List of battles and other violent events by death toll

This page lists mortalities from battles and other individual military operations or acts of violence, sorted by death toll. For wars and events more extensive in scope, see List of wars and disasters by death toll. For natural disasters, see List of natural disasters by death toll.

Battles and sieges
''Many of the entries in this section are currently for total casualties rather than deaths. Until this notice is removed, check the individual links to confirm what the figure represents.''

World War II

 * Maximum 25,000 (minimum 22,700) - Allied airforce bombing of Dresden during the period 7 October 1944 to 7 April 1945
 * Minimum 20,000 - Allied airforce bombing of Berlin in 363 separate raids that took place during the period 7 June 1940 until 25 March 1944
 * Minimum 20,000 - German Luftwaffe bombing of London during the Blitz; 7 September 1940 to 10 May 1941

Post-World War II

 * 1,400 - Operation Linebacker II 'Christmas bombing' (Vietnam), 1972)

World War II

 * 84,000 - 200,000 - American USAAF bombing of Tokyo on March 10, 1945
 * 66,000–237,062 - Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the USAAF, (Japan, 1945)
 * 50,000 - Bombing of Hamburg in World War II (Germany, July 1943)
 * 39,000–108,000 - Atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the USAAF, (Japan, 1945)
 * 25,000 - Bombing of Dresden in World War II, (in Germany by Allied forces, 1945)
 * 17,000 - Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II (Germany, February 23, 1945)
 * 7,500-8,500 - Bombings of SS Cap Arcona (1927) and SS Thielbek, (Germany, 1945)
 * 2000–5000 - Bombing of Le Havre by Allied forces (France, 1944)
 * 1500–4000 - Bombing of Caen by Allied forces (France, 1944)
 * 3,000 - Taihoku air raid (Taiwan, 1943–1945)
 * 2,300–5,000 - Operation Punishment: Bombing of Belgrade by Nazi Germany (Yugoslavia, 1941)
 * 1,200 - Allied bombing of Belgrade (Yugoslavia, 1944)
 * 800-900 - Bombing of Rotterdam by Nazi Germany, May 14, 1940.

Human sacrifice and mass suicide
''This section lists notable individual episodes of mass suicide or human sacrifice. For tolls arising from the systematic practice of suicide or sacrifice, see Human sacrifice and ritual suicide.''

Other lists organized by death toll

 * List of accidents and disasters by death toll
 * List of murderers by number of victims
 * List of natural disasters by death toll
 * List of ongoing military conflicts
 * List of disasters in Australia by death toll
 * List of Canadian disasters by death toll
 * List of New Zealand disasters by death toll
 * List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland
 * List of United States disasters by death toll
 * List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll

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