Submitted by Taps Coogan on the 4th of May 2019 to The Sounding Line.
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The following map, from Reddit user AXEMANMC, shows the deadliest war for each country in Europe.
As Vivid Maps notes, the ten wars that make the list are:
- World War II (The most deadliest war for Russia: 13-15 millions, Ukraine: 6-8 million, Germany: 6.5-7.5 million, Poland: 6 million, Belarus: 2-2.5 million, Romania: 0.5-0.7 million, Vengria: 400-750 thousand, United Kingdom: 400-500 thousand, Greece: 64-515 thousand, Netherlands: 200 thousand, Lithuania: 375 thousand, Latvia: 250 thousand, Belgia: 75-100 thousand, Estonia: 80 thousand, Slovakia: 60 thousand, Slovenia: 9-40 thousand, Albania: 10-30 thousand, Norway: 10-12 thousand) ~ Total deaths: 60 million.
- World War I (The deadliest war for Italy: 1.46-1.65 million, Serbia: 500-750 thousand, Turkey: 200-450 thousand, Austria: 150-350 thousand, Bulgaria: 130-375 thousand, Montenegro:10-60 thousand)
~ Total deaths: 20 million. - Thirty Years’ War (The deadliest war for Germany: 6.5-7.5 million, Czechia: 0.15-1.5 million) ~ Total deaths: 8 million.
- Peninsular war (The deadliest war for Portugal: 150-250 thousand)
~ Total deaths: 3,5 million - French Wars of Religion: 2-4 million
- Eleven Years War (The deadliest war for Ireland: 200-600 thousand) ~ Total deaths: 2,8 million
- Spanish Civil War: 365 thousand
- Great Northern War (The deadliest war for Finland: 70-100 thousand, Sweden: 50-70 thousand, Dania: 5-60 thousand) ~ Total deaths: 350 thousand.
- Bosnian War: 100-175 thousand
- Croatian War of Independence: 6-25 thousand
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Not looked through this in detail, but I know off hand this is certainly wrong. The UK had far higher casualties in WWI than in WWII.