Our history is War. List of the Largest Battles in history.

[Chinese-Dragon]

Here is a list of the largest wars fought in all history:

These are the top 20, listed in order by the number of casualties.

• 60,669,200-84,589,300 – World War II (1939–1945), (see World War II casualties)
• 30,000,000–60,000,000 – Mongol conquests (1206-1324)[2][3][4][5]
• 27,000,000 – Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)[6]
• 25,000,000 – Qing dynasty conquest of Ming Dynasty (1616–1662)[7]
• 20,000,000 – Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864)[8]
• 16,563,868-30,000,000 – World War I/Great War (1914–1918) (see World War I casualties)
• 13,000,000 - An Lushan Rebellion (755–763)[9]
• 10,000,000 – Era of Warring States (475 BCE–221 BCE)
• 10,000,000 - Red Eyebrows Rebellion (9-24)
• 8,000,000–12,000,000 – Dungan revolt (1862 –1877)
• 7,500,000 – Chinese Civil War (1927–1949)[10]
• 7,000,000–20,000,000 – Conquests of Tamerlane (1370–1405)[11][12]
• 7,000,000 - Reconquista (711-1492)
• 5,000,000–9,000,000 – Russian Civil War and Foreign Intervention (1917–1922)[13]
• 5,000,000 - Conquests of Aurangzeb (1681-1707)
• 5,000,000 - Gothic War (535-554)
• 5,000,000 – Conquests of Menelik II of Ethiopia (1882–1898)[14][15]
• 4,000,000 - Three Kingdoms War in Ancient China (189-280)
• 3,500,000–6,000,000 – Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) (see Napoleonic Wars casualties)
• 3,000,000–11,500,000 – Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)[16]

It seems that my country China, has been involved a majority of the bloodiest wars at the top of the list.

In the top 10 I think we were involved in every single one.

Chinese history is full of war. In general, I think humankind are naturally warlike, especially towards different tribes and different countries.

Even modern day Chinese still worship "Guan Yu" as a Deity/God, he was the great military General from the Three Kingdoms period:

For example, in Hong Kong there is a statue of Guan Yu in every single Police station. The Chinese Triads also worship him, interestingly enough. Even Chinese Buddhists worship him as a Buddhist deity or a Bodhisattva.

Generals have a great place in Chinese history. I guess everyone knows the name of "Sun Tzu", but there were plenty of others as well. Yue Fei and Zheng He for example.

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I have opened this thread to get your view on war, and the predisposition of the human species towards the nature of war.

Personally, I am a person who thinks that war should always be the very last resort. I am a pacifist, I only support the use of a nation's military for self-defense, not offensive war.

But I also admit that warfare will probably never end, as long as human beings still yet live.

 

[phylumchordata]

very sadistic civilization

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

very sadistic civilization

Let's not insult each others civilizations now.

Maybe we can have a civilized discussion instead?

Is that possible?

 

[phylumchordata]

Let's not insult each others civilizations now.

Maybe we can have a civilized discussion instead?

Is that possible?

but why are you boasting this bloodshed....this is not cool...eastern culture is about things higher than wars and money....leave this idiocy to western civilizations. china also produced Confucius

 

[sms]

It seems that my country China, has been involved a majority of the bloodiest wars at the top of the list.

In the top 10 I think we were involved in every single one.

Chinese history is full of war. In general, I think humankind are naturally warlike, especially towards different tribes and different countries.

Even modern day Chinese still worship "Guan Yu" as a Deity/God, he was the great military General from the Three Kingdoms period:

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Personally, I am a person who thinks that war should always be the very last resort. I am a pacifist, I only support the use of a nation's military for self-defense, not offensive war. But I also admit that warfare will probably never end, as long as human beings still yet live.

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It's new millennium for a change do something different and try to find pride in peace and making people lives better (in fact China is doing good) not in elimination process.

As you've said war should be last resort!!I concur!!

 

[RescueRanger]

china also produced Confucius

Chinese also invented Gunpowder, Rockets, the mine and Flamethrower, also mastering the art of light cavalry and spy craft.

 

[bolo]

but why are you boasting this bloodshed....this is not cool...eastern culture is about things higher than wars and money....leave this idiocy to western civilizations. china also produced Confucius

Its history, why do we need to justify our history because someone find it too bloody?

 

[Arya Desa]

I have opened this thread to get your view on war, and the predisposition of the human species towards the nature of war.

Personally, I am a person who thinks that war should always be the very last resort. I am a pacifist, I only support the use of a nation's military for self-defense, not offensive war. But I also admit that warfare will probably never end, as long as human beings still yet live.

I don't think we have a predisposition to war. War comes from a misunderstanding of others (or by religious duty for some people). When we start to learn about others and get a true understanding of our fellow human, then war shall become a distant memory. Take our two countries for instance, our recent issues stem from a misunderstanding of borders. When we realize that you and I are no different then these borders will have no meaning and our problems will be extinguished. With that being said I do feel there is a belief poisonous to peace, one that is the antagonist to human understanding. If this belief is eradicated as cancer is removed from the body, the whole will be healthier.

I hope you understand what I am saying.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

but why are you boasting this bloodshed....this is not cool...eastern culture is about things higher than wars and money....leave this idiocy to western civilizations. china also produced Confucius

Boasting?

Who the Hell would boast about having the most casualties in the history of war??? Seriously?

Did you even read what I wrote in the OP? I am anti-war, the only kind of war I could ever support is one of self-defence.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

China historically had the bloodiest civil wars, rebellions.

It wasnt even that far back when it was going though that phase.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

China historically had the bloodiest civil wars, rebellions.

It wasnt even that far back when it was going though that phase.

Yep, not far back at all.

We overthrew Imperial China in 1911, to set up a new Chinese Republic (the ROC). Then the ROC became too corrupt and useless, not to mention they preferred to fight other Chinese rather than fighting the Japanese during WW2, up till about 1945.

So we got rid of the ROC, and founded the PRC in 1949.

Our history is one long history of war and rebellion. Even recent history.

Though we haven't had any wars for the past 30 years. It's not as peaceful as we were during some of the old Imperial Dynasties, but not bad either. There are always periods of calm, and maybe the cycle of war is done forever, if we can abide by Sun Tzu's appeal to win without fighting (maybe win with economy and production).

Internal dangers have always been the greatest threat to China. Foreigners have only ever caused trouble for us when we were divided and weak at home, like the recent Century of Humiliation we went through, or other periods of internal disunity. When we are strong at home, other countries tend to stay back.

 

[freelancer93]

I don't about others, but I think there has been wars in each and every civilization.. It's not just China.

Yes, war should be the last resort but people never understands it easily.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

I don't about others, but I think there has been wars in each and every civilization.. It's not just China.

Yes, war should be the last resort but people never understands it easily.

Yes, but the scale of death with the Chinese wars are crazy. It was only surpassed recently by the Europeans with the WWs.

There was a graph of sorts showing estimated deaths in wars through out history. In the graph, I saw many Chinese rebellions(a lot of deaths), etc. of which I've never even heard of.

 

[Arya Desa]

Yes, but the scale of death with the Chinese wars are crazy. It was only surpassed recently by the Europeans with the WWs.

There was a graph of sorts showing estimated deaths in wars through out history. In the graph, I saw many Chinese rebellions(a lot of deaths), etc. of which I've never even heard of.

One must remember our wars were probably just as brutal but we did not keep records for some reason.

 

[bolo]

Yep, not far back at all.

We overthrew Imperial China in 1911, to set up a new Chinese Republic (the ROC). Then the ROC became too corrupt and useless, not to mention they preferred to fight other Chinese rather than fighting the Japanese during WW2, up till about 1945.

So we got rid of the ROC, and founded the PRC in 1949.

Our history is one long history of war and rebellion. Even recent history.

Though we haven't had any wars for the past 30 years. It's not as peaceful as we were during some of the old Imperial Dynasties, but not bad either. There are always periods of calm, and maybe the cycle of war is done forever, if we can abide by Sun Tzu's appeal to win without fighting (maybe win with economy and production).

Internal dangers have always been the greatest threat to China. Foreigners have only ever caused trouble for us when we were divided and weak at home, like the recent Century of Humiliation we went through, or other periods of internal disunity. When we are strong at home, other countries tend to stay back.

Thank.