This video shows the casualties count in battles in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combatrelated deaths) and civilian casualties during the battles. Battles in Large Scale Wars (such as World War I and World War II) are grouped in one statistic.

Large battle casualty counts are almost impossible to calculate precisely. Many of these figures are estimates, and, where possible, a range of estimates is presented. Figures display numbers of all types of casualties when available (killed, wounded, missing, and sick) but may only include number killed.

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Data Source: Wikipedia List of battles by casualties
Music: Scott Buckley Inflection/Helios