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World War I: 1,660 Battle of the Falkland Islands: 1914 World War I: 1,900 Battle of Dogger Bank: 1915 World War I: 1,081 Battle of Jutland: 1916 World War I: 12,000 Battle of Cape Machichaco: 1937 Spanish Civil War: 35 Battle of Cape Palos: 1938 Spanish Civil War: 765 Battle of the River Plate: 1939 World War II: 196 Attack on Mers-el-Kébir ...
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.
The siege was the most destructive in history and possibly the most deadly, causing an estimated 1.5 million deaths. It was not classified as a war crime at the time, [ 12 ] but some historians have since classified it as a genocide due to the intentional destruction of the city and the systematic starvation of its civilian population.
With an estimated death toll in an excess of a million, the bloodletting at Stalingrad far exceeded that of Verdun, one of the costliest battles of World War I." [39] According to military historian Louis A. DiMarco, "In terms of raw casualty numbers, the battle for Stalingrad was the single most brutal battle in history."
Battle of Isandlwana [35] [10] (January 22, 1879). In the first major battle of the Anglo-Zulu War, a Zulu impi overwhelmed and defeated two battalions armed with modern rifles and artillery. The battle was a major victory for the Zulus during the opening stages of the war.
On the night of 9/10 March 1945, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) conducted a devastating firebombing raid on Tokyo, the Japanese capital city.This attack was code-named Operation Meetinghouse by the USAAF and is known as the Tokyo Great Air Raid (東京大空襲, Tōkyō dai-kūshū) in Japan. [1]
[43] [44] It was one of the costliest battles of the Second World War, [45] [46] [47] [44] [48] the single deadliest armoured battle in history, [49] and the opening day of the battle, 5 July, was the single costliest day in the history of aerial warfare in terms of aircraft shot down.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Minor wars (1,000–9,999) Conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world ...