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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,2865408.story

Heckava job Amurika, just a heckava job.




People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong's regime (1949-1975):

40 million killed [make link]

a.. Agence France Press (25 Sept. 1999) citing at length from Courtois,
Stephane, Le Livre Noir du Communism:
a.. Rural purges, 1946-49: 2-5M deaths
b.. Urban purges, 1950-57: 1M
c.. Great Leap Forward: 20-43M
d.. Cultural Revolution: 2-7M
e.. Labor Camps: 20M
f.. Tibet: 0.6-1.2M
g..
h.. TOTAL: 44.5 to 72M

That's 44.5 to 72 million ...Chinese murdered by the
Chinese Communist Party of Mao.
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Second World War (1937-45):

55 milion people killed [make link]

a.. Total:
a.. Haywood: Atlas of World History (1997): 50M
b.. Keegan, J., The Second World War (1989): 50M
c.. Messenger, The Chronological Atlas of World War Two (1989): 50M
d.. The Times Concise Atlas of World History (1988): 50M
e.. J.M. Roberts, Twentieth Century (1999): 50M
f.. Urlanis: 50M
a.. Soldiers: 22.0M
b.. Civilians
a.. In camps, from Fascist terror: 12.0M
b.. From hostilites, blockade, epidemics, hunger: 14.5M
c.. From bombing: 1.5M
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat1.htm