Europe

Kill tally details: About 300,000 Romanian Jews and up to 500,000 Romanian soldiers.

Kill tally details: An estimated 5,000 killed during the 1989 revolution that ousted Ceausescu. Possibly thousands of deaths per year during the 1980s from deprivations caused by an unnecessary austerity program. Tens of thousands more lives ruined during Ceausescu's reign

Kill tally details: Tens to hundreds of thousands. One source says 500,000 killed in the Spanish Civil War, another claims two million executed alone. More sober estimates for executions put the figure at 35,000 killed either summarily or after a hasty court martial. According to military historian Antony Beevor, the figure for non-combatants and surrendered troops killed by Franco's Nationalists during the war "must exceed 100,000 and may be closer to 200,000"

Kill tally details: Collectively responsible for the deaths of over 46 million Europeans as a result of the Second World War.

Kill tally details: Collectively responsible for the deaths of over 46 million Europeans as a result of the Second World War.

Kill tally details: Directly responsible for the deaths of six million in German concentration camps. Collectively responsible for the deaths of over 46 million Europeans as a result of the Second World War

Kill tally details: Directly responsible for the deaths of over 46 million Europeans as a result of the Second World War

Kill tally details: No reliable figures available, but probably in the thousands

Kill tally details: Up to 200,000

Kill tally details: Between 50,000 and 200,000 suspected "enemies of the state" executed by the Vecheka (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-revolution and Sabotage) following the 'Bolshevik Revolution'. Tens of thousands more allowed to die in prison. Five million starved to death in famine caused by 'War Communism' policies