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War Name Starting Date Ending Date Fighting sides - losses Days Deaths per day Total Death Comments
World War I 8/4/1914 11/11/1918
England - 1,000,000
Austria-Hungary - 1,200,000
France - 1,400,000
Germany - 2,400,000
Russia - 1,700,000
USA - 55,000
Turkey - 1,000,000
Bulgaria - 185,000
Serbia - 300,000
Australia - 60,000
New Zealand - 18,000
Romania - 250,000
1560 6,133 9,568,000
World War II 9/1/1939 8/15/1945
Germany - 7,000,000
Japan - 3,000,000
Poland - 6,000,000
Russia - 23,000,000
China - 10,000,000
USA - 400,000
Yugoslavia - 1,000,000
Romania - 400,000
Hungary - 400,000
France - 500,000
Italy - 450,000
England - 450,000
2175 24,184 52,600,000
Iran_Iraq_War 9/22/1980 8/20/1988
Iran - 625,000
Iraq - 375,000
2889 346 1,000,000
Afghan Soviet War 12/24/1979 4/1/1989
Russia - 15,000
Afghanistan - 1,500,000
3386 447 1,515,000 +++date
Vietnam War 2/7/1965 4/30/1975
USA - 58,000
North_Vietnam - 900,000
South_Vietnam - 600,000
3734 417 1,558,000 The starting date relates to the start of the ground operation of the US, not the sending of the military consultants or the air campaign
Spanish_Civil_War 7/18/1936 3/28/1939
Spain - Republicans - 185,000
Spain - Nationalists - 145,000
983 336 330,000
Korea War 6/24/1950 7/27/1953
South_Korea - 500,000
North_Korea - 700,000
China - 500,000
USA - 33,000
U.N. - 3,000
1129 1,538 1,736,000 The UN population roughly estimated as 300 million people
Congo_Free_State 1/1/1886 1/1/1908
Congo - 20,000,000
Belgium - 0
8034 2,489 20,000,000 While Belgium controlled Congo, during these years, the population declined from 20-30m to 8m +++ date
Congo_Crisis 1/1/1960 1/1/1964
Congo - 100,000
Belgium - 50
1461 68 100,050 +++date
Rwanda 1/1/1994 1/1/1995
Tutsi - 800,000
Hutu - 1
365 2,192 800,001 +++date
First Russian-Chechen War 1/1/1994 1/1/1996
Russia - 4,000
Chechenya - 40,000
730 60 44,000 Cechnyan population inaccurate +++date
The Ethiopian War 1/1/1935 1/1/1941
Italy - 15,000
Ethiopia - 275,000
2192 132 290,000 +++date
The Phillipinoe - American War 1/1/1899 1/1/1902
USA - 5,000
Philippines - 250,000
1095 233 255,000 Icludes over 200k phillipino civilians, died of diseas +++ date
Russo-Japanese War 8/2/1904 9/15/1905
Russia - 28,800
Japan - 47,000
409 185 75,800 There is about the same number of non battle deaths
The Indians wars 1/1/1775 1/1/1890
USA - 19,000
Indians - 50,000
42003 2 69,000 Millions of Indians died from disease and other things +++ date
Russo-Turkish War 4/26/1828 9/14/1829
Russia - 50,000
Turkey - 80,000
506 257 130,000
Crimean War 10/23/1853 1/3/1856
Russia - 40,000
France - 20,000
Turkey - 45,000
England - 4,600
802 137 109,600 about 200k more died from disease, Russian and Turkish population highly inaccurate
Franco-Prussian War 7/19/1870 2/26/1871
France - 60,000
Germany - 30,000
222 405 90,000 Germany is mainly Prussia. 100k more died from disease
Bangladeshi War of Independence 3/1/1971 12/16/1971
Bangladesh - 500,000
India - 7,000
Pakistan - 9,000
290 1,779 516,000 1M Bengali civilians not included. Pakistan started the military campaign in Bangladesh in March 1971. India joined the war on dec. 3th, and the war was over on dec. 16th
Indo-Pakistany War 8/5/1965 9/23/1965
India - 3,000
Pakistan - 4,000
49 143 7,000
Israeli War of Independence 11/29/1947 2/24/1949
Israel - 6,000
Egypt - 3,000
Syria - 2,000
Jordan - 1,000
453 26 12,000
Suez War 10/29/1956 11/5/1956
Israel - 181
Egypt - 2,500
England - 22
France - 10
7 388 2,713
Six Day War 6/5/1967 6/11/1967
Israel - 700
Egypt - 10,000
Syria - 2,500
Jordan - 6,000
6 3,200 19,200
Attrition war 3/6/1969 8/7/1970
Israel - 368
Egypt - 5,000
519 10 5,368
Yom Kippur Kippur 10/6/1973 10/22/1973
Israel - 2,500
Egypt - 7,000
Syria - 3,000
16 781 12,500
Lebanon War 9/1/1982 1/1/1985
Israel - 700
Lebanon - 2,000
Syria - 1,000
853 4 3,700 Lebanon was in a civil war, Syria and Israel intervened Lebanon = PLO +++ date
After Lebanon war 1/1/1985 1/1/2000
Israel - 300
Lebanon - 2,000
5478 0 2,300 Israel stayed in South lebanon until May 2000. In Lebanon SLA and Hizbollah still clashed +++ date
Yemen Civil War 1/1/1962 1/1/1970
Yemen - 100,000
Egypt - 1,000
Saudi Arabia - 1,000
2922 35 102,000 Saudi Arabia and Egypt intervened in the North VS South civil war of Yemen +++date
Manchuria War 9/18/1931 3/27/1933
Japan - 10,000
China - 50,000
556 108 60,000
Sino-Vietnamese War 2/17/1979 3/16/1979
China - 13,000
Vietnam - 8,000
27 778 21,000
Spanish-Moroccan War 1/1/1909 1/1/1911
Spain - 2,000
Morocco - 8,000
730 14 10,000 +++date
Italo-Turkish War 9/29/1911 10/18/1912
Italy - 6,000
Turkey - 14,000
385 52 20,000
Algerian Independence 11/1/1954 3/17/1962
France - 20,000
Algeria - 250,000
2693 100 270,000 Includes tens thousands of pro French Algerians who were killed by their fellow Algerians
The Seven Weeks War 6/15/1866 7/26/1866
Germany - 10,000
Austria-Hungary - 20,000
Italy - 4,000
41 829 34,000 Germany is mainly Prussia
Russo-Polish War 1/1/1918 1/1/1920
Russia - 60,000
Poland - 40,000
730 137 100,000 +++ date
First IndoChina war 1/12/1945 1/6/1954
France - 20,000
French Allies - 72,000
Vietnam - 500,000
3281 180 592,000 French allies population can't be assested, and they are foreign legion, africans, indochinese allies and allied states in the region.
The Intifada 12/31/1987 9/13/1993
Palestine - 1,124
Israel - 170
2083 1 1,294
After Oslo 9/14/1993 9/28/2000
Palestine - 367
Israel - 266
2571 0 633 Refers to the time between the declaration of Oslo Accords to Al Aqsa Intifada. Does not include 23 foreign civilians killed by Palestinians and 2 by Israel.
Al Aqsa Intifada 9/29/2000 10/19/2008
Palestine - 5,179
Israel - 1,170
2942 2 6,349 Still on :( Figures updated to the "ending date"
Gulf War 2/17/1991 3/2/1991
Iraq - 100,000
USA - 268
England - 24
13 7,715 100,292 Iraqi casualties are a very rough estimate
Afghanistan Al Qaeda War 10/7/2001 11/30/2001
USA - 64
Afghanistan - 3,000
54 57 3,064 Only directs Afghan casualties. Some estimate a lot more. The ending day is set to the end of November, when the USA controlled the vast majority of the territory.
Kosovo War 3/24/1999 6/11/1999
Serbia - 3,000
Kosovo Albanians - 10,000
79 165 13,000
Falkland Islands War 2/4/1982 6/20/1982
England - 255
Argentina - 700
136 7 955
2006 Lebanon War 7/12/2006 8/14/2006
Israel - 165
Lebanon - 1,887
33 62 2,052 Casualties include both civilians and military. Civilians casualties: 44 Israelis and 1,191 Lebanese. Using an estimate of 500 Hezbollah terrorists killed. The rest of the Lebanese casualties are other militias.


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