List of battles and other violent events by death toll

List of battles and other violent events by death toll

This page lists mortalities from battles and other individual military operations or acts of violence, sorted by death toll. For wars and events more extensive in scope, see "List of wars and disasters by death toll". For natural disasters, see "List of natural disasters by death toll".

Battles and sieges

"Many of the entries in this section are currently for total casualties rather than deaths. Until this notice is removed, check the individual links to confirm what the figure represents."

Air raids

* 100,000 - Tokyo firebombing by the USAAF, 1945 [ [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T137774.htm Tokyo firebombing victims plan to sue government] ]

Wartime ship disasters

Prior to World War I

Post World War II

Massacres

"See also List of massacres"

# 5,000-17,000 [ [http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?chapter=472&cat=3 Country Histories - Empire's Children] ] - Massacre and ethnic cleansing of Indians and Arabs by the descendants of black African slaves during the Zanzibar Revolution (Zanzibar, Tanzania, 1964)

Terrorist attacks

"See also List of terrorist incidents and List of assassins"

Human sacrifice and mass suicide

"This section lists notable individual episodes of mass suicide or human sacrifice. For tolls arising from the systematic practice of suicide or sacrifice, see Human sacrifice and ritual suicide."

Riot or political demonstration

Footnotes

See also

"Other lists organized by death toll"
* List of wars and disasters by death toll
* List of natural disasters by death toll
* List of accidents and disasters by death toll
* List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll
* Most prolific murderers by number of victims"Other lists with similar topics"
* List of wars | List of battles | List of invasions
* List of disasters | List of historic fires
* List of earthquakes | List of notable tropical cyclones
* List of famines | Famine | Infectious diseases
* List of massacres | List of riots
* List of terrorist incidents
* List of rail accidents
* Lists of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners"Topics dealing with similar themes"
* Mass murder | Genocide | Democide
* Genocide in history
* Most lethal battles in world history
* United States casualties of war
* Invasion and occupation of Iraq casualties

External links

* [http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/battles.htm Bloodiest Battles of the 20th Century]
* [http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/battle19.htm Death Tolls for Battles of the 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th Centuries]
* [http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/war-list.htm Wars of the 20th Century]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1510/is_1987_Fall/ai_5151514/pg_2 The world's worst massacres Whole Earth Review]
* [http://www.arthurhu.com/INDEX/genocide.htm War Disaster and Genocide]
* [http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/ Killers of the 20th Century]
* [http://www.historynet.com/wars_conflicts/world_war_2/3037296.html Soviet Prisoners of War: Forgotten Nazi Victims of World War II]
* [http://www.airdisaster.com/features/top100/top100.shtml Top 100 aviation disasters] on AirDisaster.com
* [http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/index.html Maritime disasters of World War II]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll — See also: List of wars, List of battles and other violent events by death toll, and List of natural disasters by death toll This is a list of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll. It covers the lowest estimate of death as well as… …   Wikipedia

  • List of natural disasters by death toll — A natural disaster is defined as a hazard which occurs naturally, that is a disaster that is not brought about by acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, etc. In order to be …   Wikipedia

  • List of accidents and disasters by death toll — This page lists accidents and disasters sorted by death toll. It does not include natural disasters, or death tolls caused by deliberate violence. Explosion Not including bombings, aviation incidents and mine disasters * 1,950 Halifax Explosion,… …   Wikipedia

  • List of wars and disasters by death toll — This is a list of wars and human made disasters by death toll. Some events overlap categories.Wars and armed conflicts These figures of one million or more deaths include the deaths of civilians from diseases, famine, etc., as well as deaths of… …   Wikipedia

  • List of events named massacres — This is a list of events named massacre . The term suggests mass murder and its usage may be controversial.The word massacre was loaned into English from Middle French, derived from Old French maçacre (and variants) slaughterhouse, butcher s shop …   Wikipedia

  • Nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll — Main article: Nuclear and radiation accidents There have been more than 20 nuclear and radiation accidents involving fatalities. These involved nuclear power plant accidents, nuclear submarine accidents, radiotherapy accidents, and other mishaps …   Wikipedia

  • List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents — Death in space redirects here. For death in specifically outer space conditions, see Space exposure. Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, due to hot gases escaping the SRBs leading to structural failure of the external… …   Wikipedia

  • List of maritime disasters — An advertisement for soap, using RMS Titanic (1912) A maritime disaster is an event which usually involves a ship or ships and can involve military action. Due to the nature of maritime travel, there is often a large loss of life. This transport… …   Wikipedia

  • List of man-made disasters — Man made disasters are disasters resulting from man made hazards (threats having an element of human intent, negligence, or error; or involving a failure of a man made system), as opposed to natural disasters resulting from natural hazards. Man… …   Wikipedia

  • List of epidemics — This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. This article is a list of major epidemics. Death toll Region Years Name Species Citation Egypt 8349 1650BC– 8449 1550BC …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”