Video lists top 10 wars by death toll

A video listing the top 10 wars by death toll has been posted on YouTube.

SES Production does not say how the list was compiled, but gives the death toll of each war.

The death toll estimates not only the deaths of military personnel, but also the deaths of civilians from war-induced epidemics, disease, famines and atrocities.

World War II tops the list with a death toll of between 70 million and 130 million.

The Mongol invasions and conquests, which lasted from 1206 to 1324, and the Chinese Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976 are second with about 40 million deaths.

The devastating Lushan Rebellion against China’s Tang dynasty in 755 ranks third, with a death toll of about 36 million

The Qing dynasty’s conquest of the Ming dynasty in China, also known as the Manchu conquest of China, placed fifth. The conquest, which began in 1618, claimed the lives of about 25 million people.