An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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List of Peppa Pig episodes
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Catharinus P. Buckingham
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James Lowry Donaldson
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The Good Soldiers
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Parasite Pig
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William Sleator
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Grayston Lynch
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Jaroslav Hašek
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A Long Way Gone
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Parasitic plant
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Ernst Jünger
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Charlotte's Web
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United States military casualties of war
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)
Udo Walendy
Udo Walendy, born 21 January 1927, in Berlin, is a German author, historian, former soldier, and Holocaust denier, who, like Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof, also disputes Germany's guilt for the Second World War.
Beasts of No Nation
The novel follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in an unnamed West African country. While Agu fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first conflicted by simultaneous revulsion by and fascination with the mechanics of war. Iweala does not shy away from explicit, visceral detail and paints a complex, difficult picture of Agu as a child soldier. The book does not give any direct clue as to which country it takes place in, and it remains undisclosed. The book is notable for its confrontational, immersive first - person narrative.
The Path of Glory
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.
Frederick Carruthers Cornell
Frederick Carruthers Cornell OBE (6 May 1867 – 6 March 1921) was an English soldier, geologist, prospector and author born in Devon, England, and educated at the Bedford School. Cornell is best known for his war time activities during the Boer War, the Maritz rebellion and the First World War as well as for his publications.
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by American author E.B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published on October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as ``Some Pig '') in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live.
Horatio Collins King
Horatio Collins King (December 22, 1837 – November 15, 1918) was a Union Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War. He also served as a U.S. lawyer, politician and author.
In what war did the country of citizenship of the author of Parasite Pig lose the most soldiers?
Parasite Pig >> author
William Sleator
#1 >> country of citizenship
America
in what war did #2 lose the most soldiers
American Civil War