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This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
Eighty Years' War: 14,000 9,500 Siege of Candia: 1648–1669 Cretan War: 149,739 149,739 First siege of Anandpur: 1700 Hill States-Sikh Wars 150,000+ 150,000+ Siege of Toulon: 1793 War of the First Coalition: 21,400 7,400 Siege of Mantua: 1796–1797 War of the First Coalition: 51,000 51,000 Siege of Genoa: 1800 War of the Second Coalition ...
The definition of "battle" as a concept in military science has varied with the changes in the organization, employment, and technology of military forces. Before the 20th century, "battle" usually meant a military clash over a small area, lasting a few days at most and often just one day—such as the Battle of Waterloo, which began and ended on 18 June 1815 on a field a few kilometers across.
The Second Battle of Nanawa was fought from the 4 to 9 July 1933, between the Bolivian and Paraguayan armies during the Chaco War.It was one of the bloodiest battles fought in South America in the 20th century, [1] coming to be labeled as the "South American Verdun" by comparison with the Battle of Verdun of World War I.
The bloodiest battle in Finnish history at the time. The Finnish White Guard and the Swedish Brigade defeat the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. World War I: Battle of Charah: 12-17 March: Assyrian volunteers defeat the Kurdish Shekak tribe: Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja: 16 March
For a List of wars in the 20th century, see: List of wars: 1900–1944; List of wars: 1945–1989; List of wars: 1990–2002
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1900 to 1944 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944.. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are among the deadliest conflicts in human history, with many of the world's great powers partaking in total war and some partaking in genocides.
1733–1738 War of the Polish Succession – 88,000 killed in action [1] 1735–1739 Russo-Ottoman War; 1740–1748 War of the Austrian Succession – 359,000 killed in action [1] 1740–1763 Silesian Wars; 1741–1743 Russo-Swedish War; 1745–1746 Jacobite rising of 1745; 1756–1763 Seven Years' War – 992,000 killed in action [1] 1757 ...