List of wars by death toll
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This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by the war. These numbers usually include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of battle or other military wartime actions, as well as the wartime/war-related deaths of soldiers which are the results of war-induced epidemics, famines, atrocities, genocide, etc.
Modern wars with greater than 25,000 deaths by death toll
Generally considered after 1500 CE.
War | Death range |
Date | Combatants | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kaltariezh Civil War | 39,800+ | 1497-1505 | Staynes and Azenorites vs Kirusites | Kaltariezh | - Personal union between Staynes and Kaltariezh, later forming the Imperial Kingdom of Morstaybishlia in 1515 |
First Crusades | 450,000-500,000 | 1930-1931 | Iphelklori vs Central Arcturia Alliance | Sokalan archipelago, South Eastern Arcturia | - Defeat of Iphelklori, concessions paid to CAA members for 30 years |
War of the Tretridian Succession | 100,000+ | 1650-1658 | Supporters of Eadgyð I vs Supporters of Ælfheah III | Tretrid | - Start of the Tretridian Anarchy |
Caven Wars | 320,000+ | 1698-1704 | Kingdom of Morstaybishlia and Peregrinia vs Caven Empire | Cereneria | - Large loss of Caven Empire territories |
Ulvriktruar Wars of Religion | 300,000-600,000 | 1767-1810 | Tretrid vs Norgsveldet | Novaris/Concord | - |
First Draken War | 64,800 - 104,500 | 1769-1772 | Norgsveldet vs Vistaraland | Gondwana and the Concordian Ocean | - Start of the Vistari Years of Crisis |
12 Years' War | 416,000-556,800 | 1785-1797 | Suvania vs Vistaraland | Kromentrum | - Vistari loss of Autern and Adelisia, start of the Suvani Golden Age |
Second Draken War | 256,700-360,500 | 1844-1851 | Vistaraland vs Norgsveldet | Gondwana and the Concordian Ocean | - Norgsveltian loss of Chibilaba and end of elven slavery in Vistaraland |
Great War | 65,000,000-90,000,000 | 1904-1917 | Imperial Powers vs Cerenerian Coalition | Worldwide | - Largest and deadliest war in history |
War of Imperial Succession | 3,900,000-4,400,000 | 1909-1926 | Milbaists vs Aiserists vs Populists | Vistaraland | - Largest Civil War in history, with fighting on four continents |
Cukish Revolution | 50,000 | 1920 | Democracy supporters backed by Norgsveldet and Alksearia against Great Morstaybishlia and Oligarchy supporters | New Leganés | - The Cooperative Commonwealth would turn into a democratic regime and most of the former leaders would be killed or imprisoned |
Third Durakan-Dwarvern War | 114,998+ | 1930-1933 | Durakia vs Dwarvern Tribes | Durakia, Irnac | - Saw the end of Martovist expansion in Irnac |
Durakan Civil War | 541,000 - 789,000 | 1934-1937 | Liberty Front vs Martovist Durakia | Durakia, Irnac | - Saw the independance of Vakarastan and the establishment of the Miner's Republic of Durakia |
Nagatoian Revolutionary War | 120,000+ | 1941-1950 | West Nagato vs East Nagato | Gondwana | - Largest revolutionary war on Gondwana in the 20th century |
Oscrelian Civil War | 500,000-1,000,000 | 1942-1948 | Republicans vs Thorntonists | Oscrelia | - |
Toscanan-Emilian War | 1,205,000 | 1960-1973 | Toscani vs Third Fortunan Alliance | Fortuna | - |
Auroran Imperial War | 29,250,000+ | 1970-1975 | Bursil Accords vs Ribenstadt Pact | Aurora | - Aurora's deadliest war |
Tieresh Independence War | 620,000+ | 1972-1980 | Tieresh Nationalists vs Norgsveldet and Tieresh Loyalists | Tiervan and Dvalheim | - Contributed to the rise of Norgsveltian decolonisation |
Great War of Fódlan | 1,570,000+ | 1980-1986 | Fódlan Resistance Army, Faerghus Militia, & Leicester Militia vs Adrestian Empire | Gondwana | - |
Lyrevale Civil War | 76,500 - 85,000 | 1985-1986 | North Lyrevale and Ethalria vs South Lyrevale | Aurora | -Resulted in the formation of United Lyrevale and the subsequent Lyrevale Continuation War |
Lyrevale Continuation War | 54,100 - 56,800 | 1986-1987 | United Lyrevale vs Noroist Axdel | Aurora | -Resulted in the Lyrevalian and Axdelian act of federation 1987 |
Chibian Insurgency | 79,000-98,000 | 1989-1993 | Vistaraland & the KNF vs Chibian Revolutionaries | Gondwana | - Part of a much wider array of conflicts in North Gondwana |
Meremaa Civil War | 955,000+ | 1990-1994 | Monarchist Faction vs Republican Faction | Gondwana | - Part of a much wider array of conflicts in North Gondwana and contributed to continued to rivalry between Morstaybishlia and Norgsveldet |
Salovian Civil War | 7,300,000–8,400,000 | 1985-2005 | Various Factions | Salovia | - Resulted in the dissolution of Salovia and the displacement of approximately 11 million Salovians. The deadliest civil war on Aurora, one of the deadliest in history. |
Auroran-Cerenerian War | 388,343+ | 2017 | Bursil Allies vs Ribenstadt Allies | Aurora and the Cerenerian Ocean | - Largest war on Aurora since the Auroran Imperial War |
Rodenian Revolution | 155,000-167,000 | 2018-2019 | Santon Revolutionaries vs Rodenian Government | Rodenia | - Would contribute to the end of the decade long Rodenian economic crisis |
Meagharian Civil War | 7,500,500-15,000,000 | 1982-2019 | Holy State of Milofia vs Meagharite Revolutionaries | Meagharia | - A 40 year struggle that would define Modern Meagharia. Also the Deadliest Civil War in history. |
Banian Civil War | 9,000,000+ | 1939-1954 | Various socialist paramilitary groups vs Nationalist government security forces | Bana | - Ended in stalemate and ceasefire, devastated Bana for generations |
Northern Monarchist Revolt | 44,700+ | 1925-1926 | Volkian federal government vs. Monarchist rebel groups | Volkia | Government victory, ended significant monarchist unrest in Volkia. |
Third Tavari-Banian War | 450,000+ | 1645-1651 | Kingdom of Tavaris vs Bana | Tavaris, Bana, the Strait of Vaklori | - Ended largely in status quo ante bellum |
Fourth Tavari-Banian War | 1,500,000-3,000,000 | 1670-1683 | Kingdom of Tavaris vs Bana and August Empire of Ni-Rao | Tavaris, Bana, northern Ni-Rao, the Strait of Vaklori | - Tavari city of East Harbor destroyed. Established Tavari military supremacy over Bana and Ni-Rao, bankrupted Bana, Ni-Rao de facto cedes Emerald Coast (modern North Ni-Rao) to Tavaris |
Helslandr Civil War | 74,441-75,090 | 2021-ongoing | Helslandr Nationalists vs Helslandr Royalists vs Helslandr Republicans | Helslandr | - Though officaly threeway civil war, it mostly been seen by experts as being fought between royalists and republican alliance vs nationalists |
Modern wars with fewer than 25,000 deaths by death toll
- 2,000-4,000 - First Tavari-Banian War (1617-1618)
- 1,603 - Second Tavari-Banian War (1624)
- 2,414 - Fifth Tavari-Banian War (1712-1714)
- 12,000-15,000 - Sixth Tavari-Banian War, part of the Great War (1908-1919)
- 0 - Ethal-Zetian War (1910-2020)
- 7,832 - First Durakan-Dwarvern War (1924-1926)
- 4,815 - Second Durakan-Dwarvern War (1928-1929)
- 19,450 - Helslandr Military Coup (1965)
- 11,084 - Ethal-Salovi War of 1966-1967 (1966-1967)
- 1,964 - Kost-Tuva War (2009-2010)
- 863 - Tuva-Avutili Conflict (2011-2016)
- 8,419 – Annexation of Kireitarenu'a - Part of 2019 Kyrlot Arachnist Expansion (2019)
- 2,606 – Annexation of Izria – Part of 2019 Kyrlot Arachnist Expansion (2019)
- 24,356 - Tieresh One Month War (2020)
- 13,000 - Fortunan-Ambravian War (2020)
- 284-620 - 2020 Adelisian border conflict (2020)
- 8,000-12,000 - Rusanru'at Civil War (2020)
- 279+ - 2020-2021 Thalria-Tuvaltastan border skirmishes (2020-ongoing)