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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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
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 ...
Shame on Antonio Guterres. The United Nations Secretary-General has every right, and obligation, to meet with all the leaders of the world, even the most odious and criminal ones, if that serves ...
The paperback was published by W. W. Norton in May 2013 under the new title Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History. The British edition (Canongate Books, 20 October 2011) is entitled Atrocitology: Humanity's 100 Deadliest Achievements. It has been translated into Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Today's Wordle Answer for #1252 on Friday, November 22, 2024. Today's Wordle answer on Friday, November 22, 2024, is PEARL. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.