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Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast. Russia. 3. 1. F. Ruslan Akhtyamov, 26. No. Suicide. The # symbol indicates the massacre's ranking by number of deaths (since this list is sorted by death toll, not by date or by number of overall casualties).
Bubble chart of wars with over 1.5 million deaths. [229] Combatant deaths in conventional wars, 1800-2011. [230] Seven deadliest wars after 1900. The length of each spiral segment is proportional to the war's duration and its area size to its death toll.
World War II: 18,600 16,500 Siege of Odessa: 1941 World War II: 133,813 [24] 133,813 Battle of Kiev: 1941 World War II: 761,783 [24] 761,783 Second Siege of Sevastopol: 1941–1942 World War II: 236,437 236,437 Third Battle of Changsha: 1942 World War II: 84,862 [25] 84,862 First Battle of Voronezh: 1942 World War II: 662,847 662,847 Battle of ...
t. e. Mass killings under communist regimes occurred through a variety of means during the 20th century, including executions, famine, deaths through forced labour, deportation, starvation, and imprisonment. Some of these events have been classified as genocides or crimes against humanity. Other terms have been used to describe these events ...
The total number of militaryand civilian casualtiesin World War Iwas about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths[1]and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history. The total number of deaths includes from 9 to 11 million military personnel.
This first table gives a convenient overview of the general categories and broad causes. The leading cause is cardiovascular disease at 31.59% of all deaths. Rate of death by cause. Percent of all deaths. Category. Cause. Percent. Percent. I. Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional disorders.
On August 22, 1914, during the Battle of the Frontiers, five separate French armies engaged the German invaders independently of each other. Across all those battlefields, on that single day, 27,000 French soldiers lost their lives protecting their country. [1] The term casualty in warfare is often misunderstood.
The exact death toll is unknown, although scholarly sources estimate the number of Arabs killed to be between 13,000 and more than 20,000. [ 141 ][ 142 ] 25% or more of the Arab population (50,000 people) of Zanzibar were killed by the end of 1964. [ 141 ] Maya genocide. Guatemala.