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  2. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.

  3. Gladiator - Wikipedia

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    The military were great aficionados of the games, and supervised the schools. Many schools and amphitheatres were sited at or near military barracks, and some provincial army units owned gladiator troupes. [214] As the Republic wore on, the term of military service increased from ten to the sixteen years formalised by Augustus in the Principate.

  4. World War I casualties - Wikipedia

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    The report of the UK War Office listed military casualties of 335,706 killed or missing. In addition 265,000 civilians were killed or missing. [20] The Soviet demographer Boris Urlanis estimated that included in total Romanian military deaths are 177,000 killed and died of wounds. [114]

  5. World War I - Wikipedia

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    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."

  6. War crimes in World War I - Wikipedia

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    [144] [146] For example, there were an estimated 186,000 British chemical weapons casualties during the war (80% of which were the result of exposure to the vesicant sulfur mustard, introduced to the battlefield by the Germans in July 1917, which burns the skin at any point of contact and inflicts more severe lung damage than chlorine or ...

  7. Deadliest single days of World War I - Wikipedia

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    For example, on March 21, 1918, during the opening day of the German spring offensive, the Germans casualties are broken down into 10,851 killed, 28,778 wounded, 300 POW or taken prisoner for a total of 39,929 casualties. [2] The word casualty has been used in a military context since at least 1513. [3]

  8. Fact-checking 'Gladiator II': Were there really sharks in the ...

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    Lions, of course, are most associated with the arena, often finding innocent Christians as their prey. In "Gladiator II," a fighter is seen riding into the Colosseum on a giant rhino.

  9. List of military engagements of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Almost as soon as they were invented, planes were drafted for military service. Battles: 1914 in aviation. Raid on Cuxhaven; Air combat of October 5, 1914 Strategic bombing during World War I (1914–1918) German bombing of Paris during First World War; German bombing of Britain (1914–1918) Bombing of London during the First World War