[Right_Wing_Madman]

The most violent wars in history are those fought against one’s own kind.

I've heard the same thing. Is it true? Let's examine. Here is my list of the 12 deadliest wars in history:

1. Mongol Wars: Mongols vs. everybody else, NO
2. World War II: Germany vs. Russia, Japan vs. China, US vs. Germany and Japan, NO
3. Taiping Rebellion: Civil War in China (19th cen), Ruling Manchurians vs. Han Chinese in South, SORT OF
4. Ching-Ming War: Manchurian conquest of Ming China (17th cen), NO
5. World War I: Germans vs. everyone else, NO
6. Lushan Rebellion: Chinese civil war during Tang Dynasty (8th cen), YES
7. Dungan Revolt: Han Chinese vs. Chinese Muslims in West (18th cen), SORT OF
8. Russian Civil War: Bolshevics vs. White Russians, YES
9. Chinese Civil War: Communists vs. Nationalists (20 cen), YES
10. Thirty Years War: Mostly a German civil war between Protestants and Catholics, YES
11. Napoleanic Wars: France vs. everybody, NO
12. Second Congo War: Civil War in Congo, YES

Totals:
YES: 5
SORT OF: 2
NO: 5

[Flick Lives]

The reference to “ones own kind” isn’t bounded by a country’s border, but by race. So wars such as WWI becomes a war against other Europeans as does the earlier Napoleonic war.