10 Wars And Information about them

World War I ( 1914-1918) : This global war was started by the assassination of the
Austria-Hungarian heir known as Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia sponsored thugs to murder
Ferdinand. Because of military alliances, this war between Serbia and Austria-Hungary soon
spread out to global states.
The war was mainly between the Allied Powers (Great Britain, France, Russia, The United
States Of America A.K.A the USA And Japan) and the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary,
Germany and the Ottoman Empire). It finally ended in 1918 A.C with an Allied Victory. This
war was also known as “The Great War” and it claimed the lives of over 16 million people.

World War II(1939-1945) : The world leaders failed to learn from the World War I.
Resulting in a conductive atmosphere that would soon spark the start of the Second World War
in 1939. Similar to the First World War, this war was also between 2 opposing forces. Which
were the Axis (Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan) and the Allies (Mainly France, UK, USA and
the Soviet Union). It is in this war where the atomic bombs were invented. It was invented by
American scientists in 1945, near the end of the war. The amount of destruction these bombs
could bring fully changed the dynamic of war. These destructive weapons, for an idea, were
able to destroy cities with ease. Some of these bombs were the Hiroshima. Nagasaki, Fat Boy
etc. These weapons were enough to show the mankind has the ability to even destroy
themselves. By the time Japan surrendered to end this war, a shocking amount of 85 million
people were killed. For its high (shocking, to be honest) death toll, World war II is now known
as the biggest war in the history of mankind.

Mongol Conquest (1206-1368) : A war that sparked in the dawn of the 13th century
which resulted in the vast expansion of the Mongol Empire that covered much of Asia and
Eastern Europe by mid 1300. It is believed by many historians that Mongol raids and invasions
were one of the deadliest conflicts in human history up through that period. The Mongols
brought terror to Europe on a scale not ever seen again until the twentieth century with more
than 60 million killings on their way.

Korean War (1950-1953) :. This was a conflict between the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5
million persons lost their lives. The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when
North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South. The United Nations,
with the United States as the principal participant, joined the war on the side of the South
Koreans, and the People’s Republic of China came to North Korea’s aid. After more than a
million combat casualties had been suffered on both sides, the fighting ended in July 1953 with
Korea still divided into two hostile states Negotiations in 1954 produced no further agreement,
and the front line has been accepted ever since as the de facto boundary between North and
South Korea.

The Liberation War Of Bangladesh (1971, 26th of march-1971, 16th

December): This is an important time in the history of Bangladesh. This war was mainly
started because of the torture and injustice of the Pakistani Government. After the British rule of
India (1757-1947 A.C), Pakistan and India had gotten their taste of freedom. But Bangladesh
was still deprived of it. At the time Bangladesh wasn’t Bangladesh, it was East Pakistan. The
capital of Pakistan was in West Pakistan. For that reason, the Pakistani government of that time
treated the Bengalis/East Pakistanis very poorly. The East Pakistanis, aka the Bengalis, were
faced with much injustice. The government tried to get rid of all Bengali culture, even going as
far to attack on its mother language, Bengali. Other than that, most of their rights were also
taken away, be it birth rights, social rights etc. Because of this, many protests broke out, most
notable of which is the 1952, 21 February Language Protest. Many people were killed by
Pakistani police in this protest. On the 7th of march, 1971, by the speech of charismatic leader
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, people were enlightened by the idea of freedom. On the
25th of march,1971, deep in midnight, the Pakistani military, carrying heavy weapons and tanks,
attacked on the sleeping innocent people of Bangladesh. Anything or anybody they saw living,
they killed ruthlessly. This attack was orchestrated in mainly the big towns and cities of the
country. Soon, they arrested Bangabandhu on the 26th. But before that, at the first light of the
26th, he announced the freedom and the Liberation war. After 9 months of war at the cost of 3
million peoples blood, the Bengalis finally achieved freedom.

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1935): Lasting from July 1937 to September

1945, the Second Sino-Japanese War was a bloody confrontation between the Japanese Empire
and the Chinese Republic. Considering how brutal the Second Sino-Japanese War was, many
historians consider it the greatest war of the 20th century in continental Asia. The imperialistic
Japanese, in their attempt to dominate over the Republic of China, were met with the Eighth
Years War of Resistance from the Chinese.
The Japanese lost the war and surrendered in 1945. In the aftermath of the war, Chinese
casualty figures stood at around 20-35 million. About 1.77 million Japanese troops were killed.

The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648): The Thirty Years’ War was a 17th-
century religious conflict fought primarily in central Europe. It remains one of the
longest and most brutal wars in human history, with more than 8 million casualties
resulting from military battles as well as from the famine and disease caused by the
conflict. The war lasted from 1618 to 1648, starting as a battle among the Catholic and
Protestant states that formed the Holy Roman Empire. However, as the Thirty Years’
War evolved, it became less about religion and more about which group would
ultimately govern Europe. In the end, the conflict changed the geopolitical face of
Europe and the role of religion and nation-states in society. The main reason this war
was started was because of Emperor Ferdinand II’s ascension to the head of the state of
the Holy Roman Empire. He would force citizens and people of the empire to be Roman
Catholics, even though they had the right of religious freedom. As stated before, the war
would soon evolve from religious protests to political matters.

The Ming to Qing Dynasty Transition (1618-1683): In ancient China, the

Ming to Qing transition didn’t happen without bloodshed. Starting in 1618, a rebellion built up
in northeast of China and later pushed the country into a bloody conflict. After more than 60
years of wars between the Qing Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and other rebels, 25 million deaths
were recorded in China. When rebel leader Li Zicheng mounted pressure on Emperor
Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor committed suicide. Emperor Chongzhen’s death
marked the end  the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Russian Civil War (1917-1922): Between 1917 and 1922, the Red Army and the
White Army of Russia fought each other in a political conflict that was pursued with socialist,
capitalist and other agendas. The war immediately followed the 1917 Russian Revolutions. In
all, the war-related deaths numbered around 7-12 million people. After the Russian Revolution
was over, three key Russian leaders emerged: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph
Stalin. The latter would go on to rain down hell and terror on the Soviet Union for close to three
decades.

Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815): By the close of the French Revolution, which was

around 1793, Napoleon Bonaparte had emerged as France’s undisputed ruler. However, France
got plunged into a series of wars around Europe. The Napoleonic Wars (1803-15), as they were
called, were fought between France and other European powers. In fact, they were a series of
wars fought by the French Empire against the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th coalitions. The coalition
powers comprised the  British, Portuguese, Spaniards and others — all against France and its
allies (including some amount of help from the United States). The deadly Napoleonic Wars
claimed about 3-6 million lives.