VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIALS: INFO
STATISTICS
Number of records: 96
Number of wars: 45 (of 156 since 1945)
Number of names: 304 199
Estimated death toll: 22 679 444
Percent of est. death toll: 1,3%
WHY ONLY INCLUDE LISTINGS FROM 1945?
Those killed in the First and Second World Wars have not been included here. WWI and II were such disastrous events
in the history of mankind that insitutions, like the
United Nations and the Geneva Conventions, were set up to
prevent such bloodbaths in the future. The Second World War
constituted a distinct and terrifying mark on the timeline
of the history of mankind and is therefore one (of many)
logical starting points for this project. WWII has also been touroughly
documented. This project aims instead to remember those
that were killed all over the world despite the existence of the
protective measures, institutions and security policies that emerged in the late 1940's.
WHY ARE NOT MINOR CONFLICTS INCLUDED?
This site uses the definition of war that is used by World-leading institutions in the field of conflict research, such as The Department of Peace and Conflict
Research at the University of Uppsala and the Peace
Research Institute in Oslo. According to the former an armed conflict is defined as: "...a contested incompatibility
that concerns government and/or territory where the
use of armed force between two parties, of which at
least one is the government of a state, results in at
least 25 battle-related deaths in one calendar year".
War is defined by the same institutions as an armed conflict with at least 1000
battle-related deaths per year. These are included in the database. See sources for more info. It should also be noted that battle-related
deaths include civilians killed in crossfire and as
a result of bombings but not excess deaths which includes
victims of war-related famine or diseases.
HAVE YOU EXCLUDED SPECIFIC SITES?
We only exclude sites when we are not sure if they
are overlapping with other sources, if they are displaying
unlawful content according to Swedish law or if they are
in a language that we cannot get translated at the moment.
We appreciate any help to locate virtual war memorials that we may not be aware of at this time.
CONTRIBUTE!
If you have information about available resources -
internet sites or publicly available documents - that
may be of interest for this project you are warmly welcome
to contact me. Please read
more about contributions here.
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