War - 46 Major Conflicts ranked by Religion

Today, the War On Terror is primarily focused on Islam. Are Muslims really to blame for the war and terror-related deaths in the world?

The War On Terror is a metaphor referring to the international military campaign that was launched by the U.S government after the 'Twin Tower' September 11 attacks in New York in 2001. Suddenly, the theology of the Islamic religion was under the 'spotlight' and has been since.

CHRISTIANITY Total Deaths: 322M – 48%

Communism 114M – 17%

ISLAM 53M – 8%

Nationalism 45M – 7%

Athiesm 43M – 6%

Buddhism 26M – 4%

Confucianism 26M – 4%

Others 39M – 6%

A line chart ranking the Religions/Beliefs that have most contributed to the death toll in the bloodiest conflicts in the World
The chart summarizes the figures in the table below.

The table below lists the bloodiest wars and terror-related events in the World in death toll order (minimum 1 million deaths).

World War II / Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler, of Germany is responsible for 85M deaths, if you include World War II which was caused by Hitler.

Despite how often Church leaders and faithful Christians try to argue that Adolf Hitler is an example of the evil caused by atheism and secularism, the truth is that Hitler often proclaimed his own Christianity, how much he valued Christianity, how important Christianity was to his life, and even how much he was personally inspired by Jesus - his "Lord and Savior." Austin Cline

85M deaths (85,000,000) ₁

Athiesm / Christianity ₂

1939–1945

Worldwide

* For statistical purposes, it is assumed Hitler was an Atheist with Christian influences

Conquest of the Americas The process of Christianization was at first violent: Christians burned the places dedicated to pagan cult, alienating much of the local population. In the 1530s, they began to adapt Christian practices to local customs, including the building of new churches on the sites of ancient places of worship, leading to a mix of Old World Christianity with local religions.

W European_colonization_of_the_Americas

73M deaths (73,000,000)

Christianity

1492–1691

Americas

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong of China is thought to be responsible for the deaths of 40-75 million Chinese most attributable to famine and political decisions stalin-killed-how-many-people

58M deaths (57,500,000)

Communism

1945–1976

China

Three Kingdoms War The Three Kingdoms was the tripartite division of China between the states of Wei, Shu, and Wu following the Han dynasty and preceding the Jin dynasty. The Three Kingdoms period is one of the bloodiest in Chinese history.

W Three_Kingdoms

38M deaths (38,000,000)

Nationalism

184–280

China

Mongol Conquests / Genghis Khan The Mongol empire were primarily Shamanist, and had a substantial minority of Christians, many of whom were in positions of considerable power.

W Christianity_among_the_Mongols

35M deaths (35,000,000)

Christianity

Shamanism

1206–1368

Eurasia

British India The British Raj was the rule by the British 'Christian' Crown in the Indian subcontinent. The rule is also called Crown rule in India. The region under British control was commonly called India and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, collectively called British India. british-empire

W British_Raj

35M deaths (35,000,000)

Christianity

1858–1947

India

Joseph Stalin Stalin was without doubt one of the most ruthless world leaders of the 20th Century responsible for 3 to 60 million deaths.

Stalin's vision was 'Socialism in one country' and his goal was to turn the Soviet Union into an industrialised military power using forced labour, a reign of terror and ruthless extermination of all who opposed him.

Joseph Stalin was raised a devout Christian in the Greek Orthodox Church. He was named after Saint Joseph and was raised to be a Church priest. His father was a priest and young Joseph spent five years in a Greek Orthodox seminary. Instead, Stalin later became a religion-suppressing atheist.

W Early_life_of_Joseph_Stalin

joseph-stalin stalin-killed-how-many-people

31M deaths (31,500,000)

Christianity

Communism

1878–1953

Russia

Fall of Ming Dynasty The early rulers maintained their Manchu ways, and while their title was Emperor, they used khan to the Mongols and they were patrons of Tibetan Buddhism.

W Qing_dynasty

25M deaths (25,000,000)

Buddhism

Confucianism

1616–1662

China

An Lushan Rebellion An Lushan Rebellion was a devastating rebellion against the Tang dynasty of China. The rebellion and subsequent disorder resulted in a huge loss of life and large-scale destruction.

W An_Lushan_Rebellion

25M deaths (24,500,000)

Buddhism

Confucianism

755–763

China/ Vietnam

Spanish Conquest of Mexico An army of Spanish forces and native Tlaxcalan warriors led by Hernán Cortés captured the capital of the Aztec Empire.

Cortés spent some time at the island of Cozumel trying to convert the locals to Christianity with mixed results.

W Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire

24M deaths (24,300,000)

Christianity

1519–1632

Mexico

2nd Sino-Japanese War / Hideki Tojo Hideki Tojo, the Prime Minister of Japan during the second world war.

W Second_Sino-Japanese_War

23M deaths (22,500,000)

Communism

1884–1948

China

Taiping Rebellion The goals of the Taipings were religious, nationalist, and political in nature; they sought the conversion of the Chinese people to the Taiping's version of Christianity

W Taiping_Rebellion

20M deaths (20,000,000)

Christianity

1850–1864

China

Middle East Slave Trade The Arab slave trade was the practice of slavery in the Arab world, mainly in Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Southeast Africa and Europe.

W Arab_slave_trade

18M deaths (18,000,000)

Islam

1500–1900

Middle East

African American Slavery Slavery among Native Americans in the United States includes slavery by Native Americans as well as slavery of Native Americans roughly within the present-day United States.

W Slavery_in_the_United_States

18M deaths (18,000,000)

Christianity

1500–1900

Americas

World War I The war drew in all the Christian-dominated world's economic great powers including the Russian Empire, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and Austria-Hungary.

W World_War_I

17M deaths (17,000,000)

Christianity

1914–1918

Worldwide

Tamerlane Conquest / Timur Lenk Timur relied on Islamic symbols and language, referred to himself as the "Sword of Islam. He converted nearly all the Borjigin leaders to Islam.

W Timur

14M deaths (14,000,000)

Islam

1370–1405

Eurasia

Dungan Revolt The Dungan Revolt relates to the uprising by members of the Muslim Hui and other Muslim ethnic groups in China's Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces. The "Dungan people" refers specifically to Hui people, who are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group in China. They are sometimes called "Chinese Muslims".

W Dungan_Revolt_(1862–77)

10M deaths (10,000,000)

Islam

1862–1877

China

Congo Free State / King Leopold II King Leopold II. The 'Butcher of Belgium' oversaw a vicious colonial regime in Congo, present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. He became known for the founding and exploitation of the Congo Free State as a private venture.

Leopold extracted a fortune from the Congo, initially by the collection of ivory and rubber in the 1890s - by forced labour from the natives to harvest and process rubber.

Under his regime millions of the Congolese people died; with a consensus around 10 million, upto 15 million dead.

King Leopold II stated motivation was to open the heart of Africa to Christianity, Christian missionaries and Western capitalists. His father, Leopold I was a Lutheran Christian.

W Leopold_II_of_Belgium

Christian Atrocities

10M deaths (10,000,000)

Christianity

1865–1909

Belgium/ Congo

Russian Civil War Russian Civil War was a messy conflict where multiple sides fought for control of the collapsing Russian Empire, independence, or just to protect themselves from the worst ravages of the larger conflict. A total collapse of civil services and brutality on all sides killed millions of people from starvation and disease.

The two largest combatant groups were the Red Army, fighting for the Bolshevik form of socialism and allied forces which favoured monarchism and capitalism.

W Russian_Civil_War

10M deaths (9,500,000)

Socialism

Capitalism

1917–1922

Russia

Spanish Conquest of Peru Another significant effect on the people in South America was the spread of Christianity. As Pizarro and the Spanish subdued the continent and brought it under their control, they forcefully converted many to Christianity, claiming to have educated them in the ways of the "one true religion." It took just a generation for the entire continent to be under Christian influence.

W Spanish_conquest_of_the_Inca_Empire

8M deaths (8,400,000)

Christianity

1533–1620

Peru

Chinese Civil War The war represented an ideological split between the communist CPC and the nationalist KMT.

W Chinese_Civil_War

8M deaths (8,000,000)

Communism

Nationalism

1927–1949

China

Fall of Rome The Fall of the Western Roman Empire was the process of decline in the Western Roman Empire in which it failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided into several successor polities. RomeStat

W Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire

7M deaths (7,000,000)

Christianity

Paganism

117–476

Rome

Rome Wars The political history of Ancient Rome was closely entwined with its military history. The core of the campaign history of the Roman military presents a number of bloody military land battles and conquests.

A few wars and battles include the Punic wars, gladiators, slave wars, Servile wars, Cimbri-Teutoni war, social war, Mithridatic wars, Gallic war, Juleo-Claudian Paranoia, Jewish Wars, Boudica's Revolt and more.

W List_of_Roman_wars_and_battles

RomeStat

6M deaths (6,000,000)

Christianity

Paganism

700 BC–476

Rome

Reconquista The Reconquista is the period between the Islamic conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the last Islamic state in Iberia at Granada to the expanding Christian kingdoms in 1492.

W Reconquista

7M deaths (7,000,000)

Christianity

Islam

711–1492

Iberian Peninsula

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest, most destructive and deadliest European religious war in history. A war between various Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmented Holy Roman Empire.

W Thirty_Years%27_War

7M deaths (7,250,000)

Christianity

1618–1648

Europe

2nd Congo War The Second Congo War began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, little more than a year after the First Congo War, and involved similar issues of conflict between the Christian-dominated tribes of Hutu and Tutsi among others.

W Second_Congo_War

5M deaths (5,400,000)

Christianity

1998–2003

Central Africa

Russia's Time of Troubles The Time of Troubles was a period of Russian history when Russia suffered a famine, starvation, economic collapse, civil wars and uprisings that killed 1/3 of the population.

W Time_of_Troubles

The Causes of War vol.3 p.194

5M deaths (5,400,000)

Christianity

1998–2003

Central Africa

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against an array of European powers financed and led by Great Britain.

Napoléon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution. He was a Roman Catholic Christian.

W Napoleonic_Wars

W Napoleon

5M deaths (4,750,000)

Christianity

1803–1815

Worldwide

Aurangzeb's Campaign for Deccan Abu'l Muzaffar Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad commonly known as Aurangzeb was the sixth and last effective Mughal emperor. His reign lasted for 49 years from 1658 until his death in 1707.

W Aurangzeb

5M deaths (4,600,000)

Islam

1658–1707

India

Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged by the rulers of England, against the rulers of France, over the succession to the French throne.

It was one of the most notable conflicts of the Middle Ages and marked the development of strong national identities in both countries.

W Hundred_Years%27_War

4M deaths (3,500,000)

Christianity

1337-1453

France

French Wars of Religion The French Wars of Religion, or Huguenot Wars are names for a period of civil infighting, military operations and religious war primarily fought between Roman Catholics and Huguenots (Reformed Protestants).

W French_Wars_of_Religion

3M deaths (3,000,000)

Christianity

1562–1598

France

Indian Rebellion 1857 The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.

W Indian_Rebellion_of_1857

3M deaths (2,828,427)

Christianity

Hinduism

Islam

1857–1858

India

Vietnam War The Vietnam War was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The North Vietnamese army was supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies opposed by the United States, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and others.

W Vietnam_War

2M deaths (2,300,000)

Communism

1955–1975

Vietnam

Pol Pot / Khmer Rouge Pol Pot was a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge He presided over a totalitarian dictatorship, in which his government made urban dwellers move to the countryside to work in collective farms and on forced labour projects.

The combined effects of executions, strenuous working conditions, malnutrition, starvation and disease caused the deaths of approximately 25 percent of the Cambodian population.

W Pol_Pot

2M deaths (2,295,000)

Communism

1963–1981

Cambodia

Mfecane Mfecane was a period of widespread chaos and warfare among indigenous ethnic communities in southern Africa. As King Shaka created the militaristic Zulu Kingdom in the territory between the Tugela River and Pongola River, his forces caused major warfare and disruption.

W Mfecane

W Zulu_Kingdom

2M deaths (2,000,000)

Zulu

1816–1828

Southern Africa

Biafran War The Biafran War was a war fought between the government of Nigeria and the Christian-dominated state of Biafra. Biafra represented nationalist aspirations of the Igbo people, whose leadership felt they could no longer coexist with the Northern-dominated federal government.

W Nigerian_Civil_War

2M deaths (2,000,000)

Christianity

1967–1970

Nigeria

Afghanistan War The War in Afghanistan sought to replace the existing communist government. Afghanistan's resistance forces, known as the mujahideen, fought against the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.

W War_in_Afghanistan_(1978–present)

2M deaths (1,620,000)

Communism

1978–present

Afghanistan

Mexican Revolution38 The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle radically transforming Mexican culture and government. It was a genuinely national revolution.

W Mexican_Revolution

2M deaths (1,500,000)

Nationalism

1910–1920

Mexico

Spanish Conquest of Yucatán The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was the campaign undertaken by the Spanish conquistadores against the Late Postclassic Maya states. Maya temples were cast down and a Christian cross was put up. In subsequent expeditions over 300 Itza children were baptized and Christian conversions took place.

W Spanish_conquest_of_Yucatán

1M deaths (1,460,000)

Christianity

1519–1595

North America

Bangladesh Genocide The genocide in Bangladesh began as West Pakistan began a military crackdown on the Eastern wing to suppress Bengali calls for self-determination rights.

W 1971_Bangladesh_genocide

1M deaths (1,350,000)

Islam

1971-1971

Bangladesh

Soviet War in Afghanistan The Soviet–Afghan War involved insurgent groups known as the mujahideen who fought against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

W Soviet–Afghan_War

1M deaths (1,290,865)

Communism

1979–1989

Afghanistan

Korean War The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. China came to the aid of North Korea, and the Soviet Union gave some assistance.

W Korean_War

1M deaths (1,200,000)

Communism

1950–1953

Korea

Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War was a global conflict that split Europe into two coalitions, led by Great Britain (including Prussia, Portugal, and Hanover) on one side and France (including the Austrian-led Holy Roman Empire, the Russian Empire, Bourbon Spain, and Sweden) on the other.

W Seven_Years%27_War

1M deaths (1,134,000)

Nationalism

1756–1763

Worldwide

Japanese Invasion of Korea The Japanese invasions of Korea ended in 1598 with the withdrawal of the Japanese forces from the Korean Peninsula after a military stalemate in Korea's southern coastal provinces. The invasions were launched by Toyotomi Hideyoshi with the intent of conquering the Korean Peninsula and China.

W Japanese_invasions_of_Korea_(1592–98)

1M deaths (1,000,000)

Imperialism

1592–1598

Korea

French Revolutionary The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts that pitted the French First Republic against Britain, Austria and several other monarchies. France conquered territories, from the Italian Peninsula and the Low Countries in Europe to the Louisiana Territory in North America. The key figure in the revolution was Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, a Roman Catholic Christian, brother of Louis XVI's Queen Marie Antoinette.

W French_Revolutionary_Wars

1M deaths (1,000,000)

Christianity

1792–1802

Worldwide

Polish-Swedish Wars The Polish-Swedish wars were a series of wars between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden: Livonian War, War against Sigismund, Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11, Polish–Swedish War of 1620–25, Polish–Swedish War of 1626–29, The Deluge, The Northern Wars, The Great Northern War.

Swedish invaders of the Christian 'Church of Sweden' denomination completely destroyed Warsaw, the capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as, 188 cities and towns, 81 castles, and 136 churches in Poland.

W Polish–Swedish_wars

W Church_of_Sweden

1M deaths (1,000,000?)

Christianity

1563-1721

Poland/Sweden

NOTES:
[1] ALL DEATH TOLL FIGURES ARE APPROXIMATE. These numbers usually include both 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 civilians, which are the results of war-induced epidemics, diseases, famines, atrocities, genocide, etc. Where the death toll is within an upper and lower range, the mid-point is calculated to arrive at an estimated figure.
[2] Religion/Belief cited is that which bears the greatest responsibility for the death toll. It does not imply a 'religious war' occurred, or the religion advocates the act of war and death
[3] Where multiple religions/beliefs appear, the death toll figure is equally divided up.

CREDIT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll
http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/was-20th-century-really-most-violent.html
http://www.bookofhorriblethings.com/ax02.html
http://necrometrics.com/pre1700b.htm

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