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Question: Which war in history have most people died!?
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Casualties in WW1

Germany 1,800,000
Soviet Union 1,700,000
France 1,385,000
Austria 1,200,000
Great Britain 947,000
Japan 800,000
Romania 750,000
Serbia 708,000
Italy 460,000
Turkey 325,000
Belgium 267,000
Greece 230,000
USA 137,000
Portugal 100,000
Canada 69,000
Bulgaria 88,000
Montenegro 50,000
TOTAL 11,016,000


Casualties in WW2

Soviet Union 25,568,000
China 11,324,000
Germany 7,060,000
Poland 6,850,000
Japan 1,806,000
Yugoslavia 1,700,000
Romania 985,000
France 810,000
Greece 520,000
USA 495,000
Austria 480,000
Italy 410,000
Great Britain 388,000
Holland 250,000
Belgium 85,000
Finland 79,000
Canada 42,000
India 36,000
Australia 29,000
Albania 28,000
Spain 22,000
Bulgaria 21,000
New Zealand 12,000
Norway 10,000
South Africa 9,000
Luxembourg 5,000
Denmark 4,000
TOTAL 59,028,000Www@QuestionHome@Com

from a strictly American perspective, more died in the Civil War than ALL our other wars COMBINED!.!.!.!.you can look it up

and probably more died in the Chinese Civil War known as the Taiping Rebellion than in WW2!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.


"In the Taiping rebellion alone, which lasted for twenty years, almost twenty to thirty million died as a direct result of the conflict!. In fact, the period from 1850 to 1873 saw, as a result of rebellion, drought, and famine, the population of China drop by over sixty million people!. Along with humiliating defeats at the hands of European powers, the mid-nineteenth century in China was truly tragic!. "

and this was in a war fought without airplanes and artillery and poison gas and tanks and machine guns!.!.!.!.just mainly swords and spears and rageWww@QuestionHome@Com

The total estimated human loss of life caused by World War II was roughly 72 million people!. The civilian toll was around 47 million, including 20 million deaths due to war related famine and disease!. The military toll was about 25 million, including the deaths of about 4 million prisoners of war in captivity!. The Allies lost approximately 61 million people, and the Axis powers lost 11 million!.

here is a link as to what countries were invloved in WW II and how many died!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/World_War_I!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Lithuania and the former Soviet Union both lost over 13% of their populations!. All wars are horrendous!. See below!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

World War II!.

Just the Russian deaths alone numbered in the tens of millions!.Www@QuestionHome@Com