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"10 Deadliest Days on WWI's Western Front" Moorehead, Alan (1998). Gallipoli. Wordsworth Editions. ISBN 9781853266751. - Total pages: 319 ; Middlebrook, Martin (2007). The Kaiser's Battle. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781844154982. - Total pages: 430 ; Ministry for Culture and Heritage (December 5, 2014).
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.
The third-highest single-day toll was the Battle of Antietam, with 2,108 dead. The deadliest single-day battle in American history , if all engaged armies are considered, is the Battle of Antietam with 3,675 killed, including both United States and Confederate soldiers (total casualties for both sides were 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing Union ...
Hundred Days Offensive, last offensive on Western Front. August 8–12 Western: Battle of Amiens, first phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. August 9–12 Western: Battle of Montdidier. August 13 – September 3 Italian: Battle of San Matteo. August 17–29 Western: Second Battle of Noyon, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history.The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related or civilian deaths) and civilian casualties during the battles.
"Deaths per day" is the total number of Americans killed in military service, divided by the number of days between the commencement and end of hostilities. "Deaths per population" is the total number of deaths in military service, divided by the U.S. population of the year indicated.
The Battle of Liège was the first battle of the war, and could be considered a moral victory for the allies, as the heavily outnumbered Belgians held out against the German Army for 12 days. From 5 to 16 August 1914, the Belgians successfully resisted the numerically superior Germans, and inflicted surprisingly heavy losses on their aggressors.
British and German wounded, Bernafay Wood, 19 July 1916. Photo by Ernest Brooks.. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths [1] and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.