Throughout the history you will find a variety of events of the massacre of large and small that have changed the world, but these 10 are definitely the largest massacre in the history of mankind.

1. slaughter of Nankin

The Nanking massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking where hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed and raped brutally in the city of Nanking which was the former capital of the Republic of China. the massacre lasted for six weeks in which the soldiers of the Imperial Army entered the city of Nanking and Japan began to kill the Chinese people. The Nanking massacre is considered the worst slaughter in human history as more than 80 thousand men and women murdered, tortured and raped in a period of six weeks.

2. Pig Yards Massacre

Slaughter Pigs Yards occurred in 1941 when more than 33 thousand Jews are killed in a single operation led by the military Governor, major-general Friedrich Eberhardt, Army Commander Friedrich Jeckeln Police Group South and C Commander Otto Rasch. The operation was carried out by the combined forces like the SS, the SD and SiPo. Pig Yards is a ravine outside Kiev which is the capital of Ukraine.

3. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

Also popularly known as the Massacre de la Saint-Barthelemy these events happen in 1572 in Paris. The massacre began two days after the assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, who was a military and political leader of the Huguenots. Soon after that a group of murder along with the Roman Catholic mass began to start killing people all over Paris and the massacre spread to other urban and rural areas as well. It is estimated that about 30 thousand people were killed in the massacre.

4. the NKVD Prisoner Massacre
NKVD Prisoner massacre also known as the massacre of Prisoners in which a series of mass executions committed against prisoners NKVD in Poland and other Baltic countries like Romania and Ukraine. The death toll from the massacre is estimated at about 22,000 prisoners were killed in a series of murders that occurred in different places. However, not all the prisoners of the NKVD and executed because some of them managed to escape from prison.
5. the Katyn massacre
The Katyn massacre, also known as the Katyn Forest Massacre is an event where thousands of prisoners of war in Poland, military officers, intellectuals, and police were massacred by the Soviet NKVD. The victims were taken to the Katyn Forest in Russia, where Stalin ordered his troops to execute all the prisoners of war firsthand. The death toll from the Katyn massacre was also reached about 9 thousand.

6. massacre of Thessalonica
The massacre of Thessaloniki take place in a retaliation by the Roman Emperor Theodosius in 390. According to the source, in April, 390, the charioteer was arrested by the military commander of Rome but later he became a victim of the rebellion of the Roman Emperor was angry and he decides to kill all those who rebel against the orders. Whereas, the Emperor did not change his mind to stop the killing of a message to stop the massacre reached the end and more than 7,000 people have been slaughtered
7. the massacre of Elphinstone’s army
Victims of the massacre of Elphinstone’s army is very much like a war where the forces of Afghanistan took control of the United Kingdom and India combined forces led by major-General William Elphinstone in 1842. Three years prior to this event, the United Kingdom troops in Kabul arrested for revenge on the Afghanistan. However, when the United Kingdom leaving Kabul, Afghanistan forces led by Akbar Khan, son of Dost Muhammad Khan invaded the United Kingdom. As a result of 4500 soldiers killed in Afghanistan and was killed by the United Kingdom and India.
8. the massacre of Sabra and Shatila
In 1982, the Kataeb Party which was led by the Christian forces of Lebanon do the massacre in which they killed and slaughtered Palestinian civilians and Lebanese Muslims. The event is triggered immediately after the massacre, the killing of the leader of President Bachir Gemayel and the Phalange party. More than 3,500 people are killed in this massacre. In fact, it’s moot because of the Israel Defense forces entered the camp strength helped the Sabra and Shatila.This event goes into very many news and attract more international reaction caused much controversy and debate.
9. the Batak Massacre
Batak massacre was a massacre of Bulgaria in Batak by Ottoman troops in 1876. According to the sources and references there are more than 3,000 people were killed in the massacre.
10. the massacre of Granada
Granada massacre is an event where a bunch of Muslims stormed the Royal Palace of Granada and kill the Jewish ruler, Joseph Ibn Naghrela who was a vizier of King Barber from Granada. Mob stormed into the Palace and crucify him and kill about 1500 Jewish families living in Granada.