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Jari
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No hope of that, history is written by winners and even totally unbiased researchers are rare.
But to give some idea about the numbers - and to point out that actually the greatest killer might be thing called democide - a thing where state kills its own subjects (think of ethnic, political or other cleansing), rather than even total war.
Wikipedia quotes the casualty figures for WW2 as such (silly Qhimm, turning off tables):
Allied:
And axis:
Whereas democide figures for PRC China are thought to be around 77,000,000, Soviet union around 62,000,000, and colonialism (yes, not a country
) around 50,000,000.
Sources:
Studies of R.J. Rummel (known libertarian, and hater of communism - you can bet that he certainly wouldn't understate Soviet Union's and PRC's numbers).
Study by National Center for Policy Analysis (claims to be nonpartisan, people not affiliated with it claim it to be conservative and right wing - again reason enough to show communist regimes in as bad light as possible).
And Wikipedia. Oh, for heaven's sake, look them up, you know how to use it.
DISCLAIMER: Do not forget what I said about winners writing history, and political and ideological allegiances of people - I'm just presenting the numbers to give you some idea of the scale.
If you ask me personally, I consider the total war waged by Allies close to the end of WW2 - bombing of civilian targets - such as firebombing of Dresden - to be some of the most outrageous acts of warfare.
But to give some idea about the numbers - and to point out that actually the greatest killer might be thing called democide - a thing where state kills its own subjects (think of ethnic, political or other cleansing), rather than even total war.
Wikipedia quotes the casualty figures for WW2 as such (silly Qhimm, turning off tables):
Allied:
- Military dead 17,000,000
- Civilian dead 33,000,000
And axis:
- Military dead 8,000,000
- Civilian dead 4,000,000
Whereas democide figures for PRC China are thought to be around 77,000,000, Soviet union around 62,000,000, and colonialism (yes, not a country
) around 50,000,000.Sources:
Studies of R.J. Rummel (known libertarian, and hater of communism - you can bet that he certainly wouldn't understate Soviet Union's and PRC's numbers).
Study by National Center for Policy Analysis (claims to be nonpartisan, people not affiliated with it claim it to be conservative and right wing - again reason enough to show communist regimes in as bad light as possible).
And Wikipedia. Oh, for heaven's sake, look them up, you know how to use it.
DISCLAIMER: Do not forget what I said about winners writing history, and political and ideological allegiances of people - I'm just presenting the numbers to give you some idea of the scale.
If you ask me personally, I consider the total war waged by Allies close to the end of WW2 - bombing of civilian targets - such as firebombing of Dresden - to be some of the most outrageous acts of warfare.