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Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty is a British television documentary about the Plantagenets presented by Dan Jones and first broadcast from 27 November to 18 December 2014. The four-part documentary follows the period from Henry II to Richard II .
British casualties on the first day were the worst in the history of the British Army, with 57,470 casualties, 19,240 of whom were killed. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] British survivors of the battle had gained experience and the BEF learned how to conduct the mass industrial warfare which the continental armies had been fighting since 1914. [ 51 ]
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.
Viking activity in the British Isles: 9,000 Battle of Brenta: 899 Hungarian invasions of Europe: 14,000+ Battle of Lechfeld: 955 Hungarian invasions of Europe: 15,000 Battle of Arcadiopolis: 970 Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria: 27,000 Battle of the Gates of Trajan: 986 Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: 27,000 Battle of Kleidion: 1014 Byzantine ...
In 1461 England was in the sixth year of the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars between the houses of York and Lancaster over the English throne. The Lancastrians backed the reigning King of England, Henry VI, a weak and indecisive man who suffered from intermittent bouts of madness. [5]
The Great War at Sea: A Naval History of the First World War. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107036901. - Total pages: 407 ; Trouillard, Stéphanie (August 22, 2014). "August 22, 1914: The bloodiest day in French military history". France 24; Veterans Affairs Canada (2017). "Canada - April 9, 1917".
Top 10 bloodiest video games. James Diss. Updated August 10, 2016 at 4:11 PM. ... and we advise you not watch this at work or else people might look at you funny the rest of the day.
Later that afternoon, British forces raided a Gaelic football match in Croke Park. British RIC members called "Black and Tans", Auxiliaries, and British soldiers, [3] [4] [5] were sent to carry out a cordon and search operation. Without warning, the police opened fire on the spectators and players, killing or fatally wounding 14 civilians and ...