War (Swedish: Krig)

1. War (Swedish: Krig) Anders Dernback

2. WAR (Swedish: Krig) War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties. While some war studies scholars consider war a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature, others argue it is a result of specific socio-cultural, economic or ecological circumstances.

3. The earliest evidence of prehistoric warfare The earliest evidence The earliest evidence of prehistoric warfare is a Mesolithic cemetery in Jebel Sahaba, which has been determined to be approximately 14,000 years old. About forty-five percent of the skeletons there displayed signs of violent death. Since the rise of the state some 5,000 years ago. "One source claims that 14,500 wars have taken place between 3500 BC and the late 20th century, costing 3.5 billion lives The percentages of men killed in war in eight tribal societies, and Europe and the U.S. in the 20th century. (Lawrence H. Keeley, archeologist)

4. The Stele of the Vultures is a monument from the Early Dynastic III period (2600–2350 BC) in Mesopotamia celebrating a victory of the city- state of Lagash over its neighbour Umma. A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, rallying Duke William's troops during the Battle of Hastings in 1066 Napoleon's withdrawal from Russia, painting by Adolph Northen. On 24 June 1812 and the following days, the first wave of the multinational Grande Armée crossed the border into Russia with around 400,000–450,000 soldiers, the opposing Russian field forces amounted to around 180,000–200,000 at this time. An event of epic proportions and momentous importance for European history, the French invasion of Russia has been the subject of much discussion among historians. The campaign's sustained role in Russian culture may be seen in Tolstoy's War and Peace, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, and the identification of it with the German invasion of 1941–45, which became known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union. The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944

5. Largest by death toll Deaths (millions) Date War 60.7–84.6 1939–1945 World War II (see World War II casualties) 13th century Mongol Conquests (see Mongol invasions and Tatar invasions) 60 40 1850–1864 Taiping Rebellion (see Dungan revolt) 39 1914-1918 World War I 36 755–763 An Lushan Rebellion (death toll uncertain) 25 1616–1662 Qing dynasty conquest of Ming dynasty 20 1937–1945 Second Sino-Japanese War 20 1370–1405 Conquests of Tamerlane 20,77 1862–1877 Dungan revolt 5-9 1917–1922 Russian Civil War and Foreign Intervention

6. fewer than 9,250 Disability-adjusted life years out of 100,000 lost due to any cause in 2004. Traditionally, health liabilities were expressed using one measure, the years of life lost (YLL) due to dying early. A medical condition that did not result in dying younger than expected was not counted. 22,750–29,500 more than 80,000

7. World War II

8. Expansion of the Mongol Empire 1206–1294 superimposed on a modern political map of Eurasia

9. Taiping Rebellion

10. World War I

12. An Lushan Rebellion

13. Qing dynasty conquest of Ming dynasty

14. Second Sino- Japanese War

15. Conquests of Tamerlane

16. Dungan revolt

17. The Russian Civil War (1917-23).