940 world population (est. I casually said, Thats nothing compared to WWII. But in total, over 8 million horses perished during the war. In fact, according to the magazine, it was the biggest order for horses the army had placed since the Civil War. Japan, too, relied heavily on horses. Horses were heavily used in World War One. The use of horses in World War I marked a transitional period in the evolution of armed conflict. Its' 250 horses and 48 mules sadly met their end when they were slaughtered to become food for the starving army. By 1917, Britain had over a million horses in service and by the time the war was over, Britain alone had lost 484,000 horses. In 1993 NARA opened "Buddies: Soldiers and Animals in World War II," a display of thirty-six of those images. Of a million horses and mules recruited by the British Army, nearly half died as a result of injury or enemy fire. In WW1 1,700,000 died and in WW2 55,000,000 died. To remedy the problem many mules had their vocal cords removed in a surgical procedure. Horses were primarily to be used as a form of transport during the war. Make it fast.” In the chaotic last days of the Second World War, Gen. George Patton’s terse command set off a remarkable secret mission to save a group of priceless stallions and b… The bulk of the German Army—the dough feet of the normal infantry divisions—moved on shank's mare. The Soviet Union also had a cavalry. Find out more about these brave war horses. Cavalry units were initially considered essential offensive elements of a military force, but over the course of the war, the vulnerability of horses to modern machine gun … And in 1941, Life magazine reported that the U.S. Army was supplying itself with 20,000 horses. Shire horses were mainly used for transportation since they can shift huge amounts of … A great leader in WW2, but I'm not sure in WW1, in a war were a estimated 16 millions died, and then a epdemic that killed another estimated 50 million people, in 1919 who would be counting horses As regards the reason for counting, it was the button counters, they knew to the pound the value of all of the horseflesh sold. The use of horses in World War I marked a transitional period in the evolution of armed conflict. Horses were involved in the war’s first military conflict involving Great Britain – a cavalry attack near Mons in August 1914. Many died of starvation, disease and exhaustion and many othersdied as a result of artillery fire. The cavalry would use horses to get to the frontline then dismount and take up arms against the enemy on foot. World War Two: 55 million died. “Get them. Germany had about 1.1 million horses that they used on all fronts. They were also bought from British citizens. Cavalry units were initially considered essential offensive elements of a military force, but over the course of the war, the vulnerability of horses to modern machine gun … World War Two: 55 million died. World War I, in which 10 million soldiers died, also resulted in the deaths of 8 million military horses.

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