Five wars in which the death toll exceeded10 million.
The world is not peaceful, geopolitical conflicts continue, local wars continue, and the network keyboard man clamors for war. However, the war is extremely cruel, and no one can stand by and watch fireworks. Every war will lead to heavy losses for both warring parties and consume a lot of lives.
Let's take stock of five wars in world history that killed tens of millions of people.
Fifth place: World War I.
The death toll is150,000.
World War I was the first large-scale international conflict in the 20th century.
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Fourth place: Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement.
The death toll is 20 million.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement first broke out in Guangxi because local government officials opposed the Millennium worship meeting led by Hong Xiuquan.
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Third place: An Shi Rebellion.
The death toll is 30 million
The Anshi Rebellion was a civil war and turmoil between 65438 and February 755 and February 763, initiated by An Lushan and Shi Siming, which competed with the royal family of the Tang Dynasty for sovereignty. It was the turning point of the Tang dynasty from prosperity to decline, which caused the separatist regime of the Tang dynasty and the following five dynasties and ten countries. The Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous dynasty in China's history, which once accounted for 80% of the world's GDP, and it was the most prosperous time during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. The Anshi Rebellion, which lasted for eight years, swept through most of China, and many places kept changing their flags, causing a large number of civilians to be displaced. In addition, the peasants rebelled because of the war, and the local people were in trouble and the people were in trouble. According to the statistics of historians, the Anshi Rebellion caused at least 30 million deaths, accounting for more than two-thirds of the total population of the Tang Dynasty at that time. Hundreds of miles in Fiona Fang, there are only "more than a thousand households", and Fangcheng County in Dengzhou has plummeted from more than 10,000 households in natural forest protection to two households.
Less than one hundred households.
Second place: Great Civil War in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.
The death toll is 40 million
The massacre in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties refers to the massacre caused by the scuffle between the Qing army, the Ming army (including the Nanming regime) and the rebels (bandits and peasant uprisings) before and after the Qing army entered the Central Plains. Among them, the conflicts and massacres created by the Qing army to suppress resistance and implement the haircut order are particularly serious. For example, in Yangzhou, Guilin, Kunming, Jiangyin, Jiading, Guangzhou and other places, the landlords of the Han gentry were not spared, and they were slaughtered if they were slightly dissatisfied; Another example is that Dourgen led troops to capture Lingnan area, joined the Dutch East India Company, captured Xiamen and other places, and ended the battle with a massacre. Mr. Lu Xun once commented that the Qing army entered the customs in the Ming Dynasty and slaughtered the Han people; Those brave and thoughtful people who dared to resist in Daming were killed several times, leaving behind generally obedient "slaves".
On the other hand, the Ming army and the disorderly army also carried out slaughter policies in many places. Some people in the Nanming army joined forces with the Qing army to fight the anti-Ming rebellion. For example, before being slaughtered by the Qing army, Yangzhou House was looted by Alex Gao and Liu Zeqing, the generals of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Sichuanese were almost wiped out by Zhang Qijun, Nanming Army, landlord armed forces, bandits and Qing army. Later, the population of Huguang migrated to Sichuan on a large scale (known as Huguang filling Sichuan in history), and at the same time, 100,000 royal families in the Ming Dynasty were slaughtered by the Qing court and rebels. The Great Civil War in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties began with Li Zicheng's mutiny in Gansu in 1629, and finally Zheng retreated to Taiwan Province Island in 1663. After 33 years, the total number of deaths exceeded 40 million, accounting for more than half of the population of China at that time.
First place: World War II.
The death toll is 70 million
World War II broke out from 1939 (traced back to 193 1) to 1945. World War II involved most countries in the world, including all major powers, and was eventually divided into two opposing military alliances-the Allies and the Axis Powers. This war is the largest in human history, with more than 65438+ billion soldiers. Almost all the major participating countries devoted their economy, industry and technology to the war. Including the Jewish Holocaust, the Nanjing Massacre, the Holocaust, the Katyn Massacre, the Manila Massacre, and the first use of atomic bombs by the United States against Japan.
World War II was the biggest military conflict in recorded human history, with a total death toll of 70 million.
1945 after the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima, a political philosopher said: the atomic bomb changed the scope of application of wars in the world. Future wars can only solve disputes between small countries or big countries, and wars are no longer applicable to conflicts between big countries. What's more, the world has entered the era of thermonuclear weapons. The equivalent of a hydrogen bomb with the latest technology is already thousands of times as powerful as Hiroshima's atomic bomb. Urban agglomerations with tens of millions and hundreds of millions of people will be destroyed after a hydrogen bomb explosion.
In modern society, at any time, for whatever reason and purpose, the party that started the war will be condemned by peace-loving people all over the world. In a modern civilized society with extremely advanced science and technology, all acts of war should be abandoned. If the next large-scale war breaks out between big powers, the death toll is likely to exceed 70 million, 700 million or even 7 billion. Who will be the survivors then?