. . . WW1.......... 10 millions WW2...... 60 millions WW3..... ... millions . WW2 was the first organised international war when more civilians died than military , modern wars are based on the destruction of a country ability to wage war , not simply to defeat it's army , the bombing of civilians in cities , the destruction of the ecomomy , infrastructure , transports and energy networks is seen as legitimate . the french revolution created the nation in arms , WW1 the material war, the war production race , WW2 the total war , when civilian and military is seen as a distinction without a difference . .....