20th Century Genocides

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Can you name the genocides that occurred in the 20th century?

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2nd most devasting genocide of the 20th Century. Massive famines in 'satellite countries.' Happened between 1929 and 1935.
Perpetrated during WWII at the hands of an occupying force, almost all deaths were civilian. 5,000,000 victims estimated.
Centered in Europe, committed by fascist Regime. Targeted Poles, Slavs, Jews and Gypsies. Over 12,000,000 killed.
First event to be deemed 'Genocide,' occurred during WWI in Southeastern Europe and the Middle East, targeted peoples for ethnic reasons.
Civil War in this country from 1968-1996 between the oppressive dictatorship and the people. America's CIA responsible for the appointment of the dictatorship.
Occurred against the Kurdish ethnic group between the years 1980 and 1990, as well as periodically afterwards. Resulted in the deaths of over 300,000 Kurdish.
Occurred after and during American involvement in Vietnam, educated people and former classes of nobility killed. Over 1,500,000 dead.
Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs killed each other if they were on the 'wrong side.'
In 1937, dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered Haitians the Dominican Republic executed. If civilians couldn't pronounce parsley in Spanish they were assumed Haitian and killed.
First genocide of the 20th century. From 1904-1907, at most 100,000 members of two local native tribes died after the European colonial rule drove them into the Namib Desert.
July 1995 killing of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims during the Bosnian War.
Shortest running genocide of the century, based on resentment for the Tutsi ethnic group from the Hutu majority. Resulted in almost 1,000,000 Tutsi deaths.

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