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The Sino-French War, [b] also known as the Tonkin War, [12] was a limited conflict fought from August 1884 to April 1885 between the French Third Republic and Qing China for influence in Vietnam. There was no declaration of war. The Chinese armies performed better than in their other nineteenth-century wars.
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]
6 Second World War. 7 Rif War. 8 First World War. 9 Sino-French War. 10 Franco-Prussian War. 11 Mexican Campaign. 12 Italian Campaign (1859) ... Casualties: Foreign ...
Second Sino-Japanese War: 130,000 [17] ... World War II: 280,120 Soviet casualties; ... Anglo-French War: 9,000 Battle of Parwan: 1221
The RAF lost 931 aircraft. French losses were 92,000 KIA, 39,600 MIA and over 250,000 WIA. French aircraft losses were 560. Belgian total casualties were 23,350 including 6,500 KIA. Dutch total casualties were 9,779 including 2,100 KIA. Civilian deaths totaled 13,000 in France 13,000 Belgium and 2,000 in the Netherlands. [1]
World War II began in Europe on 1 September 1939 [1] [2] with the German invasion of Poland and the United Kingdom and France's declaration of war on Germany two days later on 3 September 1939. Dates for the beginning of the Pacific War include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] or the earlier Japanese ...
Last battle of World War II in Europe. Between Yugoslav partisans and HOS (Croatia) from 19 April to 25 May 1945. • Battle of West Hunan: Chinese victory in final battle to expel Japan. • Battle of Okinawa: US takes Japanese Island in the Ryūkyūs; many casualties to both sides. • Battle of North Borneo
During the Sino-French War of 1884–1885, the French had been forced into an embarrassing retreat from Lạng Sơn in which equipment had likewise been thrown into the same river to prevent capture. When the breechblocks of 1940 were eventually retrieved, several chests of money lost in 1885 were found also. [ 9 ]