At least 600,000 people lost their lives (300,000 Iranian soldiers, 150,000 Iraqi soldiers, and 150,000 civilians). The real death toll is probably closer to 2,000,0000 dead (800,000 Iranian soldiers, 350,000 Iraqi soldiers, 200,000 civilians, 200,000 genocide victims, and other miscellaneous deaths).
One might as well ask why do so many people get killed in war? Because its war!
2 million people were killed in World War II.
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1,ooo,ooo people got killed in the war
2,975,456 people were killed by Taiwan in a massacre
to many people where being killed
It is called World War 1.16,563,868
about 5 million got killed in WWII
Roughly a million Vietnamese were killed in the war.
About 620,000
50000 people
Many people were killed, injured and enslaved.