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Armenian Genocide
This Genocide lasted from 1915-1918
It is widely acknowledged to have been one of the first modern genocides,as scholars point to the systematic, organized manner in which the killings were carried out to eliminate the Armenians, -
Rape of Nanjing
China's official estimate is about 300,000 casualties
20000-80000 women were raped
In August 1937, the Japanese army invaded Shanghai and there they met strong resistance and suffered heavy casualties. The battle was bloody as both sides faced attrition in urban hand-to-hand combat. By mid-November the Japanese had captured Shanghai with the help of naval bombardment. -
Holocaust
6,000,000 jews murdered
roughly 12,000,000 deaths
The Holocaust was about Hitler's Utopian vision of society and how all the jews should be exterminated because they were thought to be "inferior." The killing was systematic and was very organized -
Bosnia
Over 200,000 Muslim civilians were murdered and 2,000,000 fled as refugees before NATO forces tried to suppress the genocide.
When the Bosnian Muslims declared independence, the government turned on them and attacked them -
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide is thought to be one of the most horrific genocides in the history of mankind. The main weapon used to kill people was a machete. There was around 800,000 deaths involved in the genocide. -
Sudan
It began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing or committing genocide against black Africans in favor of Arabs.
The Janjaweed is the group responsible for killing innocent people in Sudan
