The most famous wars in the world. The biggest wars in terms of the number of victims

The largest wars in the history of mankind in terms of the number of deaths.

The earliest war known to have been excavated took place approximately 14,000 years ago.

It is impossible to calculate the exact number of victims, because in addition to the death of soldiers on the battlefield, there is the death of civilians from the effects of weapons of war, as well as the death of civilians from the consequences of hostilities, for example, from hunger, hypothermia, and disease.

Below is a list of the largest wars by the number of victims.

The reasons for the wars indicated below are very different, but the number of victims exceeds millions.

1. Nigerian Civil War (Biafra War of Independence). The death toll is over 1,000,000.

The main conflict was between the government forces of Nigeria and the separatists of the Republic of Biafra. The self-proclaimed republic was supported by a number of European states, among them, such as France, Portugal, Spain. Nigeria was supported by England and the USSR. The UN did not recognize the self-proclaimed republic. Weapons and finances were sufficient on both sides. The main victims of the war were the civilian population, who died of starvation and various diseases.

2. Imjin war. The death toll is over 1,000,000.

1592 - 1598. Japan made 2 attempts to invade the Korean Peninsula in 1592 and 1597. Both invasions did not lead to the capture of the territory. The first invasion by Japan involved 220,000 soldiers, several hundred combat and transport ships.

The Korean troops were defeated, but at the end of 1592, China transferred part of the army to Korea, but was defeated; in 1593, China transferred another part of the army, which managed to achieve some success. Peace was made. The second invasion in 1597 was not successful for Japan and in 1598 hostilities were stopped.

3. Iran–Iraq War (death toll: 1 million)

1980-1988 years. The longest war in the 20th century. The war began with the invasion of Iraq on September 22, 1980. The war can be called positional - trench warfare, using small arms. Chemical weapons were widely used in the war. The initiative passed from one side to another, so in 1980 the successful offensive of the Iraqi army was stopped, and in 1981 the initiative passed to the side of Iraq. On August 20, 1988, a truce was signed.

4. Korean War (death toll: 1.2 million)

1950-1953 years. War between North and South Korea. The war began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea. Despite the support of North Korea by the Soviet Union, Stalin opposed the war, because he feared that this conflict could lead to World War 3 and even nuclear war. On July 27, 1953, a ceasefire agreement was signed.

5. Mexican Revolution (death toll between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000)

1910-1917. The revolution fundamentally changed the culture of Mexico and the policies of the government. But at that time the population of Mexico was 15,000,000 people and the losses during the revolution were significant. The prerequisites for the revolution were very different, but as a result of the valuable millions of victims, Mexico strengthened its sovereignty and weakened its dependence on the United States.

6. The conquests of Chuck's army. First half of the 19th century. (death toll 2,000,000 people)

The local ruler Chaka (1787 - 1828) founded the state - KwaZulu. He raised and armed a large army, which conquered disputed territories. The army plundered and ravaged the tribes in the occupied territories. The victims were the local Aboriginal tribes.

7. Goguryeo-Sui wars (death toll 2,000,000)

These wars include a series of wars between the Chinese Sui Empire and the Korean state of Goguryeo. The wars took place on the following dates:

· war of 598

· war of 612

· war of 613

· war of 614

In the end, the Koreans managed to repel the advance of the Chinese troops and win.

Total number human casualties are much higher, since civilian casualties are not taken into account.

8. Wars of religion in France (death toll between 2,000,000 and 4,000,000)

The religious wars in France are also known as the Huguenot wars. Occurred between 1562 and 1598. They arose on religious grounds as a result of a conflict between Catholics and Protestants (Huguenots). In 1998, the Edict of Nantes was adopted, which legalized freedom of religion. On August 24, 1572, Catholics staged a mass beating of Protestants, first in Paris, and then throughout France. It happened on the eve of the feast of St. Barthomew, this day went down in history as St. Bartholomew's night, on that day more than 30,000 people died in Paris.

9. Second Congo War (2,400,000 to 5,400,000 dead)

The deadliest war in the history of modern Africa, also known as the African World War and Great War Africa. The war lasted from 1998 to 2003, 9 states and more than 20 separate armed groups participated. The main victims of the war are the civilian population, which died due to disease and starvation.

10. Napoleonic Wars (death toll between 3,000,000 and 6,000,000)

The Napoleonic Wars are an armed conflict between France, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, and a number of European states, including Russia. Thanks to Russia, Napoleon's army was defeated. By various sources different data on the victims are given, but the largest number of scientists believe that the number of victims, including civilians from hunger and epidemics, reaches 5,000,000 people.

11. Thirty Years' War (Death toll between 3,000,000 and 11,500,000)

1618 - 1648. The war began as a conflict between Catholics and Protestants in the crumbling Holy Roman Empire, but a number of other states were gradually drawn into it. The number of victims of the Thirty Years' War, according to most scholars, is 8,000,000 people.

12. Chinese Civil War (death toll 8,000,000)

The Chinese Civil War was fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang ( political party Republic of China) and forces loyal to the Chinese Communist Party. The war began in 1927 and essentially ended when the main active fighting ceased in 1950. Although historians give the end date of the war as December 22, 1936, the conflict eventually led to the formation of two de facto states, the Republic of China (now known as Taiwan) and the People's Republic of China on the Chinese mainland. During the war, both sides carried out massive atrocities.

13. Russian Civil War (death toll between 7,000,000 and 12,000,000)

1917 - 1922. The struggle for power of various political directions, armed groups. But basically the two largest and most organized forces fought - the Red Army and the White Army. The civil war in Russia is considered the greatest national catastrophe in Europe, in the entire history of its existence. The main victims of the war are the civilian population.

14. Wars led by Tamerlane (number of victims from 8,000,000 to 20,000,000 people)

In the second half of the 14th century, Tamerlane waged cruel, bloody conquests in Western, South, Central Asia, in southern Russia. Tamerlane became the most powerful ruler in the Muslim world, conquering Egypt, Syria and the Ottoman Empire. Historians believe that 5% of the total population of the Earth died at the hands of his soldiers.

15. Dungan uprising (number of victims from 8,000,000 to 20,400,000 people)

1862 - 1869. The Dungan uprising is a war on ethnic and religious grounds between the Han (a Chinese ethnic group originally from East Asia) and Chinese Muslims. At the head of the rebels against the existing government were the spiritual mentors of Xinjiao, who declared jihad unfaithful.

16. Conquest of North and South America (number of victims from 8,400,000 to 148,000,000 people)

1492 - 1691. During the 200 years of colonization of America, tens of millions of the local population were killed by European colonialists. However, there is no exact number of victims, since there are no initial estimates of the original size of the indigenous population of America. The conquest of America is the largest extermination of the indigenous population by other peoples in history.

17. An Lushan rebellion (number of victims from 13,000,000 to 36,000,000 people)

755 - 763 AD Rebellion against the Tang Dynasty. According to scientists, up to two children of the entire population of China could die during this conflict.

18. World War I (18,000,000 casualties)

1914-1918 years. War between groups of states in Europe and their allies. The war claimed 11,000,000 servicemen who died directly during the fighting. 7,000,000 civilians died during the course of the war.

19. Taiping Rebellion (20,000,000 - 30,000,000 casualties)

1850 - 1864. Revolt of peasants in China. The Taiping Rebellion spread throughout China against the Manchu Qing Dynasty. With the support of England and France, the Qing troops brutally suppressed the rebels.

20. Manchu conquest of China (25,000,000 casualties)

1618 - 1683 years. Qing Dynasty war, to conquer territories of the Ming Dynasty.

As a result of long wars and various battles, the Manchu dynasty managed to conquer almost all the strategic territories of China. The war claimed tens of millions of human lives.

21. Sino-Japanese War (25,000,000 - 30,000,000 casualties)

1937 - 1945. War between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. Separate fighting started in 1931. The war ended with the defeat of Japan with the help of allied forces, mainly the USSR. The United States launched 2 nuclear strikes on Japan, destroying the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. September 9, 1945, the government of the Republic of China accepted the surrender from the commander of Japanese troops in China, General Okamura Yasuji.

22. Wars of the Three Kingdoms (number of victims 36,000,000 - 40,000,000 people)

220-280 AD Not to be confused with war (England, Scotland and Ireland between 1639 and 1651). The war of three states - Wei, Shu and Wu for complete power in China. Each side tried to unite China under its command. The bloodiest period in the history of China, which led to millions of victims.

23. Mongol conquests (number of victims 40,000,000 - 70,000,000 people)

1206 - 1337 raids on the territories of Asia and of Eastern Europe with the formation of the state Golden Horde. The raids were distinguished by their cruelty. The Mongols spread the bubonic plague over vast territories, from which people died, not having immunity to this disease.

24. World War II (number of victims 60,000,000 - 85,000,000 people)

The most brutal war in the history of mankind, when people were destroyed on a racial and ethnic basis with the help of technical devices. The extermination of peoples was organized by the rulers of Germany and their allies, led by Hitler. Up to 100,000,000 servicemen fought on the battlefields on both sides. With the decisive role of the USSR, fascist Germany and its allies were defeated.

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• Number of dead: 3,500,000 people
• The date: November 1799 - June 1815
• Place: Europe, Atlantic Ocean, Rio de la Plata, Indian Ocean
• Outcome: victory of the anti-Napoleonic coalition, Congress of Vienna

The wars that Napoleon Bonaparte waged with various states of Europe from 1799 to 1815 are usually called the Napoleonic Wars. The gifted commander began to redistribute the political map of Europe even before he made the coup of 18 Brumaire and became the First Consul. Hanover campaign, the War of the Third Coalition or the Russian-Austrian-French War of 1805, the War of the Fourth Coalition, or the Russian-Prussian-French War of 1806-1807, which ended with the famous Peace of Tilsit, the War of the Fifth Coalition, or the Austro-French War of 1809, Patriotic the war of 1812 and the war of the Sixth Coalition of European Powers against Napoleon and, finally, the campaign of the Hundred Days era, which ended with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, claimed the lives of at least 3.5 million people. Many historians double this figure.

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• Number of dead: 10,500,000 people
• The date: 1917 - 1923
• Place: territory of the former Russian Empire
• Outcome: Victory of the Red Army, Formation of the USSR

The Civil War was the result of the revolutionary crisis that struck Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, which began with the revolution of 1905-1907, aggravated during the World War and led to the fall of the monarchy, economic ruin, deep social, national, political and ideological split Russian society. The apogee of this split was a fierce war throughout the country between the armed forces of the Soviet government and the anti-Bolshevik authorities.

During the Civil War, from hunger, disease, terror and in battles (according to various sources) from 8 to 13 million people died, including about 1 million Red Army soldiers. Up to 2 million people emigrated from the country. The number of street children increased sharply after the First World War and the Civil War. According to some data, in 1921 there were 4.5 million homeless children in Russia, according to others, in 1922 there were 7 million homeless children. Damage national economy amounted to about 50 billion gold rubles. industrial production fell to 4-20% of the 1913 level.

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• Number of dead: 8 to 15 million people
• The date: 1862 - 1869
• Place: Shaanxi, Gansu
• Outcome: uprising crushed

In 1862, the so-called Dungan uprising against the Qing Empire began in northwestern China. Chinese and non-Chinese Muslim national minorities - Dungans, Uighurs, Salars - rebelled, as the Great Soviet Encyclopedia writes, against the national oppression of the Chinese-Manchu feudal lords and the Qing dynasty. English-speaking historians do not fully agree with this and see the origins of the uprising in racial and class antagonism and in the economy, but not in religious strife and rebellion against ruling dynasty. Be that as it may, but which began in May 1862 in Weinan County, Shaanxi Province, the uprising spread to the provinces of Gansu and Xinjiang. There was no single headquarters of the uprising, and in the war of all against all, according to various estimates, from 8 to 15 million people suffered. As a result, the uprising was brutally suppressed, and the surviving rebels were sheltered Russian empire. Their descendants still live in Kyrgyzstan, South Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

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• Number of dead: 13,000,000 people
• The date: December 755 - February 763 BC
• Place: Tang China

The era of the Tang Dynasty is traditionally considered in China to be the period of the highest power of the country, when China was far ahead of the contemporary countries of the world. And the civil war at that time was to match the country - grandiose. In world historiography, it is called the Ai Lushan uprising. Due to the location of Emperor Xuanzong and his favorite concubine Yang Guifei, the Turks (or Sogdians) on Chinese service Ai Lushan concentrated in his hands huge power in the army - under his command were 3 of the 10 border provinces of the Tang Empire. In 755, Ai Lushan rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor the following year. new dynasty Yan. And although already in 757 the sleeping leader of the uprising was stabbed to death by his trusted eunuch, it was possible to pacify the rebellion only by February 763. The number of victims is amazing: according to the smallest account, 13 million people died. And if you believe the pessimists and assume that the population of China decreased at that time by 36 million people, then you have to admit that the rebellion of Ai Lushan reduced the population of the world at that time by more than 15 percent. In this case, if you count by the number of victims, it was the largest armed conflict in the history of mankind until World War II.

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• Number of dead: 15 to 20 million people
• The date: 14th century
• Place: Iran, Transcaucasia, India, Golden Horde, Ottoman Empire
• Outcome: Tamerlane's empire stretched from Transcaucasia to Punjab

Tamerlane (or Timur) is a Central Asian Turkic commander and conqueror who played a significant role in the history of Central, South and Western Asia, as well as the Caucasus, the Volga region and Russia. Commander, founder of the Timurid Empire (1370) with its capital in Samarkand.

For 45 years of aggressive campaigns, Tamerlane put, no less, more than 3.5% of the population the globe second half of the 14th century. At least - 15 million, and even all 20!

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• Number of dead: 22,000,000 people
• The date: July 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918
• Place: Europe, Africa and the Middle East (briefly in China and the Pacific Islands)
• Outcome: Entente victory. February and October revolutions in Russia and the November revolution in Germany. The collapse of the Russian, German, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires

The hero of Francis Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby called it "a belated migration of the Teutonic tribes." It was called the war against war, the Great War, the European War. The name with which she lived in history was coined by the military columnist for The Times, Colonel Charles Repington: The First World War.

The starting shot of the world meat grinder was the shot in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. From that day until the armistice on November 11, 1918, more than 10 million soldiers and about 12 million civilians died by the most modest measure. If you come across the number 65 million, don’t be alarmed: it also included all those who died from the Spanish flu, the most massive flu pandemic in the history of mankind. In addition to the mass of victims, the result of World War I was the liquidation of four empires: Russian, Ottoman, German and Austria-Hungary.

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• Number of dead: 20 to 30 million people
• The date: 1850 - 1864
• Place: China
• Outcome: defeat of the rebels

The Taiping state occupied a significant part of southern China, under its jurisdiction there were about 30 million people. The Taipings tried to carry out radical social transformations, replacing traditional Chinese religions with a specific "Christianity", while Hong Xiuquan was considered the younger brother of Jesus Christ. The Taipings were called "long-haired" because they rejected the braids adopted in the Qing state by the Manchus, they were also called hairy bandits.

The Taiping rebellion sparked a series of local uprisings in other parts of the Qing Empire, which fought against the Manchu authorities, often proclaiming their own states. Foreign states also got involved in the war. The situation in the country became catastrophic. The Taipings occupied large cities (Nanjing and Wuhan), rebels sympathizing with the Taipings occupied Shanghai, and campaigns were made against Beijing and other parts of the country.

The Taipings were crushed by the Qing army with the support of the British and French. The war resulted in a huge number of casualties - an estimated 20 to 30 million people. Mao Zedong viewed the Taipings as revolutionary heroes who rose up against a corrupt feudal system.

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• Number of dead: 25,000,000 people
• The date: 1644 - 1683
• Place: China
• Outcome:

25 million victims, or almost 5% of the inhabitants of the planet, is the price of creating an empire founded in 1616 by the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan in Manchuria, that is, present-day northeastern China. Less than three decades later, all of China, part of Mongolia and a large piece of Central Asia were under its rule. The Chinese Ming Empire weakened and fell under the blows of the Great Pure State - Da Qing-guo. What was won with blood held out for a long time: the Qing Empire was destroyed by the Xinhai Revolution of 1911-1912, the six-year-old emperor Pu Yi abdicated the throne. However, he will still be destined to lead the country - the puppet state of Manchukuo, created by the Japanese invaders on the territory of Manchuria and existed until 1945.

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• Number of dead: 30,000,000 people
• The date: XIII - XV centuries
• Place: Asia, part of Europe
• Outcome: the territory of the Mongol Empire became the largest in world history and stretched from the Danube to the Sea of ​​Japan and from Novgorod to Southeast Asia

The number of people who died during the formation of the Mongol Empire, existence and collapse, will also not leave indifferent: according to the most optimistic estimates, it is no less than 30 million. Pessimists count all 60 million. True, we are talking about a significant historical period - from the first years of the XIII century, when Temuchin united the warring nomadic tribes into a single Mongolian state and received the title of Genghis Khan and up to standing on the Ugra in 1480, when the Muscovite state under Grand Duke Ivan III was completely freed from Mongol-Tatar yoke. During this time, from 7.5 to more than 17 percent of the world's population died.

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• Number of dead: 40 to 72 million people
• The date: September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945
• Place: Eurasia, Africa, World Ocean
• Outcome: The victory of the anti-Hitler coalition. Creation of the UN. Prohibition and condemnation of the ideologies of fascism and Nazism. The USSR and the USA become superpowers. Reducing the role of Great Britain and France in global politics. The split of the world into two camps; the Cold War begins. Decolonization of vast colonial empires

The most terrible records are held by the Second World War. It is also the most bloody - the total number of its victims is carefully estimated at 40 million, and carelessly at all 72. It is also the most destructive: the total damage of all the warring countries exceeded the material losses from all previous wars combined and is considered equal to one and a half, or even two trillion dollars. This war, and the most, so to speak, world war - 62 states out of 73 that existed at that moment on the planet, or 80% of the world's population, participated in it in one form or another. The war was on the ground, in the sky and at sea - the fighting was fought on three continents and in the waters of four oceans. It was the only conflict so far in which nuclear weapons were used.

Wars are as old as humanity itself. The earliest documented evidence of war comes from a Mesolithic battle in Egypt (cemetery 117) about 14,000 years ago. Wars have been fought across most of the globe, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of millions of people. In our review of the most bloody wars in the history of mankind, which should not be forgotten in any case, so as not to repeat this.

1. Biafran War of Independence

1 million dead dead
The conflict, also known as the Nigerian Civil War (July 1967 - January 1970), was caused by an attempted secession of the self-proclaimed state of Biafra (Nigeria's eastern provinces). The conflict resulted from the political, economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions that preceded the formal decolonization of Nigeria in 1960-1963. Most of the people during the war died of starvation and various diseases.

2. Japanese invasions of Korea

1 million dead
The Japanese invasions of Korea (or the Imdin War) took place between 1592 and 1598, with the initial invasion taking place in 1592 and a second invasion in 1597, after a brief truce. The conflict ended in 1598 with the withdrawal of Japanese troops. Approximately 1 million Koreans were killed, and Japanese casualties are unknown.

3. Iran-Iraq War

1 million dead
The Iran-Iraq War is an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from 1980 to 1988, making it the longest war of the 20th century. The war began when Iraq invaded Iran on September 22, 1980 and ended in a stalemate on August 20, 1988. In terms of tactics, the conflict was comparable to World War I as it featured large-scale trench warfare, machine gun emplacements, bayonet charges, psychological pressure, and extensive use of chemical weapons.

4. Siege of Jerusalem

1.1 million dead
The oldest conflict on this list (it occurred in 73 AD) was the decisive event of the First Jewish War. The Roman army besieged and captured the city of Jerusalem, which was defended by the Jews. The siege ended with the sack of the city and the destruction of its famous Second Temple. According to historian Josephus, 1.1 million civilians died during the blockade, mostly as a result of violence and starvation.

5. Korean War

1.2 million dead
Lasting from June 1950 to July 1953, the Korean War was an armed conflict that began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, led by the United States, came to the aid of South Korea while China and the Soviet Union supported North Korea. The war ended after a truce was signed, a demilitarized zone was established, and an exchange of prisoners of war took place. However, no peace treaty has been signed and the two Koreas are technically still at war.

6. Mexican Revolution

2 million dead
The Mexican Revolution, which lasted from 1910 to 1920, radically changed the entire Mexican culture. Considering that the country's population was then only 15 million, the losses were appallingly high, but numerical estimates vary widely. Most historians agree that 1.5 million people died and nearly 200,000 refugees fled abroad. The Mexican Revolution is often categorized as one of the most important socio-political events in Mexico and one of the biggest social upheavals of the 20th century.

7 Chuck's Conquests

2 million dead
The Chaka Conquests is a term used for a series of massive and brutal conquests in South Africa led by Chaka, the famous monarch of the Zulu Kingdom. In the first half of the 19th century Chaka at the head of a large army invaded and plundered a number of regions in South Africa. It is estimated that up to 2 million indigenous people died in the process.

8. Goguryeo-Suu Wars

2 million dead
Another violent conflict in Korea was the Goguryeo-Sui Wars, a series of military campaigns waged by the Sui dynasty of China against Goguryeo, one of the three kingdoms of Korea in 598-614. These wars (which were ultimately won by the Koreans) resulted in 2 million deaths, and the total death toll is likely much higher because Korean civilian casualties were not taken into account.

9. Wars of Religion in France

4 million dead
Also known as the Huguenot Wars, the French Wars of Religion, fought between 1562 and 1598, are a period of civil strife and military confrontation between French Catholics and Protestants (Huguenots). The exact number of wars and their respective dates are still debated by historians, but up to 4 million people are estimated to have died.

10. Second Congo War

5.4 million dead
Also known by several other names such as The Great African war or the African World War, the second Congolese war was the bloodiest in modern African history. Nine African countries directly participated in it, as well as about 20 separate armed groups.

The war was fought for five years (from 1998 to 2003) and resulted in 5.4 million deaths, mainly due to disease and starvation. This makes the Congo War the deadliest conflict in the world since World War II.

11. Napoleonic Wars

6 million dead
The Napoleonic Wars, which lasted between 1803 and 1815, were a series of major conflicts waged by the French empire, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, against a multitude of European powers formed into various coalitions. During its military career Napoleon fought about 60 battles and lost only seven, mostly towards the end of his reign. Approximately 5 million people died in Europe, including due to diseases.

12. Thirty Years' War

11.5 million million dead
The Thirty Years' War, which was fought between 1618 and 1648, was a series of conflicts for hegemony in Central Europe. This war became one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, and it originally began as a conflict between Protestant and Catholic states in the divided Holy Roman Empire. The war gradually developed into a much larger conflict involving most of the great powers of Europe. Estimates of the death toll vary considerably, but the most likely tally is that around 8 million people died, including civilians.

13. Chinese Civil War

8 million dead
The Chinese Civil War was fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang (a political party of the Republic of China) and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China. The war began in 1927, and ended in essence only in 1950, when the main active battles ceased. The conflict eventually led to the de facto formation of two states: the Republic of China (now known as Taiwan) and the People's Republic of China (mainland China). The war is remembered for its atrocities on both sides: millions of civilians were deliberately killed.

14. Russian Civil War

12 million dead
The civil war in Russia, which lasted from 1917 to 1922, broke out as a result of the October Revolution of 1917, when many factions began to fight for power. The two largest groups were the Bolshevik Red Army and the allied forces known as the White Army. During the 5 years of the war, from 7 to 12 million victims were recorded in the country, which were mostly civilians. The Russian Civil War has even been described as the greatest national catastrophe Europe has ever faced.

15. Tamerlane's conquests

20 million dead
Also known as Timur, Tamerlane was a famous Turkic-Mongolian conqueror and general. In the second half of the 14th century he waged brutal military campaigns in Western, Southern and Central Asia, the Caucasus and southern Russia. Tamerlane became the most powerful ruler in the Muslim world after victories over the Mamluks of Egypt and Syria, the emerging Ottoman Empire and the crushing defeat of the Delhi Sultanate. Scholars have calculated that his military campaigns resulted in the deaths of 17 million people, about 5% of the then world population.

16. Dungan uprising

20.8 million dead
The Dungan Rebellion was primarily an ethnic and religious war fought between the Han (a Chinese ethnic group native to East Asia) and the Huizu (Chinese Muslims) in 19th century China. The riot arose because of a price dispute (when the buyer of the Huizu did not pay the required amount for the bamboo sticks to the Hancu merchant). In the end, more than 20 million people died during the uprising, mostly due to natural disasters and war-induced conditions such as drought and famine.

17. Conquest of the Americas

138 million dead
European colonization of the Americas technically began as early as the 10th century, when Norwegian seafarers briefly settled on the coast of what is now Canada. However, it mostly refers to the period between 1492 and 1691. During these 200 years, tens of millions of people were killed in combat between the colonizers and Native Americans, but estimates of the total death toll vary greatly due to a lack of consensus on the demographic size of the pre-Columbian indigenous population.

18. An Lushan Rebellion

36 million dead
During the reign of the Tang Dynasty, another devastating war took place in China - the An Lushan rebellion, which lasted from 755 to 763. There is no doubt that the rebellion resulted in a huge number of deaths and significantly reduced the population of the Tang Empire, but the exact number of deaths is difficult to estimate even in approximate terms. Some scholars suggest that up to 36 million people died during the uprising, about two-thirds of the empire's population and about 1/6 of the world's population.

19. World War I

18 million dead
The First World War (July 1914 - November 1918) was a global conflict that arose in Europe and which gradually involved all the economically developed powers of the world, which united in two opposing alliances: the Entente and the Central Powers. The total death toll was about 11 million military personnel and about 7 million civilians. About two-thirds of the deaths during World War I occurred directly during battles, in contrast to the conflicts that took place in the 19th century, when most deaths were due to disease.

20. Taiping Rebellion

30 million dead
This rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War, continued in China from 1850 to 1864. The war was fought between the ruling Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Christian movement "Heavenly Kingdom of Peace". Although no census was kept at the time, the most reliable estimates put the total death toll during the uprising at around 20 to 30 million civilians and soldiers. Most of the deaths were attributed to plague and famine.

21. Qing Dynasty Conquest of the Ming Dynasty

25 million dead
The Manchu conquest of China is a period of conflict between the Qing Dynasty (the Manchu dynasty ruling northeast China) and the Ming Dynasty (Chinese dynasty ruling the south of the country). The war that ultimately led to the fall of the Ming caused about 25 million deaths.

22. Second Sino-Japanese War

30 million dead
The war fought between 1937 and 1945 was an armed conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor (1941), this war actually merged into World War II. It became the largest Asian war in the 20th century, with up to 25 million Chinese dead and over 4 million Chinese and Japanese military personnel.

23. Wars of the Three Kingdoms

40 million dead
Wars of the Three Kingdoms - a series of armed conflicts in ancient China(220-280 years). During these wars, three states - Wei, Shu and Wu vied for power in the country, trying to unite the peoples and take them under their control. One of the bloodiest periods in Chinese history was marked by a series of brutal battles that could have resulted in the deaths of up to 40 million people.

24. Mongol conquests

70 million dead
The Mongol conquests progressed throughout the 13th century, with the result that the vast Mongol Empire conquered most Asia and Eastern Europe. Historians consider the period of Mongol raids and invasions to be one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. In addition, bubonic plague spread throughout most of Asia and Europe at this time. The total number of deaths during the conquests is estimated at 40 - 70 million people.

25. World War II

85 million dead
The Second World War (1939 - 1945) was global: the vast majority of the world's countries, including all the great powers, took part in it. It was the most massive war in history, with more than 100 million people from more than 30 countries of the world directly participating in it.

It was marked by massive civilian deaths, including due to the Holocaust and strategic bombing of industrial and populated areas, which led (according to various estimates) to the deaths of 60 million to 85 million people. As a result, World War II became the deadliest conflict in human history.

However, as history shows, a person harms himself all the time of his existence. What are they worth.

Wars are financed by those who later receive the maximum profit.
Capitalism benefits from wars and the subsequent exploitation of countries for one reason - this is a lot of money. This means that in the conditions of capitalism wars are inevitable, this proves not only common sense but also the history of the world. Any military conflict is organized and provoked by a third party, which solves the problem of creating sales markets in the territory destroyed by the war, the problem of access to gratuitous raw materials, technologies, and cheap labor. Throughout the century, a select circle of bankers were constantly in touch (with the White House) not only on financial, economic and trade policy, but also on issues related to wars. The financial expansion of American banks politically pushed America's transformation into a world "superpower".

"I just tremble for my country when I think that God is just," US President Thomas Jefferson.

1622 - attack on the Indians. in Jamestown.
1635 - Algoquin Indian War in New England
1675 - war ended with the destruction of almost half of the cities in Massachusetts. Other wars and skirmishes with the Indians continued until 1900. In total, the Americans destroyed about 100 million Indians, which makes it possible to speak of a real genocide, far exceeding the mass murder of Jews by Hitler (4-6 million victims).

1661-1774 Military conflict. About a million live slaves were imported from Africa to the United States, over nine million died along the way. The income of slave traders from this operation in the prices of the middle of the 18th century was about 2 billion dollars.

From 1689 to 1763, four major imperial wars took place involving England and its North American colonies, as well as the French, Spanish and Dutch empires. From 1641 to 1759 there were 40 riots and 18 internal conflicts among the settlers, five of which rose to the level of rebellion. In 1776 the War of Independence began and ended in 1783. Second war against England in 1812-1815. consolidated independence, while the 40 Indian Wars from 1622 to 1900 ended with the addition of millions of acres of land.

1792 - Americans recapture Kentucky Indians

1796 - Americans recapture Tennessee Indians

1797 Cooling of relations with France after the USS Delaware attacks the civilian ship Croyable; naval clashes continue until 1800.

1800 - Slave rebellion led by Gabriel Prosser in Virginia. About a thousand people were hanged, including Prosser himself. The slaves themselves did not kill a single person.

1803 - Americans recapture the Ohio Indians

1803 - Louisiana. In 1800, under a secret treaty, Spain handed over to France the former French colony of Louisiana until 1763, in return for this, the Spanish king Charles IV took an obligation from Napoleon to give his son-in-law the kingdom in Italy. The French troops were never able to occupy Louisiana, where the Americans settled before them.

1805 - 1815 - The United States waged the first war in Africa - on its Mediterranean coast. By this time, merchants from the American Republic had developed a significant trade with the Ottoman Empire, buying opium there for $3 a pound and selling it in the Chinese port of Canton (Guangzhou) for $7 to $10. A lot of opium was sold by the Americans also in Indonesia and India. In the first third of the 19th century The United States obtained from the Turkish sultan the same rights and privileges in trade in the Ottoman Empire, as well as from the European powers: Great Britain, Russia and France. Subsequently, the United States entered into a struggle with Britain for control of the opium markets in the eastern Mediterranean. As a result of a series of wars, by 1815 the United States imposed enslaving treaties on the North African countries and provided its merchants with large cash receipts. Later, in the 30s, the United States tried to obtain from the Kingdom of Naples the transfer of ownership of Syracuse as a support base, although these harassment remained unsuccessful.

1806 - attempted American invasion of the Rio Grande, i.e. into Spanish territory. The leader of the Americans, Captain Z. Pike, was caught by the Spaniards, after which the intervention bogged down.

1810 - Louisiana Governor Clairborne invaded Spanish-owned West Florida on the orders of the President of the United States. The Spaniards retreated without a fight, the territory passed to America.

1811 - slave revolt led by Charles (surnames were often not given to slaves, just as they are not given to dogs). 500 slaves headed for New Orleans, freeing their brethren in misfortune on their way. American troops destroyed on the spot or later hanged almost all the participants in the uprising.

1812 - 1814 - war with England. Invasion of Canada. "I am looking forward not only to annex Florida to the south, but also Canada (Upper and Lower) to the North of our state," said one of the members of the House of Representatives, Felix Grandi. "The Creator of the world defined the Gulf of Mexico as our boundary in the south, and the region of eternal cold in the north," another senator Harper echoed him. Soon the huge British fleet approached and forced the Yankees to leave Canada.
In 1814, England even managed to destroy many government buildings in the US capital, Washington.

1812 - US President Madison ordered General George Matthews to occupy part of Spanish Florida - Amelia Island and some other territories. Matthews showed such unprecedented cruelty that the president later tried to disown this enterprise.

1813 - American troops capture Spanish Mobile Bay without a fight, Spanish soldiers surrender. In addition, the Americans occupy the Marquesas Islands, the occupation continued until 1814.

1814 - US General Andrew Jackson raided Spanish Florida, where he occupied Pensacola.

1816 - American troops attack Fort Nichols in Spanish Florida. The fort belonged not to the Spaniards, but to runaway slaves and Seminole Indians, who were destroyed in the amount of 270 people.

1817 - 1819 conquest by Florida. The pretext for the invasion of American troops in Florida was the persecution of the Indian tribe of the Seminoles, who gave shelter to Negro slaves who had fled the plantations (General Jackson deceived two leaders of the Indian tribes of the Seminoles and Creeks into an American gunboat, hanging an English flag, and then brutally executed). The true reason The invasion of the Americans was the desire of the planters of the US South to seize the fertile lands of Florida, which was revealed in the debate in Congress in January 1819, after the report of the representative of the military commission Johnson on the military operations in Florida.

1824 - The invasion of two hundred Americans led by David Porter in the Puerto Rican city of Fajardo. Reason: shortly before that, someone insulted American officers there. City officials were forced to issue a formal apology for the bad behavior of their residents.

1824 - American landing in Cuba, then a Spanish colony.

1831 Virginia slave rebellion led by priest Nat Turner. 80 slaves destroyed their slave owners and their families (60 people in total), after which the uprising was crushed. In addition, the slave owners decided to launch a "preemptive strike" in order to prevent a larger uprising - they killed hundreds of innocent slaves in the surrounding regions.

1833 - the invasion of Argentina, where at that time there was an uprising.

1835 - Mexico. The United States, seeking to seize the territory of Mexico, took advantage of its unstable domestic political situation. Coming from the beginning of the 20s. to the colonization of Texas, in 1835 they inspired a rebellion of the Texas colonists, who soon announced the separation of Texas from Mexico and proclaimed its "independence".

1835 - the invasion of Peru, where at that time there were strong unrest of the people.

1836 - another invasion of Peru.

1840 - American invasion of Fiji, several villages were destroyed.

1841 - after the murder of an American on Drummond Island (then called Upolu Island), the Americans destroyed many villages there.

1842 is a unique case. A certain T. Jones for some reason imagined that America was at war with Mexico, and attacked Monterey in California with his troops. Finding that there was no war, he retreated.

1843 - American invasion of China

1844 - another invasion of China, suppression of an anti-imperialist uprising

1846 - Mexicans were offended by the loss of Texas, whose residents decided to join the US in 1845. Border disputes and financial disagreements increased tension. Many Americans believed that the US was "destined" to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. Since Mexico did not want to sell this territory, some US leaders wanted to seize it - US President James Polk sent troops to Texas in the spring of 1846. For the next two years, fighting took place in Mexico City, Texas, California, and New Mexico. The American military was better trained, had newer weapons, and more effective leadership, Mexico was defeated. In early 1847, California was under US rule. In September, Mexico City fell under attack by the US Army. On February 2, 1848, the United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Peace. In this treaty, Mexico agreed to sell 500,000 square miles to the US for $15 million.

1846 - aggression against New Granada (Colombia)

1849 - The American fleet approaches Smyrna to force the Austrian authorities to release the arrested American.

1849 - shelling of Indochina.

1851 - American troops land on Johanna Island to punish local authorities for arresting the captain of an American ship.

1852 - American invasion of Argentina during popular unrest.

1852 - In 1852, the US government sent a squadron of M. Perry to Japan, who, under the threat of the use of weapons, achieved the conclusion of the first American-Japanese treaty in Kanagawa on March 31, 1854, which opened the ports of Hakodate and Shimoda to American ships on extremely unfavorable terms for Japan.
The American Consul General T. Harris, who arrived in Japan in 1856, using threats and blackmail, achieved the conclusion on June 17, 1857, of a new treaty more favorable to the United States, and a year later, on July 29, 1858, a trade treaty that was enslaving for Japan.
On the model of the American-Japanese trade treaty of 1858, treaties were concluded with Russia (August 19, 1858). America established freedom of trade for foreign merchants with Japan and included it in the world market, granted foreigners the right of extraterritoriality and consular jurisdiction, deprived Japan of customs autonomy, and imposed low import duties.

1853 - 1856 - the Anglo-American invasion of China, where they knocked out favorable terms of trade through military clashes.

1853 - Invasion of Argentina and Nicaragua during popular unrest.

1853 - An American warship approaches Japan to force her to open her ports to international trade.

1854 - The Americans destroyed the Nicaraguan city of San Juan del Norte (Greytown), thus they avenged an insult to an American.

1854 - The United States made an attempt to capture the Hawaiian Islands. Capture of the Tiger Island off the Isthmus of Panama.

1855 - A detachment of Americans led by W. Walker invaded Nicaragua. Relying on the support of his government, he proclaimed himself in 1856 President of Nicaragua. The American adventurer sought to annex Central America to the United States and turn it into a slave base for American planters. However, the combined armies of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras pushed Walker out of Nicaragua. He was later captured and shot in Honduras.

1855 - American invasion of Fiji and Uruguay.

1856 - Invasion of Panama. Given the huge role of the Isthmus of Panama, Great Britain and the United States fought for mastery of it, or at least for control over it. Great Britain, which owned a number of islands in the Caribbean, as well as part of the Mosquito Coast, sought to maintain its influence in Central America. In 1846, the United States imposed on New Granada a treaty of friendship, trade and navigation, under which they pledged to guarantee the sovereignty of New Granada over the Isthmus of Panama and at the same time received equal rights with it in the operation of any route through the isthmus and a concession to build a railway through it. The railroad, whose construction was completed in 1855, brought the US a strengthening of US influence on the Isthmus of Panama. Using the 1846 treaty, the United States systematically interfered in the internal affairs of New Granada and repeatedly resorted to direct armed intervention (1856, 1860, etc.). Treaties between the United States and Great Britain - the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850) and the Hay-Paunsfot Treaty (1901) further strengthened the US position in New Granada.

1857 - two invasions of Nicaragua.

1858 - intervention in Fiji.

1858 - invasion of Uruguay.

1859 - attack on the Japanese fort Taku.

1859 - Invasion of Angola during popular unrest.

1860 - Invasion of Panama.

1861 - 1865 - Civil war. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina seceded from the rest of the states and declared themselves an independent state. The North sends in troops ostensibly to free the slaves. In fact, it was, as always, about money - basically, they quarreled over the terms of trade with England. In addition, there were forces that prevented the disintegration of the country into a number of small, but very independent colonies.

1862 - the expulsion of all Jews from Tennessee, of course with the confiscation of their property.

1863 - punitive expedition to Shimonoseki (Japan).

1864 - a military expedition to Japan in order to get himself favorable conditions in trade.

1865 - Paraguay. Uruguay with unlimited military assistance from the USA, England, France, etc. invaded Paraguay and destroyed 85% of the population of this then rich country. Since then, Paraguay has not risen. The monstrous massacre was openly paid for by the international banking house of the Rothschilds, closely associated with the famous British bank Baring Brothers and other financial structures, where the Rothschild tribesmen traditionally played a leading role. The fact that it was carried out under the slogans of the liberation of the Paraguayan people from the yoke of dictatorship and the restoration of democracy in the country gave special cynicism to the genocide. Having lost half of its territory, the bloodless country has turned into a miserable Anglo-American semi-colony, known today for one of the lowest living standards in the world, rampant drug mafia, huge external debt, police terror and corrupt officials. The land was taken away from the peasants, giving it to a handful of landowners who arrived in the wagon train of the occupiers. Subsequently, they created the Colorado Party, until now ruling the country For the sake of the dollar and Uncle Sam. Democracy has triumphed.

1865 - the introduction of troops into Panama during a coup d'état.

1866 - unprovoked attack on Mexico

1866 - punitive expedition to China for attacking an American consul.

1867 - punitive expedition to China for the murder of several American sailors.

1867 - attack on the Midway Islands.

1868 - Multiple invasions of Japan during the Japanese Civil War.

1868 - invasion of Uruguay and Colombia.

1874 - the entry of troops into China and Hawaii.

1876 ​​- invasion of Mexico.

1878 - attack on the islands of Samoa.

1882 - the entry of troops into Egypt.

1888 - attack on Korea.

1889 - punitive expedition to Hawaii.

1890 - the introduction of American troops in Haiti.

1890 - Argentina. Troops are brought in to protect the interests of Buenos Aires.

1891 - Chile. Collisions between American troops and rebels.

1891 - Haiti. The suppression of the uprising of black workers on the island of Navassa, which, according to American statements, belonged to the United States.

1893 - the introduction of troops to Hawaii, the invasion of China.

1894 - Nicaragua. Within a month, the troops occupy the Bluefields.

1894 - 1896 - invasion of Korea.

1894 - 1895 - China. American troops participate in the Sino-Japanese War.

1895 - Panama. American troops invade the Colombian province.

1896 - Nicaragua. American troops invade Corinto.
1898 - American-Spanish War. American troops recapture the Philippines from Spain, 600,000 Filipinos are killed. American President William McKinley announced that the Lord ordered him to seize the Philippine Islands in order to convert their inhabitants to Christian faith and bring them civilization.
McKinley said he spoke to the Lord as he walked down one of the hallways of the White House at midnight.
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The reason used by America to start this war is curious: on February 15, 1898, an explosion occurred on the battleship Maine, it sank, killing 266 crew members. The US government immediately blamed Spain. After 100 years, the ship was raised, and it turned out that the ship had been blown up from the inside. It is possible that America decided not to wait for a reason to attack Spain and decided to speed things up by sacrificing a couple of hundred lives. Cuba is recaptured from Spain, and since then the American military base Guantanamo Bay has been located there.

1898 - American troops invade the port of San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua.

1898 - Hawaii. The capture of the islands by American troops.

1899 - American-Philippine War

1899 - Nicaragua. American troops invade the port of Bluefields.

1901 - the entry of troops into Colombia.

1902 - invasion of Panama.

1903 - The United States sent warships to the Isthmus of Panama in order to isolate Colombian troops. On November 3, the political independence of the Panamanian Republic was proclaimed. In the same month, Panama, which turned out to be in fact completely dependent on the United States, was forced to sign an agreement with the United States, according to which the territory for the construction of the canal was "permanently" provided for the use of the United States.

1903 - the entry of troops into Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Syria.

1904 - the entry of troops into Korea, Morocco and the Dominican Republic.

1904 - 1905 - American troops intervene in the Russo-Japanese War.

1905 - American troops intervene in a revolution in Honduras.

1905 - entry of troops into Mexico (helped the dictator Porfirio Díaz suppress the uprising).

1905 - the entry of troops into Korea.

1906 - the invasion of the Philippines, the suppression of the liberation movement.

1906 - 1909 - American troops enter Cuba during elections.

1907 - US troops enforce "dollar diplomacy" protectorate in Nicaragua.

1907 - American troops intervene in a revolution in the Dominican Republic

1907 - American troops participate in the war between Honduras and Nicaragua.

1908 - American troops enter Panama during elections.

1910 - Nicaragua. American troops invade the port of Bluefields and Corinto. The United States sent armed forces to Nicaragua and organized an anti-government conspiracy (1909), as a result of which Celaya was forced to flee the country. In 1910, a junta was formed from pro-American generals: X. Estrada, E. Chamorro, and A. Diaz, an employee of the American mining company. In the same year, Estrada became president, but the very next year he was replaced by A. Diaz, supported by American troops.

1911 - Americans land in Honduras to support an uprising led by former President Manuel Bonnila against legitimately elected President Miguel Davil.

1911 - suppression of the anti-American uprising in the Philippines.

1911 - the introduction of troops into China.

1912 - American troops enter Havana (Cuba).

1912 - American troops enter Panama during elections.

1912 - American invasion of Honduras.

1912 - 1933 - the occupation of Nicaragua, the constant struggle with the partisans. Nicaragua became a colony of the monopoly of the United Fruit Company of other American companies. In 1914, an agreement was signed in Washington, according to which the USA was granted the right to build an interoceanic canal in Nicaragua. In 1917, E. Chamorro, who concluded several new agreements with the USA, became president. which led to even greater enslavement of the country.

1914 - American troops enter the Dominican Republic, battle with the rebels for Santa Domingo.

1914 - A series of invasions of Mexico.
In 1910, a powerful peasant movement of Francisco Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata began there against the protege of America and England, dictator Porfirio Diaz. In 1911, Diaz fled the country and was replaced by the liberal Francisco Madero. But even he did not suit the Americans, and in 1913, again, the pro-American General Victoriano Huerta overthrew Madero by killing him. Zapata and Villa pressed on, and at the end of 1914 they occupied the capital of Mexico City. Huerta's junta collapsed and the US moved to direct intervention. Actually, already in April 1914, American troops landed in the Mexican port of Veracruz, which remained there until October. Meanwhile, the experienced politician and large landowner V. Carranza became the President of Mexico. He defeated Villa, but opposed US imperialist policies and promised land reform.
In March 1916, units of the American army under the command of Pershing crossed the Mexican border, but the Yankees did not get an easy walk. The government troops and partisan armies of P. Villa and A. Zapata, temporarily forgetting civil strife, united and Pershing was thrown out of the country.

1914 - Haiti. After numerous uprisings, America brings in its troops, the occupation continues for 19 years.

1916 - 8-year occupation of the Dominican Republic.

1917 Military occupation of Cuba, economic protectorate until 1933.

Participation in the 1st World War.

1917 - 1918 - participation in the 1st World War. At first, America "observed neutrality", i.e. sold weapons for astronomical sums, grew rich uncontrollably, entered the war as early as 1917, i.e. at almost the very end; lost only 40,000 people (Russians, for example, 200,000), but after the war they considered themselves the main winner. As we know, they fought in the same way in the Second World War. States in Europe fought in World War I to change the rules of the “game”, not to “achieve greater equality of opportunity”, but to ensure absolute inequality in the future in favor of the United States. America came to Europe not for the sake of Europe, but for the sake of America. Overseas capital was preparing this war, and he won it. After the end of the war, through various machinations, they succeeded more than other allies in enslaving Germany, as a result of which the country, already weakened by the war, fell into absolute chaos, where fascism was born. Fascism developed with the active funding of America and Western capitalists until the end of World War II. States other than the United States, after the war, found themselves indebted to international financial groups and monopolies, where US capital played already the first, but by no means the only violin.

1993 - Americans help Yeltsin to carry out the execution of several hundred people during the storming of the Supreme Council.

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The Americans actively finance the propaganda of democracy, bribe military generals, officials, the media, actively promote new values, promising all people to become "bankers and rock or movie stars", trying to convince the population of the failure of the USSR economy. They get a lot of help from the Chubais team.
They are actively intimidating by the communists, they are filming a video of a Russian pensioner in tears begging not to vote for Zyuganov, as he promises to dispossess all peasants and drive the protesters into camps (this video can be found on YouTube). Before December 24, 1990, Zyuganov organized an All-Union referendum on the preservation of the USSR in which 77.85% of the population voted for the preservation of the USSR. And if it were not for the active support of the media and the betrayal of many officials, the United States would not have been able to win, since there was quite a strong and high-quality resistance among the intelligentsia towards the communists.

In early 1991, Zyuganov called for the removal of Mikhail Gorbachev from the post of General Secretary. In July 1991, together with a number of well-known state, political and public figures, he signed the appeal “Word to the people”. The appeal spoke about measures to prevent the collapse of the USSR and about possible tragic events - this appeal made many think and change their new views in favor of the communists.
Zyuganov in 1993 organized the impeachment of Yeltsin. Thanks to Zhirinovsky, then 16 votes were not enough for Yeltsin to be put on trial and recognized as a state criminal. The military also did not provide support.
In 1999, Zyuganov organized another vote to impeach Yeltsin. But the supporters of impeachment did not get the required 300 votes, and most of the officials support Yeltsin. In 2010, Zyuganov organized a military tribunal for V. Putin, considering him a successor to B. Yeltsin and a protege of Chubais, the prosecutor was military prosecutor V. Ilyukhin, at which Putin was found guilty of disarming Russia and deliberately economic collapse of the country. After the tribunal, Zyuganov and the Communist Party organized a rally in Moscow at which the verdict was announced, asking for help and support from the army and the people, but the army and the people remain indifferent to this.
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1993 - 1995 - Bosnia. Patrolling during the Civil War no-fly zones; downed planes, the bombing of the Serbs.

1994 - 1996 - Iraq. An attempt to overthrow Hussein by destabilizing the country. Bombardments never stopped, people died of starvation and disease due to sanctions, explosions were constantly carried out in public places, while the Americans used the terrorist organization Iraqi National Congress (INA). It even came to military clashes with the troops of Hussein, because. the Americans promised the National Congress air support. True, military assistance never came. The attacks were directed against civilians, the Americans hoped in this way to provoke popular anger towards the Hussein regime, which allows all this. But the regime did not allow this for long, and by 1996 most of the members of the INA had been destroyed. The INA was also not allowed into the new Iraqi government.

1994 - 1996 - Haiti. Blockade directed against the military government; troops reinstate President Aristide in office 3 years after the coup.

1994 - Rwanda. The story is dark, much remains to be seen, but now we can say the following. Under the leadership of CIA agent Jonas Savimbi, approx. 800 thousand people. Moreover, at first it was reported about three million, but over the years the number decreases in proportion to the increase in the number of mythical Stalinist repressions. We are talking about ethnic cleansing - the destruction of the Hutu people. The heavily armed UN contingent in the country did nothing. How much America is involved in all this, what goals were pursued by this, is still unclear. It is known that the army of Rwanda, which was mainly engaged in the massacre of the civilian population, exists on US money and is trained by American instructors. It is known that Rwandan President Paul Kagame, under whom the massacres took place, received a military education in the United States. As a result, Kagame established excellent ties not only with the US military, but also with US intelligence. However, the Americans did not receive any visible benefit from the genocide. Maybe for the love of art?

1994 - first, second Chechen campaigns. Dudayev's militants were trained in CIA training camps in Pakistan and Turkey. Undermining stability in the Middle East, the US has declared the oil wealth of the Caspian a zone of its vital interests. They, through intermediaries in this zone, helped to hatch the idea of ​​separating the North Caucasus from Russia. People close to them with big bags of money incited Basayev's gangs to "jihad", a holy war in Dagestan and other areas where quite normal and peaceful Muslims live. The Chubais group completely controlled the Yeltsin administration and had absolute influence in the Kremlin representing the interests of the United States.

The following have been trained in the USA: Khattab, bin Laden, Chitigov and many others.
There is a scandal with the English organization "Helo-Trust". Theoretically, the "Halo Trust", created in the UK in the late 80s as a charity non-profit organization, is engaged in assisting in the demining of territories affected by armed conflicts.
In fact, since 1997, Halo-Trust instructors have trained more than a hundred mine-explosive specialists. Halo Trust is funded by the UK Department for International Development, the US Department of State, the European Union, the governments of Germany, Ireland, Canada, Japan, Finland, and private individuals.

1995 - Mexico. The US government is funding a campaign against the Zapatistas. Under the guise of "the fight against drugs" there is a struggle for territories that are attractive to American companies. Helicopters with machine guns, rockets and bombs are used to destroy local residents.

1995 - Croatia. Bombing of the airfields of the Serbian Krajina before the advance of the Croats.
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1996 - On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 exploded in the evening sky off Long Island and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean - all 230 people on board were killed - 125 of them were US citizens. There is strong evidence that the Boeing was shot down by an American missile. The motivation for this attack has not been established, among the main versions is an error during the exercises or the elimination of an objectionable person on board the aircraft.
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1996 - Rwanda. 6,000 civilians are massacred by government troops trained and funded by America and South Africa. In the Western media, this event was ignored.

1996 - Congo. The US Department of Defense was secretly involved in wars in Democratic Republic Congo (DRC). American companies were also involved in Washington's covert operations in the DRC, one of which is associated with former president USA by George Bush Sr. Their role is due to economic interests in mining in the DRC. The US Special Forces trained the armed groups of the warring parties in the DRC. To maintain confidentiality, private military recruiters were used. Washington actively helped the Rwandans and Congolese rebels to overthrow the dictator Mobutu. The Americans then supported the rebels who started a war against the late DRC President Laurent-Désiré Kabila, because "by 1998, the Kabila regime began to annoy the interests of American mining companies." When Kabila received the support of other African countries, the US changed tactics. American special agents began to train both opponents of Kabila - Rwandans, Ugandans and Burundians, and supporters - Zimbabweans and Namibians.

1997 - Americans staged a series of explosions in Cuban hotels.

1998 - Sudan. The Americans destroy a pharmaceutical plant with missiles, claiming that it produces nerve gas. Since this plant produced 90% of the country's medicines, and the Americans naturally banned their import from abroad, the result of the missile attack was the death of tens of thousands of people. There was simply nothing to treat them.

1998 - 4 days of active bombing of Iraq after inspectors report that Iraq is not cooperative enough.

1998 - Afghanistan. Attack on former CIA training camps used by Islamic fundamentalist groups.
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1999 - ignoring the norms international law Bypassing the UN and the Security Council, the United States launched a 78-day aerial bombardment campaign by NATO forces against the sovereign state of Yugoslavia. The aggression against Yugoslavia, carried out under the pretext of "averting a humanitarian disaster", caused the worst humanitarian catastrophe in Europe since the Second World War. For 32,000 sorties, bombs with a total weight of 21 thousand tons were used, which is equivalent to four times the power atomic bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima. According to official figures alone, more than 2,000 civilians were killed, 6,000 wounded and maimed, over a million left homeless and 2 million without any source of income. Direct economic losses are estimated at $600 billion.
Devastating and lasting damage has been done to the ecological environment of Yugoslavia, as well as Europe as a whole. From the testimony collected by the International Tribunal for the Investigation of American War Crimes in Yugoslavia, chaired by former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, it clearly follows that the CIA created, fully armed and financed Albanian terrorist gangs (the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA) in Yugoslavia . In order to finance the KLA gangs, the CIA established a well-organized drug trafficking criminal structure in Europe.

Before the start of the bombing of Serbia, the government of Yugoslavia handed over to NATO a map of objects not subject to bombing, because. it will cause an ecological catastrophe. The Americans, with the cynicism inherent in this nation, began to bomb exactly those objects that were indicated on the Serbian map. For example, they bombed the Pancevo oil refinery 6 times. As a result, along with the poisonous gas phosgene formed in huge quantities, 1200 tons of vinyl chloride monomers, 3000 tons of sodium hydroxide, 800 tons of hydrochloric acids, 2350 tons of liquid ammonia and 8 tons of mercury got into the environment. All this went to the ground. The soil is poisoned. Groundwater, especially in Novi Sad, contains mercury. As a result of the use of NATO bombs with a uranium core, diseases of the so-called. "Gulf syndrome", deformed children are born. Ecologists in the West, primarily Greenpeace, completely hush up the atrocious crimes of the American military in Serbia.
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2000 - coup in Belgrade. The Americans finally overthrew the hated Milosevic.

2001 - invasion of Afghanistan. A typical American program: torture, banned weapons, mass destruction of civilians, assurances of a speedy recovery of the country, the use of depleted uranium, and finally, the "evidence" of Osama bin Laden's involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks, sucked from the finger, based on a dubious video from unintelligible sound and a completely different person from Bin Laden.

2001 - Americans chase Albanian terrorists from the Kosovo Liberation Army throughout Macedonia, who were trained and armed by the Americans themselves to fight the Serbs.

2002 - Americans send troops to the Philippines, because. there are fears of popular unrest.

2002 - Venezuela, pro-American coup, the opposition illegally ousted popular President Hugo Chavez. The very next day, a popular uprising began in support of the president, Chavez was released from prison and returned to his post. Now there is a struggle going on between the government and the American-backed opposition. The country is in chaos and anarchy. Venezuela, as you might expect, is rich in oil. Also, it's no secret that Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, is best friend Cuban leader Fidel Castro. And Venezuela is one of the few countries that openly criticizes US foreign policy.

2003 - Philippines, American military operation "Enduring Freedom", the official goal of which is the fight against international terrorism. Continuing for almost forty recent years in the southern Philippines, a bloody conflict with Muslim and communist rebels has already claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people.

2003 - Iraqi war. The military conflict that began with the invasion of US forces and their allies in Iraq to overthrow the regime of Saddam Hussein. The first operation was codenamed Iraqi Freedom. Against this small country that staunchly fought for its sovereignty and the life of its people, in addition to the United States, 48 ​​countries participated in the coalition.

Here are these countries - "Heroes" replenishing the economies of their countries through murder and robbery:

USA - 250,000 members
Australia - 2000 members
Azerbaijan - 250 members
Albania - 240 members
Armenia - 50 members
Bulgaria - 490 members
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 40 members
Great Britain - 45 000 members
Hungary - 300 members
Honduras - 370 members
Georgia - 2000 members (since August 2003, the contingent was withdrawn in August 2008 due to the conflict in South Ossetia)
Denmark - 550 members
Dominican Republic - 300 members
Iceland - 2 members
Spain - 1300 chl
Italy - 3200 chl
Kazakhstan - 30 members
Latvia - 140 members
Lithuania - 120 members
Macedonia - 80 members
Moldova - 20 members
Mongolia - 180 people
Netherlands - 1350 members
Nicaragua - 230 members
New Zealand - 60 members
Norway - 150 people
Poland - 2500 members
Portugal - 130 members
South Korea - 3600 members
Romania - 730 members
El Salvador - 380 members
Singapore - 160 pcs
Slovakia - 110 members
Thailand - 420 chl
Tonga - 60 members
Ukraine - 1650 members
Philippines - 50 pcs
Czech Republic - 300 members
Estonia - 40 members
Japan - 600 members
This is just the official number. The true figures of the participants and their losses are traditionally kept silent.

As of December 2011, 162,000 people died in Iraq, according to an incomplete estimate of the Iraq Body Count project, of which approximately 79 percent were civilians. In the fall of 2010, WikiLeaks released about 400,000 documents related to the Iraq War. According to them, the loss of the civilian population of Iraq during the war amounted to about 66,000 people, the loss of militants - about 24,000. A terrible consequence of the Iraq war was an increase in the number of Iraqi children with birth defects.

2003 - armed conflict in Liberia between the country's government and rebel groups in 1999-2003. The war ended with the victory of the rebel groups and the flight of President Charles Taylor from the country. UN peacekeepers were brought into Liberia and an interim government was established. During the war, hundreds of thousands of people died or became refugees.

2003 - Syria. As it usually happens, in a fit of passion, the United States begins to destroy not only the victim country (in this case, Iraq), but also the surrounding countries.
On June 24, the Pentagon announced that it may have killed Saddam Hussein or his eldest son, Uday. According to a senior official of the US military, the Predator unmanned aircraft attacked a suspicious convoy. As it turned out, in pursuit of the leaders of the former Iraqi regime, the US military was operating in Syria. The US military command acknowledged the clash with the Syrian border guards. Paratroopers were thrown into the area. From the air, the special forces troops were covered by airplanes and helicopters.

2003 - Coup in Georgia. Assistance to the Georgian opposition was provided through the US Ambassador to Tbilisi, Richard Miles. Miles gained fame as a gravedigger of regimes: he was an ambassador in Azerbaijan when Heydar Aliyev came to power, in Yugoslavia during the bombings on the eve of the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic, and in Bulgaria, when the heir to the throne, Simeon of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, won the parliamentary elections, who eventually led the government.
In addition to political support, the Americans also provided financial assistance to the opposition. For example, the Soros Foundation allocated $500,000 to the radical opposition organization Kmara. Soros funded an opposition television channel that played a key role in supporting the Velvet Revolution and provided financial support to a youth organization that led the street protests.

2004 - Haiti. Anti-government demonstrations continued in Haiti for several weeks. The rebels occupied the main cities of Haiti. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled. The assault on the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, was postponed by the rebels at the request of the United States. America sends troops.

2004 - Coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea, where there are substantial oil reserves. British intelligence MI6, the American CIA and the Spanish secret service tried to bring into the country 70 mercenaries who were supposed to overthrow the regime of President Theodore Obisango Nguem Mbasogo with the support of local traitors. The mercenaries were detained, and their leader Mark Thatcher (by the way, the son of Margaret Thatcher) took refuge in the United States.

2004 - pro-American counter-revolution in Ukraine.

2008 - 8 August. War in South Ossetia. The US-funded and prepared aggression of Georgia against the Republic of South Ossetia.

2011 - a series of armed conflicts during the struggle for political power in Libya. The attack on Libya is a military operation by aggressor countries from NATO (USA, Great Britain, France, Italy and Canada) against the Libyan government and Jamahiriya leader M. Gaddafi, which began on March 19, 2011. Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Turkey also announced their intention to take part in it to some extent.

2012-2015 - Conflict in the Central African Republic. Armed conflict between the government of the Central African Republic and the rebels. The participants in the conflict are the Muslim and Christian communities of the country.

2013-The military conflict in Syria was organized by the United States. Logistically, anti-government militants were supported by the United States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and some other states, the Syrian government was supported by Iran, Russia, North Korea and Venezuela.

2013 military coup in Egypt. US foreign policy took an active part in the "Arab Spring", and the sudden change of power in Cairo was not without the assistance of American "peace doves".

2014 - pro-American counter-revolution in Ukraine.

2014-2015 - Armed conflict in Yemen - a civil war between the Houthis (Shia rebels) on the one hand, and government forces on the other. The US authorities decided on a counter-terrorist operation against Al-Qaeda in Yemen. To complete the picture, here are a couple of the most famous Houthi slogans: “Death to America!”; "Death to Israel!"

In the history of mankind, various wars occupy a huge place.
They redrawn maps, gave birth to empires, destroyed peoples and nations. The earth remembers wars that lasted more than a century. We recall the most protracted military conflicts in the history of mankind.

1. War without shots (335 years old)

The longest and most curious of the wars is the war between the Netherlands and the Scilly archipelago, which is part of Great Britain.

Due to the lack of a peace treaty, it formally went on for 335 years without firing a shot, which makes it one of the longest and most curious wars in history, and even the war with the least losses.

Peace was officially declared in 1986.

2. Punic War (118 years)

By the middle of the III century BC. the Romans almost completely subjugated Italy, swung at the entire Mediterranean and wanted Sicily first. But the mighty Carthage also claimed this rich island.

Their claims unleashed 3 wars that stretched (intermittently) from 264 to 146. BC. and got the name from the Latin name of the Phoenicians-Carthaginians (puns).

The first (264-241) - 23 years old (began just because of Sicily).
The second (218-201) - 17 years (after the capture of the Spanish city of Sagunta by Hannibal).
The last (149-146) - 3 years.
It was then that the famous phrase "Carthage must be destroyed!" was born. Pure warfare took 43 years. The conflict in total - 118 years.

Results: Besieged Carthage fell. Rome won.

3. Hundred Years War (116 years)

Went in 4 stages. With pauses for truces (the longest - 10 years) and the fight against the plague (1348) from 1337 to 1453.

Opponents: England and France.

Reasons: France wanted to oust England from the southwestern lands of Aquitaine and complete the unification of the country. England - to strengthen influence in the province of Guyenne and return those lost under John the Landless - Normandy, Maine, Anjou. Complication: Flanders - formally was under the auspices of the French crown, in fact it was free, but depended on English wool for cloth making.

Reason: the claims of the English king Edward III from the Plantagenet-Anjou dynasty (the maternal grandson of the French king Philip IV the Handsome of the Capetian family) to the Gallic throne. Allies: England - German feudal lords and Flanders. France - Scotland and the Pope. Army: English - mercenary. under the command of the king. The basis is infantry (archers) and knightly units. French - a knightly militia, led by royal vassals.

Turning point: after the execution of Joan of Arc in 1431 and the battle for Normandy, the national liberation war of the French people began with the tactics of guerrilla raids.

Results: October 19, 1453 the English army capitulated in Bordeaux. Having lost everything on the continent, except for the port of Calais (it remained English for another 100 years). France switched to a regular army, abandoned knightly cavalry, gave preference to infantry, and the first firearms appeared.

4. Greco-Persian War (50 years)

Altogether, war. Stretched with lulls from 499 to 449. BC. They are divided into two (the first - 492-490, the second - 480-479) or three (the first - 492, the second - 490, the third - 480-479 (449). For the Greek policies-states - the battle for independence. For the Achaeminid Empire - captivating.


Trigger: Ionian rebellion. The battle of the Spartans at Thermopylae is legendary. The battle of Salamis was a turning point. The point was put by "Kalliev Mir".

Results: Persia lost the Aegean Sea, the coasts of the Hellespont and the Bosporus. Recognized the freedom of the cities of Asia Minor. The civilization of the ancient Greeks entered the time of the highest prosperity, laying the culture, which, even after millennia, the world was equal to.

4. Punic war. The battles lasted 43 years. They are divided into three stages of wars between Rome and Carthage. They fought for dominance in the Mediterranean. The Romans won the battle. Basetop.ru

Civil. It proceeded in outbreaks from 1960 to 1996. A provocative decision by US President Eisenhower in 1954 triggered a coup.

Reason: the fight against the "communist infection".

Opponents: Bloc "Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity" and the military junta.

Victims: almost 6 thousand murders were committed annually, only in the 80s - 669 massacres, more than 200 thousand dead (of which 83% were Maya Indians), over 150 thousand went missing. Outcomes: Signing of the "Treaty for a Lasting and Lasting Peace", which protected the rights of 23 groups of Native Americans.

Outcomes: Signing of the "Treaty for a Lasting and Lasting Peace", which protected the rights of 23 groups of Native Americans.

6. War of the Scarlet and White Roses (33 years old)

Confrontation of the English nobility - supporters of two tribal branches of the Plantagenet dynasty - Lancaster and York. Stretched from 1455 to 1485.
Prerequisites: "bastard feudalism" is a privilege English nobility pay off military service from the lord, in whose hands large funds were concentrated, with which he paid for the army of mercenaries, which became more powerful than the royal one.

The reason: the defeat of England in the Hundred Years War, the impoverishment of the feudal lords, their rejection of the political course of the wife of the feeble-minded king Henry IV, hatred of her favorites.

Opposition: Duke Richard of York - considered the right to power of the Lancasters illegitimate, became regent under an incapacitated monarch, in 1483 - king, was killed at the Battle of Bosworth.

Results: Violated the balance of political forces in Europe. Led to the collapse of the Plantagenets. She placed the Welsh Tudors on the throne, who ruled England for 117 years. Cost the lives of hundreds of English aristocrats.

7. Thirty Years War (30 years)

The first military conflict of a pan-European scale. Lasted from 1618 to 1648. Opponents: two coalitions. The first is the union of the Holy Roman Empire (in fact, Austrian) with Spain and the Catholic principalities of Germany. The second - the German states, where power was in the hands of Protestant princes. They were supported by the armies of reformist Sweden and Denmark and Catholic France.

Reason: The Catholic League was afraid of the spread of the ideas of the Reformation in Europe, the Protestant Evangelical Union was striving for this.

Trigger: Revolt of Czech Protestants against Austrian domination.

Results: The population of Germany has decreased by a third. The French army lost 80 thousand. Austria and Spain - more than 120. After the Treaty of Münster in 1648, a new independent state, the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (Holland), was finally fixed on the map of Europe.

8. Peloponnesian War (age 27)

There are two of them. The first is the Lesser Peloponnesian (460-445 BC). The second (431-404 BC) is the largest in the history of Ancient Hellas after the first Persian invasion of the territory of Balkan Greece. (492-490 BC).

Opponents: Peloponnesian Union led by Sparta and the First Marine (Delosian) under the auspices of Athens.

Reasons: The desire for hegemony in the Greek world of Athens and the rejection of their claims by Sparta and Corypha.

Contradictions: Athens was ruled by an oligarchy. Sparta is a military aristocracy. Ethnically, the Athenians were Ionians, the Spartans were Dorians. In the second, 2 periods are distinguished.

The first is "Arkhidamov's War". The Spartans made land invasions into the territory of Attica. Athenians - sea raids on the coast of the Peloponnese. It ended in the 421st signing of the Peace of Nikiev. After 6 years, it was violated by the Athenian side, which was defeated in the battle of Syracuse. The final phase went down in history under the name Dekeley or Ionian. With the support of Persia, Sparta built a fleet and destroyed the Athenian at Aegospotami.

Results: After the conclusion in April 404 BC. Feramenov's world Athens lost the fleet, torn down long walls, lost all colonies and joined the Spartan Union.

9. Great Northern War (age 21)

There was a northern war for 21 years. She was between the northern states and Sweden (1700-1721), the opposition of Peter I to Charles XII. Russia fought mostly on its own.

Reason: Possession of the Baltic lands, control over the Baltic.

Results: With the end of the war in Europe, a new empire arose - the Russian Empire, which has access to the Baltic Sea and has a powerful army and navy. The capital of the empire was St. Petersburg, located at the confluence of the Neva River into the Baltic Sea.

Sweden lost the war.

10 Vietnam War (age 18)

The Second Indochinese War between Vietnam and the United States and one of the most destructive of the second half of the 20th century. Lasted from 1957 to 1975. 3 periods: guerrilla South Vietnamese (1957-1964), from 1965 to 1973 - full-scale US military operations, 1973-1975. - after the withdrawal of American troops from the territories of the Viet Cong. Opponents: South and North Vietnam. On the side of the South - the United States and the military bloc SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization). North - China and the USSR.

The reason: when the communists came to power in China, and Ho Chi Minh became the leader of South Vietnam, the White House administration was afraid of the communist "domino effect". After Kennedy's assassination, Congress gave President Lyndon Johnson carte blanche to use military force in the Tonkin Resolution. And already in March 65, two battalions of US Army Navy SEALs left for Vietnam. So the States became part of the Vietnamese Civil War. They applied the “search and destroy” strategy, burned the jungle with napalm - the Vietnamese went underground and responded with a guerrilla war.

Who benefits: American arms corporations. US losses: 58 thousand in combat (64% under the age of 21) and about 150 thousand suicides of American veterans of the explosives.

Vietnamese victims: over 1 million who fought and more than 2 civilians, only in South Vietnam - 83 thousand amputees, 30 thousand blind, 10 thousand deaf, after the operation "Ranch Hand" (chemical destruction of the jungle) - congenital genetic mutations.

Results: The Tribunal of May 10, 1967 qualified the US actions in Vietnam as a crime against humanity (Article 6 of the Nuremberg Statute) and banned the use of CBU-type thermite bombs as weapons of mass destruction.

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