Do Battles and Wars Have a Common Relationship between Casualties and Victory?

Abstract

This study examines whether a relation between casualties and victory in land combat battles, discovered in the course of earlier research, holds also for wars. It finds that this relation, or one similar to it, quite likely does hold for wars as well as battles. The paper also includes a brief exploration of the trend over historical time of the key quantities involved. It appears that the key variables involved have been quite stable from at least the early 1800s to the present day.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA196126

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People

  • Robert L. Helmbold

Organizations

  • Center for Army Analysis

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  • Biomedical

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  • Civil War
  • Combat Operations
  • Databases
  • Health Services
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
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  • Military Science
  • Operations Research
  • Second World War
  • Statistical Analysis
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  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
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