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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.
The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history.The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related or civilian deaths) and civilian casualties during the battles.
An Austrian sniper on the Eastern Front during World War II who was credited with 345 kills between 1943 and 1945. [30] 345 Nazi Germany: Abukhadzhi Idrisov: 1918–1983 1939–1944 A Soviet Chechen sniper credited with 349+ kills during World War II. He was reported to have killed 100 soldiers in only 10 days of fighting.
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 ...
Simo Häyhä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsimo ˈhæy̯hæ] ⓘ; 17 December 1905 – 1 April 2002), often referred to by his nickname The White Death (Finnish: Valkoinen kuolema; Russian: Бе́лая смерть, romanized: Bélaya smert’), was a Finnish military sniper during World War II in the 1939–1940 Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
Soldiers of Heaven Shia tribes Other militias. 2006 2013 Operation Astute: Australia New Zealand Malaysia Portugal East Timor United Nations: Renegade elements of Timor Leste Defence Force: 2006 2009 Bakassi conflict Cameroon: BAMOSD. BFF MEND SCAPO LSCP BSDF 2006 2006 2006 Lebanon War. Part of the Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israel Supported ...
World War I: October 23, 1917 - Nov 11, 1918: 4,964 17,201 1,056 23,221 German Empire Harlem Hellfighters: World War I: Apr 8 - Nov 11, 1918 (191 days at the front) 3,832 [note 3] 1500 [25] 40~ German Empire 3rd Infantry Division: World War II: Nov 8, 1942-May 8, 1945 (553 days of combat) 6,000 4,922 18,766 554 1735 25,977 [26] Germany. Vichy ...
Erich Hartmann was born on 19 April 1922 in Weissach, Württemberg, to Doctor Alfred Erich Hartmann and his wife, Elisabeth Wilhelmine Machtholf. The economic depression that followed World War I in Germany prompted Doctor Hartmann to find work in China, and Erich spent his early childhood there.