Vietnam (pre-war 1945-1955, Vietnam War 1955-1975)
http://www.opednews.com/populum/# of people killed 1st Indochina War: (1945-1954) 1,000,000 (largely funded by the U.S., fought by the French) Â (61)
http://www.opednews.com/populum/# of people killed 2nd Indochina War (1954-1975): 3.5 million (11)
Total US bomb tonnage: 7 million tons (19)
Total US cluster bomblets dropped: 97 million (59)
Napalm: 400,000 tons
Defoliant: 20 million gallons (41)
Total acres spray with defoliant: 5 million acres of forest & 700,000 acres of cropland  (41) Â
Refugees during the war: 5 million  (53)
Cambodia (1964-1973)
http://www.opednews.com/populum/# of people killed: 600,000 (11) or 500,000-1,000,000 (49, Chomsky)
Total US bomb tonnage: 2.7 million tons (about equal to US + allies in all WWII) (10)
Total US cluster bomblets dropped: 26 million (59)
Napalm: A considerable but unknown portion of total bomb tonnage
Defoliant: 1 million gallons
Total acres spray with defoliant, napalmed and bombed: --1 million acres
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