Sunday, March 8, 2015

From Stalin to Hitler, the most murderous regimes in the world


The 20th century witnessed death and slaughter on an unprecedented scale. 

It was the century of the Holocaust and two World Wars; of communist, Nazi, fascist and military dictators who between them killed more than 100 million people.

Scroll down for the leaders themselves, listed in order of the numbers who died as a result of their rule. 

The casualties of conflicts involving the U.S., the UK and France in Korea, Algeria, Vietnam, the Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq are excluded on the grounds that, though many would view these as unjust colonial wars by ‘imperialist’ powers, they weren’t fought by dictators.

Indeed, when the wars proved unpopular or unwinnable, they were brought to an end by the pressure of public opinion.

Mao Zedong: Victims 60 million
Mao Zedong: Victims 60 million
Joseph Stalin: Victims 40 million
Joseph Stalin: Victims 40 million
Adolf Hitler: Victims 30 million
Adolf Hitler: Victims 30 million

1 MAO ZEDONG 

China (1949-76) Regime Communist Victims 60 million 
China’s so-called ‘Great Helmsman’ was in fact the greatest mass murderer in history. Most of his victims were his fellow Chinese, murdered as ‘landlords’ after the communist takeover, starved in his misnamed ‘Great Leap Forward’ of 1958-61, or killed and tortured in labour camps in the Cultural Revolution of the Sixties. Mao’s rule, with its economic mismanagement and continual political upheavals, also spelled poverty for most of China’s untold millions. The country embraced capitalism long after his death.

JOSEPH STALIN 

Soviet Union (1929-53) Regime Communist Victims 40 million 
Lenin’s paranoid successor was the runner-up to Mao in the mass-murder stakes. Stalin imposed a deliberate famine on Ukraine, killed millions of the wealthier peasants – or ‘kulaks’ – as he forced them off their land, and purged his own party, shooting thousands and sending millions more to work as slaves and perish in the Gulag.

ADOLF HITLER 

Germany (1933-45) Regime Nazi dictatorship Victims 30 million 
The horror of Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship lies in the uniqueness of his most notorious crime, the Holocaust, which stands alone in the annals of inhuman cruelty. It was carried out under the cover of World War II, a conflict Hitler pursued with the goal of obtaining ‘Lebensraum’. The war ended up costing millions of lives, leaving Europe devastated and his Third Reich in ruins.ARTICLE
King Leopold II
KING LEOPOLD II
Belgium (1886-1908) 
Regime Colonial empire in Congo 
Victims Eight million enslaved Congolese
Hideki Tojo
HIDEKI TOJO 
Japan (1941-45) 
Regime Military dictatorship 
Victims Five million (Japan’s victims in World War II)
Ismail Enver Pasha
ISMAIL ENVER PASHA 
Ottoman Turkey (1915-20) 
Regime Military dictatorship 
Victims Two million (Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians)
Pol Pot
POL POT 
Cambodia (1975-79) 
Regime Communist (Khmer Rouge) 
Victims At least 1.7 million (political opponents)
Kim Il-Sung
KIM ILSUNG 
North Korea (1948-94)
Regime Communist 
Victims At least 1.6 million (political opponents/civilians through famine)
Mengistu Haile Mariam
MENGISTU HAILE MARIAM 
Ethiopia (1974-78) 
Regime Communist military dictatorship 
Victims 1.5 million (Eritreans/political opponents)
Yakubu Gowon
YAKUBU GOWON 
Nigeria (1967-70) 
Regime Military dictatorship 
Victims One million (Biafrans starved and soldiers killed in civil war)
Jean Kambanda
JEAN KAMBANDA 
Rwanda (1994) 
Regime Tribal dictatorship (Hutu) 
Victims 800,000 (Tutsis)
Saddam Hussein
SADDAM HUSSEIN 
Iraq (1979-2003) 
Regime Ba’ath Party dictatorship 
Victims 600,000 (Shi’ites, Kurds, Kuwaitis, political opponents)
Josip Broz Tito
JOSIP BROZ TITO 
Yugoslavia (1945-80)
Regime Communist 
Victims 570,000 (political opponents)
Sukarno
SUKARNO 
Indonesia (1945-66) 
Regime Nationalist dictatorship 
Victims 500,000 (Communists)
Mullah Omar
MULLAH OMAR 
Afghanistan (1996-2001) 
Regime Islamist dictatorship (Taliban) 
Victims 400,000 (political/religious opponents)
Idi Amin
IDI AMIN 
Uganda (1971-79) 
Regime Personal dictatorship 
Victims 300,000-500,000 (political/personal opponents)
General Yahya Khan
GENERAL YAHYA KHAN 
Pakistan (1970-71) 
Regime Military dictatorship 
Victims 300,000 (Bengalis in East Pakistan)
Benito Mussolini
BENITO MUSSOLINI 
Italy (1922-45) 
Regime Fascist dictatorship
Victims 250,000 (Ethiopians, Libyans, Jews, political opponents)
General Mobutu Sese Seko
GENERAL MOBUTU SESE SEKO 
Zaire/Congo (1965-97) 
Regime Personal dictatorship
Victims 230,000 (political opponents)
Charles Taylor
CHARLES TAYLOR 
Liberia (1989-96)
Regime Personal dictatorship 
Victims 220,000 (political/military opponents and civilians)
Foday Sankoh
FODAY SANKOH 
Sierra Leone (1991-2000) 
Regime Personal dictatorship 
Victims 210,000 (political opponents)
Ho Chi Minh
HO CHI MINH 
North Vietnam (1945-69) 
Regime Communist 
Victims 200,000 (political opponents, South Vietnamese)
Michel Micombero
MICHEL MICOMBERO
Burundi (1966-76) 
Regime Personal dictatorship 
Victims 150,000 (Hutus)
Hassan Al-Turabi
HASSAN ALTURABI 
Sudan (1989-99)
Regime Islamist dictatorship 
Victims 100,000 (political/religious opponents)
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
JEAN-BEDEL BOKASSA 
Central African Republic/Empire (1966-79) 
Regime Personal dictatorship 
Victims 90,000 (political opponents)
Efrain Rigs Montt
EFRAIN RIOS MONTT 
Guatemala (1982-83) 
Regime Military dictatorship 
Victims 70,000 (peasants, political opponents)
Francoise/Jean-Claude Duvalier
FRANCOIS/ JEANCLAUDE DUVALIER 
Haiti (‘Papa Doc’ 1957-71; ‘Baby Doc’ 1971-86)
Regime Personal dictatorship 
Victims 60,000 (political opponents
Rafael Trujillo
RAFAEL TRUJILLO 
Dominican Republic (1930-61) 
Regime Personal dictatorship 
Victims 50,000 (political opponents)
Hissene Habre
HISSENE HABRE 
Chad (1982-90) 
Regime Military dictatorship 
Victims 40,000 (political opponents)
General Francisco Franco
GENERAL FRANCISCO FRANCO 
Spain (1939-75)
Regime Fascist/military dictatorship 
Victims 35,000 (political opponents
Fidel Castro
FIDEL CASTRO 
Cuba (1959-2006) 
Regime Communist 
Victims 30,000 (political opponents)
Hafez/Bashar Al-Assad
HAFEZ/ BASHAR ALASSAD 
Syria (Hafez 1970- 2000; Bashar 2000-) 
Regime Ba’ath Party dictatorship 
Victims 25,000- 30,000 (political/ sectarian opponents
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
AYATOLLAH RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI 
Iran (1979-1989) 
Regime Islamist dictatorship 
Victims 20,000 (political/religious opponents)
Robert Mugabe
ROBERT MUGABE 
Zimbabwe (1982-) 
Regime Personal dictatorship 
Victims 15,000 (political/tribal opponents)
General Jorge Videla
GENERAL JORGE VIDELA 
Argentina (1976-83) 
Regime Military dictatorship 
Victims 13,000 (left-wing political opponents)
Augusto Pinochet
GENERAL AUGUSTO PINOCHET
Chile (1973-90) 
Regime Military dictatorship 

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