In which war did the country where the Marco's Millions author is a citizen lose the most soldiers?
American Civil War
Title: Amer Hrustanović
Passage: Amer Hrustanović (born June 11, 1988 in Zvornik, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is an amateur Austrian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's light heavyweight category. He holds both Austrian and Bosnian citizenship in order to compete internationally in wrestling, including the Olympic games. Hrustanovic is also a member of the wrestling team for AC Wals in Salzburg, and is coached and trained by Marco Haring Hannes.
Title: William Sleator
Passage: William Warner Sleator III (February 13, 1945 – August 3, 2011), known as William Sleator, was an American science fiction author who wrote primarily young adult novels but also wrote for younger readers. His books typically deal with adolescents coming across a peculiar phenomenon related to an element of theoretical science, then trying to deal with the situation. The theme of family relationships, especially between siblings, is frequently intertwined with the science fiction plotline.
Title: The Unknown Soldier (1955 film)
Passage: The Unknown Soldier () is a Finnish film directed by Edvin Laine and premiered in December 1955. It is based on "The Unknown Soldier", a novel by Väinö Linna. The story is about the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union as told from the viewpoint of ordinary Finnish soldiers. The film was and remains the most successful movie ever in Finland; about 2.8 million people, or more than half the Finnish population, saw it in theaters. Its portrayal of Linna's characters is widely accepted as canonical.
Title: The Path of Glory
Passage: The Path of Glory is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Dallas Bower and starring Maurice Evans, Valerie Hobson, Felix Aylmer, Henry Daniell and Athole Stewart. Two European countries plan a war, both hoping to lose it.
Title: Marco's Millions
Passage: Marco's Millions (2001) is a science fiction novel by William Sleator. Marco and his sister Lilly need to deal with the stress that they are the only ones that can save the world. It is a prequel to the main book, "The Boxes".
Title: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Passage: ``An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge '', a short story by American author Ambrose Bierce, is`` one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature''. Originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, it was first collected in Bierce's 1891 book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. The story is set during the American Civil War, in which Bierce himself was a soldier.
Title: United States military casualties of war
Passage: Rank War Years Deaths Deaths per day U.S. population in first year of war Deaths per population American Civil War 1861 -- 65 750,000 avg. (U.S. / Confederate) 520 31,443,000 2.385% (1860) World War II 1941 -- 45 405,399 297 133,402,000 0.307% (1940) World War I 1917 -- 18 116,516 279 103,268,000 0.110% (1920) Vietnam War 1961 -- 75 58,209 11 179,323,175 0.032% (1970) 5 Korean War 1950 -- 53 54,246 45 151,325,000 0.036% (1950) 6 American Revolutionary War 1775 -- 83 25,000 11 2,500,000 1.00% (1780) 7 War of 1812 1812 -- 15 15,000 15 8,000,000 0.207% (1810) 8 Mexican -- American War 1846 -- 48 13,283 29 21,406,000 0.057% (1850) 9 Iraq War 2003 -- 2011 4,497 294,043,000 0.002% (2010) 10 Philippine -- American War 1899 -- 1902 4,196 3.8 72,129,001 0.006% (1900) 11 Spanish -- American War 1898 2,246 8.9 62,022,250 (1890) 12 War in Afghanistan 2001 - present 2,216 0.36 294,043,000 (2010)
Marco's Millions United States military casualties of war William Sleator