Q. What are the 8 main catastrophic events?
Any event or force of nature that has catastrophic consequences, such as avalanche, earthquake, flood, forest fire, hurricane, lightning, tornado, tsunami and volcanic eruption.
Q. Is a hurricane a catastrophic event?
Catastrophic weather events include hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and droughts, among others. As these massively destructive and costly events become more frequent, scientific evidence points to climate change as a leading cause.
Q. What has killed the most humans in history?
Wars and armed conflicts
| Event | Lowest estimate | Highest estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent | 60,000,000 | 400,000,000 |
| World War II | 60,000,000 | 120,000,000 |
| Mongol conquests | 20,000,000 | 57,000,000 |
| Taiping Rebellion | 10,000,000 | 100,000,000 |
Q. How many died per day in ww2?
On average, 220 U.S. service personnel died per day — nearly 6,600 every month — for the 1,364 days that America fought. That figure doesn’t include all the men who were wounded and/or disabled.
Q. Who was the last man killed in ww2?
Henry Nicholas Gunther
Q. Did the Soviets really shoot their own soldiers?
According to some estimates, Soviet barrier troops may have killed as many as 150,000 of their own men over the course of the war, including some 15,000 during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Q. How many deaths did Germany suffer in ww1?
A summary of World War I casualties, complied by the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service, lists 1,773,700 German war dead, 4,216,058 wounded, 1,152,800 prisoners, for a total of 7,142,558 casualties, an amazing 54.6 percent of the 13,000,000 soldiers Germany mobilized for the war.
Q. What weapon killed the most in WW1?
Artillery
Q. Which country suffered the most in WW1?
(sources and details of figures are provided in the footnotes)
| Nation | Population (millions) | Total military deaths (from all causes) |
|---|---|---|
| Allies and co-belligerents of World War I | ||
| Russia | 175.1 | 1,700,000 to 2,254,369 |
| Serbia | 4.5 | 300,000 to 450,000 |
| United States | 92.0 | 116,708 |
Q. Who lost the most soldiers in WW1?
Russia
Q. Why was WWI so deadly?
The loss of life was greater than in any previous war in history, in part because militaries were using new technologies, including tanks, airplanes, submarines, machine guns, modern artillery, flamethrowers, and poison gas.
