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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.
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]
Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. [ 196 ] [ 197 ] [ 198 ] Nearly one and half million were killed in just 100 days from late July to early November 1942. [ 199 ]
Killed by the Irish People's Liberation Organisation in Shankill, Belfast. 1989: Pat Finucane, solicitor Ken Barrett Killed in Belfast by Ulster Loyalists. 1990: Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament for Eastbourne: IRA Killed by a car bomb near his house in East Sussex. [40] 1997: Billy Wright, Loyalist Volunteer Force leader INLA prisoners
1,182 killed Andijan massacre: Government Protesters in the city of Andijan 13 May 2005 Protest and government massacre in the city of Andijan in Uzbekistan: 187–1,500 killed 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution: Government Opposition 6 April 2010 14 December 2010 Also known as the People's April Revolution, the Melon Revolution or the April Events.
The Uzbek edition of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on 16 June 2010, that 2,608 Uzbeks had been killed since the beginning of the clashes. [60] The residents of the city of Osh reported that the bodies of 1,170 Uzbeks were taken from the streets and ruins and buried by members of the Uzbek community.
In 2008, defector Ikrom Yakubov, a major in the SNB at the time of the incident, alleged that 1,500 people were killed – over twice the highest number estimated by outside observers. [5] In October 2005 an Uzbek court found several Kyrgyz citizens guilty of several crimes revolving around involvement in the Andijan massacre. [41]
6 Nikolai Bekryashev (died in a labour camp) 15 Aleksei Gastev, Dmitry Shakhovskoy. 16 Efrem Eshba. 19 Vladimir Copic. May. 8 Nikolai Varfolomeyev. 19 Karl Radek (murdered in a labour camp) 21 Grigori Sokolnikov (murdered in a labour camp) June. 6 Prince Dmitri.Mirsky (died in a labour camp) July. 9 Maria Koszutska (died in prison)