Armenian genocide Between 1915 and 1917, about 1.5 million Christian Armenians were killed or died in mass deportations organised by the Turkish government. The Turkish government claims these were not genocides.
Black Sea MILLION ARMENIANS
KILLED OR IN EXILE ◆
American Committee on Relief Says Victims of Turks Are Steadily Increasing. ◆
Ankara
POLICY OF EXTERMINATION ◆
More Atrocities Detailed In Support of Charge That Turkey is Acting Deliberately. Adana
Aleppo SYRIA The Holocaust
The Nazis killed about 6 million Jews during World War II.
Sapa Hanoi Luang Prabang
Gulf of Tonkin
Vientiane
The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia The Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. During that time they killed up to 2 million people, either through executions or starvation. They buried the bodies in mass graves.
Hue THAILAND LAOS
Danang Hoi An
CHINA Halong Bay Mosul Kirkuk Tehran T U R K E Y Tabriz GEORGIA
ARMENIA Yerevan
Tbilisi AZERBAIJAN Baku
Caspian Sea
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KEY WORD
●●What is genocide? Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large number of people, particularly from a different nation or ethnic group.
