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British and German wounded, Bernafay Wood, 19 July 1916. Photo by Ernest Brooks.. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths [1] and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.
More than 1,500 Norwegian sailors died during this period, [2] creating an increasingly anti-German sentiment throughout the nation of Norway. Thus, both commerce and political sympathies tied Norway and Britain together during World War I, even though Norway remained officially neutral.
People's Republic of Angola, later Republic of Angola, and allies vs. Democratic People's Republic of Angola and allies Angola Burundian Civil War: 0.55–0.8 million [98] [99] [90] 1993–2005 Burundi vs. Ethnic Hutu vs. Tutsi Militants Rwanda and Burundi Second Punic War: 0.77 million [100] 218 BCE–201 BCE Roman Republic vs. Ancient Carthage
Many of the 229 people aboard were saved; 85 were killed. 85 Navy 1917 United Kingdom: HMS Mary Rose – on 17 October the British destroyer was escorting a convoy of 12 merchant ships from Norway when she was sunk about 70 nautical miles (130 km) east of Lerwick by the German cruisers SMS Brummer and Bremse. 83 of her men were killed. 83 Navy 1918
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
One of the leading sabotage organisations in Norway during most of World War II was the communist Osvald Group led by Asbjørn Sunde. [11] During the war years, the resistance movement in occupied Norway had 1,433 members killed, of whom 255 were women. [12]
Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing extremist who was responsible for the deaths of 77 people in Norway in July 2011, sued the Norwegian government after his arrest and imprisonment for having ...
Through the marriage of Magnus Barefoot and Margaret Fredkulla, Inge's daughter, Norway gains the land of Dalsland. However, due to the marriage being childless, Dalsland never becomes integrated into Norway, and it's returned to Sweden after Magnus died in 1103; Second Irish Sea Campaign (1101/1102–1103) Kingdom of Norway: England