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This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...
Conflict Casualties (High est.) (Low est.) Siege of Tyre: 332 BC Wars of Alexander the Great: 39,000 (including 13,000 enslaved civilians and 2,000 executed Persian soldiers) 34,000 Siege of Gaza: 332 BC Wars of Alexander the Great: 14,000 11,000 Siege of Syracuse (213–212 BC) 213-212 BC Second Punic War: 40,000 (including Archimedes) 9,000
Armed conflicts consist in the use of armed force between two or more organized armed groups, governmental or non-governmental. [1] Interstate, intrastate and non-state armed conflicts are listed. This is not a list of countries by intentional homicide rate , and criminal gang violence is generally not included unless there is also significant ...
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.
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.
Kashmir conflict: 22 October 1947: Ongoing: 77 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days Ethiopian-Somali wars: 1948: Ongoing: 76 years Insurgency in Balochistan: 1948: Ongoing: 76 years Internal conflict in Myanmar: 2 April 1948: Ongoing: 76 years, 8 months, 1 week and 3 days Arab–Israeli conflict: 15 May 1948: Ongoing: 76 years, 6 months, 3 weeks ...
The Battle of Changping (長平之戰) was a military campaign during the Warring States period of ancient China, which took place from 262 BC to 260 BC at Changping (northwest of present-day Gaoping, Shanxi province), between the two strongest military powers, the State of Qin and the State of Zhao.
List of conflicts in Central America; List of conflicts in South America; Asia : List of conflicts in Asia; List of conflicts in the Near East; List of conflicts in the Middle East. List of modern conflicts in the Middle East; Europe : List of conflicts in Europe. Post-Cold War European conflicts; Ongoing conflicts around the World : List of ...