Good to spread the word about the disinformation Trump is spreading about NATO-members not supporting the US.
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It would be interesting to break out how many were killed by US soldiers. I vaguely recall the first British casualties in the Gulf War being due to friendly fire from the US. Reports of deaths from friendly fire often make the news in these conflicts and it seems like it’s almost always the US who is responsible.
Scanning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_friendly_fire_incidents the majority of friendly fire casualties do appear to same-nation accidents, but I saw four cases of American air support firing on British or Canadian troops leading to 16 dead and 43 injured - plus one RAF Tornado shot down by US Patriot battery.
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In the Gulf War I, British tanks were marked on top for the first time, so that the American fighter pilots might recognise them as friendly.
IIRC one friendly fire incident took out seven Brits.