What was the worst war in history?

World War II
The war pitted the Allies and the Axis power in the deadliest war in history, and was responsible for the deaths of over 70 million people. Known for its genocidal campaign against the Jewish people, the war was also responsible for the deaths of more than 50 million civilians.

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Which was worse WWI or WWII?

World War II was the most destructive war in history. Estimates of those killed vary from 35 million to 60 million. The total for Europe alone was 15 million to 20 million—more than twice as many as in World War I.

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What has killed the most humans in history?

Table ranking "History's Most Deadly Events": Influenza pandemic (1918-19) 20-40 million deaths; black death/plague (1348-50), 20-25 million deaths, AIDS pandemic (through 2000) 21.8 million deaths, World War II (1937-45), 15.9 million deaths, and World War I (1914-18) 9.2 million deaths.

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How many death per day in the world?

The global number of deaths per day is around 150,000 deaths. The number of deaths per day varies depending on various factors such as natural disasters, accidents, illnesses, and violence.

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Who kills the most humans every year?

While larger animals like sharks or hippos may seem a likely culprit, the animal that kills the most humans per year is actually the mosquito.

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What would be the worst war to fight in?

The most lethal war in human history is almost certainly World War II. Other wars may have been more lethal but lack credible records. Sixty to eighty million people died between 1939 and 1945. Twenty one to twenty five million of the deaths were military, the remainder civilian.

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What country lost the most people to fighting in WWII?

The Soviet Union suffered the highest number of fatalities of any single nation, with estimates mostly falling between 22 and 27 million deaths. China then suffered the second greatest, at around 20 million, although these figures are less certain and often overlap with the Chinese Civil War.

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What was the most forgotten war?

The Korean War: 'The Forgotten War'

American troops were sent to support the South and by the time a ceasefire was proclaimed in 1953, over five million soldiers and civilians had died. To this day, a formal peace treaty has not been signed.

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Who has won the most wars?

According to historian Niall Ferguson, France is the most successful military power in history.

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Who is at war right now?

Countries such as Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, and Syria are all currently experiencing civil wars, resulting in significant casualties and displacement. Drug wars are another form of conflict that can result in significant violence and unrest.

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What side was China on in ww2?

World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world from 1939 to 1945. The clash was between the Axis powers, which primarily included Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the Allied powers, which included Great Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.

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How many Chinese died in WWII?

As many as 20 million people died in China, including up to 3.75 million military deaths and 18.19 million civilian deaths.

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Who did China fight in ww2?

World War II began on July 7, 1937—not in Poland or at Pearl Harbor, but in China. On that date, outside of Beijing, Japanese and Chinese troops clashed, and within a few days, the local conflict had escalated to a full, though undeclared, war between China and Japan.

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How many Australian soldiers died in ww2?

Australia lost 34,000 service personnel during World War II. Total battle casualties were 72,814. Over 31,000 Australian became prisoners-of-war.

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Which country suffered the most in ww2?

Military deaths from all causes totaled 21–25 million, including deaths in captivity of about 5 million prisoners of war. More than half of the total number of casualties are accounted for by the dead of the Republic of China and of the Soviet Union.

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Who committed the most war crimes in ww2?

Axis powers. The Axis powers (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan) were some of the most systematic perpetrators of war crimes in modern history.

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What is the shortest war in history?

The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a military conflict fought between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted between 38 and 45 minutes, marking it as the shortest recorded war in history.

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What war was worse than ww2?

The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history. Altogether, over 600,000 died in the conflict, more than World War I and World War II combined. A soldier was 13 times more likely to die in the Civil War than in the Vietnam War.

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Which country has the bloodiest history?

Most countries in the world have fought bloody wars. Conflict and war is integral part of human history. However, China, China is the country where historically most people have died due to wars. China is an ancient civilization, and it's history of it's bloody conflicts is also that ancient.

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What is the number 1 deadliest animal?

According to a-z-animals.com, mosquitos are the deadliest animals in the world, killing an estimated 750,000 to 1 million humans yearly. With up to 110 trillion mosquitoes on the planet, the insects can carry lethal diseases like malaria, dengue fever, West Nile virus and Zika virus.

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What is the deadliest animal on earth?

Malaria. Mosquitos are the deadliest creature in the world because they transmit a number of deadly diseases, the worst of which is malaria. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that results in fever, chills, headache, vomiting and, if left untreated, death.

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Was Australia in ww2?

Almost a million Australians, both men and women, served in the Second World War. They fought in campaigns against Germany and Italy in Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa, as well as against Japan in south-east Asia and other parts of the Pacific.

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