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Eighty Years' War: 166 Battle of Solebay: 1672 Third Anglo-Dutch War: 3,100 Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue: 1692 Nine Years' War: 10,000 Battle of Pondicherry: 1759 Seven Years' War: 1,589 Battle of Chesma: 1770 Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) 12,000 Battle of Dogger Bank: 1781 Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: 988 Battle of Vyborg Bay: 1790 Russo ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by war.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 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 and Confederate soldiers September 17, 1862). [1] [a] [2]
e. ^ Korean War: Note: [20] gives Dead as 33,746 and Wounded as 103, 284 and MIA as 8,177. The American Battle Monuments Commission database for the Korean War reports that "The Department of Defense reports that 54,246 American service men and women lost their lives during the Korean War. This includes all losses worldwide.
In all, perhaps more than 80 percent of the entire Roman army was dead or captured (including Paullus himself). Battle of Zama (202 BC). [15] [16] A Roman army of 34,000 under Scipio Africanus annihilated the Carthaginian army of 50,000 under Hannibal, thus bringing an end to the Second Punic War. Battle of Carrhae (53 BC).
SAN ANTONIO — It was the bloodiest armed conflict in Texas history. On Aug. 18, 1813, some 1,400 people died at the Battle of Medina and during the merciless streak of executions that followed.
This is a list of the costliest land battles of the American Civil War, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing) on both sides. [A]
World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, and 1945 was a particularly grim year as it marked the war's violent conclusion. This year witnessed the U.S. dropping two atomic bombs on Japan ...