It's Not War. It's Murder.

How many civilians has the US government murdered? This is a first-pass, AI-assisted table. I expect to update from time to time.

Name (Years) Civilians Murdered American Civilian Deaths Brief Description
World War II - Tokyo Firebombing (1945)↗ ~100,000 (likely higher) None Over 15 square miles were destroyed in a single night, representing a deliberate shift to civilian-area bombing. The single most murderous aerial bombing raid in human history.
World War II - Conventional Air Raids on Japan (1944-1945)↗ ~233,000 - 300,000 (excluding Tokyo firebombing) None U.S. strategic firebombing campaign against 64 Japanese cities. This figure excludes the ~100,000 murdered in the Tokyo firebombing. The murder of civilians as a key military goal.
World War II - Hiroshima (1945)↗ up to 166,000 None The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb ("Little Boy") on the urban center of Hiroshima - specifically targeting civilians - using nearby military facilities as an excuse to murder women, children, the elderly.
World War II - Nagasaki (1945) up to 80,000 None U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb ("Fat Man") on Nagasaki - murdering another 80,000 civilians.
Korean War (1950-1953) ~700,000 to 2 million
(1↗, 2↗, 3↗)		 None From 1950 to 1953, U.S. forces dropped 635,000 tons of bombs on the Korean Peninsula - "one of the worst episodes of unrestrained American violence against another people" (link↗). MacArthur gave the order to "burn and destroy".
Vietnam War (1955-1975) ~1-2 million
(1↗, 2↗, 3↗)		 None Extensive bombing campaigns (millions of tons of bombs) including carpet bombings, napalm. Use of defoliants like Agent Orange, and "free-fire zones". The murder and casualty rates were inconceivable..
War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) ~ 46,000 (1↗) None Drone strikes and airstrikes, often justified as targeting militants, have resulted in significant civilian casualties documented by NGOs and media outlets.
Iraq War (2003-2011) ~150,000 None U.S. military actions, including airstrikes and ground operations, resulted in the murder of over 100 thousand civilians.
Syrian War (U.S. Involvement, 2014-present) ~ 3,000 None Airstrikes against (US-enabled) ISIS targets within Syria have resulted in 1000s of civilians being murdered.
Gaza Conflict (2023-present) Over 58,000
likely 100-200k		 None The U.S. is responsible for the genocide as much as the parasitic, apartheid, terror state of israel. israel would not have acted on their genocidal zionist tendencies if not for their unholy union with the United States and the anti-American (israeli-first) one-party system.
U.S. Military Operations in Iran (2026) At least 1,701, including directly targeting 254 children None Military actions in Iran have resulted in significant civilian harm, including attacks on schools and residential areas, with the Minab school attack marking the largest civilian death toll from a single U.S. attack since the Gulf War.
U.S. Economic Terrorism (Global, 1970-present) ~38,000,000 (1970-2021) None Economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and its allies have killed an estimated 38 million people since 1970, primarily through starvation and denial of medical care. This is a weapon of mass destruction, with more than half of the victims being children under 5.

Key Context on Civilian Deaths

  • Deliberate Targeting: The World War II bombings of Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki involved the deliberate targeting of civilian-populated urban centers as part of a strategy of murdering civilians outright.
  • Collateral Damage: In later conflicts like Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military officially aimed to avoid being criticized for civilian casualties, by misrepresenting and misinforming - in collusion with the US government leadership.
  • U.S. Civilian Casualties: The U.S. mainland has largely been insulated from the effects of these conflicts, meaning U.S. civilian casualties are almost zero.

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