4 LIMITED WARS

FALKLANDS

• Argentina and Britain fight over Falklands
• April 2-June 20 1982
• Falkland population: 3,140
• Capital was Stanley
• Leaders: Leopoldo Gatieri- General, Jorge Anaya-admiral, brigadier Baslie.

POSSIBLE CAUSE OF WAR

• Decline in British power
• Growth of argentine military
• Misplace prion of motivation

WHY FALKLAND WAR WAS LIMITED: CASUALTIES

• British wounded: 777
• Argentine wounded: 1068
• Lasted 72 days
• Cost 2 billion

CONTINUED...

• Lasted 72 days
• Cost $2 billion

SPANISH CIVIL WAR

• Between nationalist and republicans
• Hitler and Mussolini supported nationalist
• Hitler sends in aircraft
• Feb. 1936-Apr. 1939

CONTINUED...

• Bombed guernica.
• Republicans killed nuns and priests
• Nationalists won April 1939

WHY SPANISH CIVIL WAR WAS LIMITED: CASUALTIES

• Spanish considered it total war but was limited to foreign powers
• 100,000 casualties for republicans
• 70,000 nationalist casualties
• Hitler did not use all his military

CONTINUED...

• Hitler used a small portion of his armies
• It was limited for foreign powers

CHINESE CIVIL WAR

• 1927-37 and 1946-49
• Nationalist vs. communist
• These parties wanted to unify china.
• At end of war, no treaties were made
• Oct. 1911, Manchu dynasty overthrown by double tenth revolution

LEADERS

• Sun Yixian, nominated for pres. But gave it to Yuan Shikai
• Yuan Shikai, general of northern army later became pres.
• Pu Yi, 2 year old emperor
• GMD (Guomindang) headed by Sun, later by Gen. Jiang Jieshi
• CCP (Chinese Communist Party)

WHY CHINESE CIVIL WAR WAS LIMITED

• Casualties was between 2 million and 3 million
• It was limited for foreign powers
• Russia aided CCP but not wholly
• Japanese were not a big player to war

IRAQ CIVIL WAR

• Iraq invades Kuwait
• Involvements: USA, Iraq, UN, other Arab countries
• Feb. 1990 - Apr. 3 1991
• Fought in the gulf and in Kuwait

WHY IRAQ INVADED KUWAIT

• Iraq wanted oil in Kuwait
• USA wanted to protect Kuwait

WHY IRAQ WAR WAS LIMITED: CASUALTIES

• USA: 150 Killed in action, Britain: 24 KIA, Iraq: 20,000 death in total
• Cost of war: $61 billion
• U.S Only had 6 carriers
• Only used bombs from the U.S ( dropping)

CONTINUED...

• Cost $61 billion
• US only used 6 carriers
• US only used bomb drops

LIMITED WAR

• Low casualties
• No conscription
• Limited military
• No nuclear weapons
• Only limited for foreign powers

CONTINUED...

• Amount of years/months
• Falkland war only took 72 days with low casualties
• Iraq war had low casualties for foreign powers