World War II
- 84,000 - 200,000 - American USAAF bombing of Tokyo on March 10, 1945
- 66,000–237,062 - Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the USAAF, (Japan, 1945)
- 50,000 - Bombing of Hamburg in World War II (Germany, July 1943)
- 39,000–108,000 - Atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the USAAF, (Japan, 1945)
- 25,000 - Bombing of Dresden in World War II, (in Germany by Allied forces, 1945)
- 17,000 - Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II (Germany, February 23, 1945)
- 7,500-8,500 - Bombings of SS Cap Arcona and SS Thielbek, (Germany, 1945)
- 2000–5000 - Bombing of Le Havre by Allied forces (France, 1944)
- 1500–4000 - Bombing of Caen by Allied forces (France, 1944)
- 3,000 - Taihoku air raid (Taiwan, 1943–1945)
- 2,300–5,000 - Operation Punishment: Bombing of Belgrade by Nazi Germany (Yugoslavia, 1941)
- 1,200 - Allied bombing of Belgrade (Yugoslavia, 1944)
- 800-900 - Bombing of Rotterdam by Nazi Germany, May 14, 1940.
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