The following is a list of the most lethal battles in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related deaths) and civilian deaths during the battles.

Note: Large battle casualty counts are almost impossible to calculate precisely. Many of these figures are estimates, and some have been heavily criticized. Some figures may also mean killed or wounded while others may just mean killed – since this is the list of most lethal battles, number of killed is used where it is known. This list does not include most bombing runs or missile strikes (such as the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), which despite potentially massive casualties are not typically classified as "battles," since they are usually one-sided engagements. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at Tactical or strategic strikes, however, may form part of larger engagements which are themselves battles.

Contents 1 Classical formation battles 2 Sieges and urban combat 3 Major operations 4 References 5 See also

Classical formation battles

These refer to battles in which armies met on a single field of battle and fought, generally for one to several days. With more advanced weapons, military formations lost their impact and this type of battle died out in favor of grander military operations. This article describes three distinct but related terms military operations Operations as military events and operational level of war As a general rule, this happened in the late 19th / early 20th century. The last war to have been fought on a battle-by-battle as opposed to campaign basis is generally held to be the Second Boer War. See also First Boer War,, South African Wars (1879-1915 The Second Boer War ( Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: Many of these battles are ancient, and in many cases, the few historical records differ, sometimes wildly, on casualties. The figures used are what the contributors believe to be the most plausible compromise estimate.

Battle	Conflict	Casualties	Year
Battle of Salsu	Goguryeo-Sui Wars	0,097,000 ≈302,300 casualties [mostly from drowning][1]	#0612
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa	Reconquista	0,102,000 ≈102,000 casualties	#1212
Battle of Cannae	Second Punic War	0,092,000 92,000+ casualties[2]	!9783 216 BC
Battle of Arausio	Cimbrian War	0,080,000 80,000+ casualties[3][4][5]	!9894 105 BC
Battle of Wagram	Napoleonic Wars	0,079,000 79,000 casualties[6]	#1809
Battle of Panipat Third Battle of Panipat	Imperial Maratha Conquests	0,075,000 75,000+ killed	#1761
Battle of Ullais	Muslim conquest of Persia	0,071,000 71,000+ killed[7]	#0633
Battle of Yarmouk	Muslim conquest of Syria, Byzantine-Arab Wars	0,120,000 70,000+ killed[8][9]	#0636
Battle of Valea Albă	Ottoman wars: European campaigns, Moldavian-Ottoman Wars	0,070,000 70,000+ casualties	#1476
Battle of Guandu	Three Kingdoms	0,070,000 70,000+ casualties	#0200
Battle of Pliska	Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars	0,070,000 70,000+ casualties	#0811
Battle of Watling Street	Boudica's Uprising	0,070,000 70,000+ casualties	#0061
Battle of Siffin	First Islamic civil war	0,070,000 70,000 casualties	#0657
Battle of Anchialus	Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars	0,070,000 70,000 casualties	#0917
Battle of az-Zallaqah	Reconquista	0,070,000 ≈70,000 casualties	#1086
Battle of Berestechko	Khmelnytsky Uprising	0,060,000 60,000+ killed	#1651
Battle of Heunghwajin	Third Goryeo-Khitan War	0,060,000 60,000–70,000 casualties	#1018
Battle of Walaja	Muslim conquest of Persia	0,055,000 55,000+ killed[7]	#0633
Battle of Firaz	Muslim conquest of Persia, Byzantine-Arab Wars	0,055,000 55,000+ killed[10]	#0634
Battle of Ilipa	Second Punic War	0,054,000 54,000 casualties	!9793 206 BC
Battle of Königgrätz	Austro-Prussian War	0,053,000 53,000 casualties	#1866
Battle of Gettysburg	American Civil War	0,051,000 51,000 casualties	#1863
Battle of Ajnadayn	Muslim conquest of Syria, Byzantine-Arab Wars	0,051,000 51,000+ killed[11]	#0634
Battle of Jena-Auerstedt	Napoleonic Wars	0,050,000 50,000 killed	#1806
Battle of Dresden	Napoleonic Wars	0,050,000 50,000 killed	#1813
Battle of Kosovo	Ottoman wars: Expansion into Europe	0,050,000 ≈50,000 killed	#1389
Battle of Borodino	Napoleonic Wars	0,049,000 49,000 killed[12]	#1812
Battle of The Saw Battle of "The Saw"	Mercenary War	0,045,000 45,000+ killed	!9760 239 BC
Battle of Lützen	Napoleonic Wars	0,045,000 ≈45,000 killed	#1813
Battle of Aspern-Essling	Napoleonic Wars	0,045,000 ≈45,000 casualties	#1809
Battle of Telamon	Roman-Gaulish Wars	0,040,000 40,000+ killed	!9775 224 BC
Battle of Legnica	Mongol invasions in Poland	0,040,000 40,000+ killed	#1241
Battle of Vaslui	Ottoman wars: European campaigns, Moldavian-Ottoman Wars	0,040,000 40,000+ killed	#1475
Battle of Manzikert	Byzantine-Seljuk wars	0,040,000 40,000+ killed	#1071
Battle of Sekigahara	Sengoku period of Japan	0,040,000 40,000+ killed	#1600
Battle of Alesia	Gallic Wars	0,040,000 40,000+ killed	!9947 52 BC
Battle of Lepanto	Ottoman wars: Rhodes and Holy League	0,040,000 40,000 killed	#1571
Battle of Gaugamela	Wars of Alexander the Great	0,040,000 40,000 casualties	!9668 331 BC
Battle of Solferino	Second Italian War of Independence	0,040,000 40,000 casualties	#1859
Battle of Bautzen	Napoleonic Wars	0,040,000 ≈40,000 casualties	#1813
Battle of Kulikovo	Mongol invasion of Rus	0,040,000 ≈40,000 casualties	#1380
Battle of Plataea	Greco-Persian Wars	0,037,000 77,000 killed[13] to 257,000 killed[14]	!9520 479 BC
Battle of Malplaquet	War of the Spanish Succession	0,037,000 37,000 killed or wounded	#1709
Battle of Seneffe	Franco-Dutch War	0,035,000 ≈35,000 casualties	#1674
Battle of Blenheim	War of the Spanish Succession	0,032,000 32,000 killed or wounded	#1704
Battle of Crécy	Hundred Years' War	0,031,000 31,000 dead or wounded	#1346
Battle of Hattin	Crusades	0,030,000 30,000+ killed	#1187
Battle of Chalons	Wars of Attila	0,030,000 30,000+ killed	#0451
Battle of the Metaurus	Second Punic War	0,030,000 30,000+ killed	#0207 BC
Battle of Prague	Seven Years' War	0,030,000 30,000 killed	#1757
Battle of Mars-la-Tour	Franco-Prussian War	0,029,000 29,000 casualties	#1870
Battle of Montgisard	Crusades	0,028,100 28,100 killed	#1177
Battle of Friedland	Napoleonic Wars	0,028,000 28,000 casualties	#1807
Battle of Gravelotte	Franco-Prussian War	0,028,000 28,000 casualties	#1870
Battle of the Hydaspes River	Wars of Alexander the Great	0,025,000 25,000 killed and wounded	!9673 326 BC
Battle of Sedan	Franco-Prussian War	0,025,000 25,000 killed and wounded	#1870
Battle of the Trebia	Second Punic War	0,025,000 ≈25,000 casualties	!9781 218 BC
Battle of Mohács	Ottoman wars: Attack on Habsburg Empire	0,024,000 24,000–30,000 killed	#1526
Battle of Denain	War of the Spanish Succession	0,023,000 23,000+ killed	#1712
Battle of Waterloo	Napoleonic Wars	0,022,000 22,000 killed	#1815
Battle of Zama	Second Punic War	0,021,500 21,500 killed	!9797 202 BC
Battle of Antietam	American Civil War	0,021,000 ≈21,000 killed or wounded	#1862
Battle of Versinikia	Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars	0,020,000 20,000–45,000 killed	#0813
Battle of Towton	Wars of the Roses	0,020,000 20,000–30,000 killed	#1461
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest	Germanic Wars	0,020,000 20,000–25,000 killed	#0009
Battle of Carrhae	Roman-Persian Wars	0,020,000 20,000+ killed	!9946 53 BC
Battle of the Bosnian Highlands	Croatian-Bulgarian War of 927	0,020,000 20,000+ killed	#0927
Battle of Sluys	Hundred Years' War	0,020,000 20,000+ killed	#1340
Battle of the Kalka River	Mongol invasion of Rus	0,020,000 ≈20,000 killed	#1223
Battle of Thermopylae	Greco-Persian Wars	0,020,000 20,000 casualties[14]	!9519 480 BC
Battle of Ulm	Napoleonic Wars	0,018,000 18,000 killed	#1805
Battle of Eckmühl	Napoleonic Wars	0,018,000 18,000 casualties	#1809
Battle of Salamanca	Napoleonic Wars	0,018,000 18,000 casualties	#1812
Battle of Oudenarde	War of the Spanish Succession	0,018,000 18,000 casualties	#1708
Battle of Lake Trasimene	Second Punic War	0,016,500 16,500 killed	!9782 217 BC
Battle of Austerlitz	Napoleonic Wars	0,016,000 16,000 killed or wounded	#1805
Battle of Tuyutí	War of the Triple Alliance	0,016,000 ≈16,000 killed or wounded	#1866
Battle of Ramillies	War of the Spanish Succession	0,015,500 15,500+ killed	#1706
Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas	Second Balkan War	0,015,000 15,000 killed	#1913
Battle of Narva	Great Northern War	0,015,000 15,000 killed	#1700
Battle of Fontenoy	War of the Austrian Succession	0,015,000 15,000 killed	#1745
Battle of Assaye	Second Anglo-Maratha War	0,013,000 13,000 killed	#1803
Battle of Breitenfeld	Thirty Years' War	0,013,000 13,000 killed	#1631
Battle of Hohenfriedberg	War of the Austrian Succession	0,013,000 13,000 casualties	#1745
Battle of Custoza	Austro-Prussian War	0,013,000 13,000 casualties	#1866
Battle of Vitoria	Napoleonic Wars	0,012,500 12,500 casualties	#1813
Battle of Tours	Muslim conquests	0,012,000 ≈12,000 killed	#0732
Battle of Flodden Field	War of the League of Cambrai	0,011,500 11,500 killed	#1513
Battle of Bannockburn	First War of Scottish Independence	0,011,000 11,000+ killed	#1314
Battle of Issus	Wars of Alexander the Great	0,010,500 10,500+ killed	!9666 333 BC
Battle of Mons Graupius	Roman conquest of Britain	0,010,500 10,500+ killed	#0083
Battle of Adrianople	Gothic War (376–382)	0,010,000 ≈10,000–25,000 killed	#0378
Battle of Grunwald	Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War	0,010,000 10,000–15,000 killed	#1410
Battle of Ascalon	First Crusade	0,010,000 10,000–12,000 killed	#1099
Battle of Villiers	Franco-Prussian War	0,010,000 10,000–12,000 killed	#1870
Battle of Bach Dang	Mongol invasions of Vietnam	Template:Formatun:0001000 10,000–11,000 killed	#1288
Battle of Omdurman	Mahdist War	0,010,000 10,000 killed	#1898
Battle of Schellenberg	War of the Spanish Succession	0,010,000 10,000 killed or drowned	#1704
Battle of Rocroi	Thirty Years' War	0,009,500 9,500 killed	#1643
Battle of Krbava field	Ottoman-Croatian wars	0,009,000 9,000+ killed	#1493
Battle of Lund	Scanian War	0,009,000 9,000 killed	#1676
Battle of Kesselsdorf	War of the Austrian Succession	0,009,000 9,000 killed	#1745
Battle of Cynoscephalae	Second Macedonian War	0,008,000 ≈8,000 killed	!9802 197 BC
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The Crusades were a series of military campaigns of a religious character waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal opponents The Battle of Friedland ( June 14, 1807) saw Napoleon's French army decisively defeat Bennigsen's Russian army about twenty-seven Miles The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The Battle of Gravelotte ( August 18, 1870) was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War named after Gravelotte, a village in Lorraine The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War ( 19 July, 1870 — 10 May, 1871 The Battle of the Hydaspes River was a Battle fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BC against the Indian king Porus (Pururava Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' The Battle of Sedan was fought during the Franco-Prussian War on 1 September 1870 The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War ( 19 July, 1870 — 10 May, 1871 The Battle of the Trebia (or Trebbia) was the first major battle of the Second Punic War, fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal The Second Punic War (referred to as "The War Against Hannibal" by the Romans lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western The Battle of Mohács (mohácsi csata or mohácsi vész/Bane of Mohács; Schlacht bei Mohács Mohačka bitka Мохачка битка/Mohačka bitka Bitka pri Moháči The wars of the Ottoman Empire in Europe are also sometimes referred to as the Ottoman Wars or as Turkish Wars, particularly in older European The Battle of Denain was fought on July 24, 1712, as part of the War of the Spanish Succession, and resulted in a French victory under Marshal In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714 several European powers combined to stop French succession to the Spanish throne and what would likely have been a resulting In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo Belgium The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The Battle of Zama, fought around October 19 of 202 BC, marked the final and decisive end of the Second Punic War. The Second Punic War (referred to as "The War Against Hannibal" by the Romans lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Versinikia (Битката при Версиникия Μάχη της Βερσινικίας was fought in 813 between the Byzantine Empire and the The Battle of Towton in the Wars of the Roses was the largest and bloodiest ever fought on British soil with casualties believed to have been about 28000 (perhaps The Wars of the Roses (1455–1485 were a series of dynastic Civil wars fought in England between supporters of the Houses of Lancaster and York The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest took place in the year 9 A The Germanic Wars is a name given to a series of Wars between the Romans and various Germanic tribes between 113 BC and 439 A The Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC was a decisive victory for the Parthian Spahbod Surena over the Roman general Crassus near The Battle of the Bosnian Highlands was fought between the huge armies of the two Balkan rulers of the time Bulgarian Tsar Simeon I, the great victor of the The decisive naval Battle of Sluys (slœys in Dutch, but frequently anglicised as /slɔɪz/ was fought on 24 June 1340 as one of the opening The Hundred Years' War (Guerre de Cent Ans was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne vacant with the extinction of the senior The Battle of the Kalka River (Битва на реке Калке took place on May 31 1223 between the Mongol Empire The Mongol invasion of Rus' was heralded by the Battle of the Kalka River in 1223 between Subutai 's reconnaissance unit and the combined force In the Battle of Thermopylae, which occurred in August 480 BC (and was detailed almost entirely by Herodotus) an alliance of Greek City-states fought The Battle of Ulm ( October 16 - 19, 1805) was a series of minor skirmishes at the end of Napoleon Bonaparte's Ulm Campaign, culminating The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The Battle of Eckmühl (also known as "Eggmühl" fought on 21 April &ndash 22 April, 1809, was the turning point of the 1809 Campaign also The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The Battle of Salamanca saw an Anglo - Portuguese army under General Arthur Wellesley defeat Marshal Auguste Marmont 's French The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The Battle of Oudenaarde (or Oudenarde) was a key battle in the War of the Spanish Succession fought on July 11, 1708 between the forces In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714 several European powers combined to stop French succession to the Spanish throne and what would likely have been a resulting The Battle of Lake Trasimene ( June 24, 217 BC, April on the Julian calendar) was a Roman defeat in the Second Punic War between the Carthaginians The Second Punic War (referred to as "The War Against Hannibal" by the Romans lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western The Battle of Austerlitz (Bitva u Slavkova also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of Napoleon's greatest victories effectively destroying the The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The Battle of Tuyutí was a Paraguayan offensive in the War of the Triple Alliance. The War of the Triple Alliance, also known as the Paraguayan War, and the Great War in Paraguay itself was fought from 1864 to 1870 and caused more deaths than any The Battle of Ramillies ( was a major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession fought on 23 May 1706 In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714 several European powers combined to stop French succession to the Spanish throne and what would likely have been a resulting The Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas took place during the Second Balkan War between Greece and Bulgaria for the town of Kilkis in Macedonia The Second Balkan War was fought in 1913 between Bulgaria on one side and its First Balkan War allies Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro For other Battles of Narva see Battle of Narva (disambiguation. The Great Northern War (1700-21 was fought between Russia and Sweden for supremacy in the Baltic Sea. This battle should not be confused with the two battles of Fontenay, which occurred at a different location in 841 and 1944 The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748 involved nearly all the powers of Europe The Battle of Assaye occurred September 23, 1803 near the village of Assaye in south-central India. The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803 - 1805 was the second conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. The Battle of Breitenfeld (Schlacht bei Breitenfeld Slaget vid Breitenfeld or First Battle of Breitenfeld (sometimes First Breitenfeld) was a "World Changing For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. The Battle of Hohenfriedberg or Hohenfriedeberg, now Dobromierz, was one of the crowning achievements of Frederick the Great. 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The Battle of Bannockburn ( Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich in Gaelic (24 June 1314 was a significant Scottish victory in the Wars of Scottish Independence The First War of Scottish Independence lasted from the outbreak of the war with the invasion by England in 1296 until the De jure restoration of Scottish independence The Battle of Issus (or more commonly The Battle at Issus) occurred in southern Anatolia, in November 333 BC. Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' According to Tacitus, the Battle of Mons Graupius took place in 83 or 84 AD. This page refers to the conquest begun in AD 43 For other Roman invasions see Caesar's invasions of Britain and Carausian Revolt. The second Battle of Adrianople ( August 9 378) sometimes known as the Battle of Hadrianopolis, was fought between a Roman army led by the The Battle of Grunwald (or 1st Battle of Tannenberg) took place on 15 July 1410 with the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led by The Battle of Ascalon took place on August 12, 1099, and is often considered the last action of the First Crusade. The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of conquering the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and freeing The Battle of Villiers was the largest of the French sorties from besieged Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War ( 19 July, 1870 — 10 May, 1871 For other articles of the same title see Battle of Bạch Đằng. At the Battle of Omdurman ( 2 September 1898) an army commanded by the British General Sir Horatio Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah The Mahdist War was a Colonial war of the late 19th century It was fought between the Mahdist Sudanese and the Egyptian and later British The Battle of Schellenberg, also known as the Battle of Donauwörth, was fought during the War of the Spanish Succession on 2 July 1704 In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714 several European powers combined to stop French succession to the Spanish throne and what would likely have been a resulting The Battle of Rocroi, fought on May 19 1643, resulted in a decisive victory of the French army under the Duc d'Enghien, against the For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. The Battle of Krbava field ( Krbavsko polje) Korbávmezei csata was fought between the Kingdom of Croatia and Ottoman forces on September 9 The Battle of Lund was fought on December 4 1676 in an area north of the city of Lund in Sweden, between the invading Danish Scanian War ( Danish: Skånske Krig Swedish: Skånska kriget) was a war fought between the union of Denmark-Norway and Sweden The Battle of Kesselsdorf was fought on December 14, 1745, between Prussia and the combined forces of Austria and Saxony. The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748 involved nearly all the powers of Europe For the earlier battle fought here see Battle of Cynoscephalae (364 BC. The Second Macedonian War ( 200 &ndash 197 BC) was fought between Macedon, led by Philip V of Macedon, and Rome, allied with Pergamon The Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was the opening major encounter in the Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Empire. 1,400 of 2000 British troops)	#1879
Battle of Hastings	Norman Conquest of England	0,007,300 7,000 killed (5,000 Anglo-Saxons, 2,000 Normans)	#1066

Sieges and urban combat

This list includes sieges, as well as modern battles that were fought almost exclusively in urban areas. The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England. Such battles were often very bloody, resulting in high loss of life. Battles that involved sieges or attacks on cities as secondary to the main operation are listed under "operations".

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Siege	Conflict	Casualties	Year
Battle of Stalingrad	Eastern Front, World War II	1,530,000 1,530,000+ killed or wounded	#1942–1943
Siege of Leningrad	Eastern Front, World War II	1,500,000 1,500,000 killed	#1941–1944
Battle of Smolensk	Eastern Front, World War II	0,230,000 650,000-700,000 killed, wounded or captured	#1943
Battle of Berlin	Eastern Front, World War II	0,230,000 540,000+ killed	#1945
Battle of Wuhan	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	0,540,000 540,000 casualties	#1938
Warsaw Uprising	World War II	0,250,000 250,000+ killed	#1944
Fall of Tenochtitlan	Spanish conquest of Mexico	0,220,000 220,000+ killed	#1521
Battle of Okinawa	Pacific War, World War II	0,218,000 218,000 killed (some missing)	#1945
Battle of Shanghai	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	0,200,000 200,000+ killed	#1937
Battle of Budapest	Eastern Front, World War II	0,158,000 158,000–350,000 killed (inc. The Battle of Stalingrad is a commonly used name in English sources for several large operations by Germany and its allies and Soviet forces conducted with the The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Siege of Leningrad, also known as The Leningrad Blockade ( Russian: блокада Ленинграда ( transliteration: blokada Leningrada The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The second Battle of Smolensk (7 August 1943 – 2 October 1943 was a Soviet strategic offensive operation conducted by the Red Army as part of the Summer-Autumn Campaign The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including For the bombing campaign on Berlin by the RAF from November 1943 to March 1944 see Battle of Berlin (air. The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Wuhan ( popularly known to Chinese as the Defense of Wuhan ( and to the Japanese as the Invasion of Wuhan ( Japanese The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Warsaw Uprising ( Powstanie Warszawskie) was a World War II struggle by the Polish Home Army ( Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The Battle of Okinawa, also known as Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault The Pacific War was the part of World War II —and preceding conflicts—that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands and in East Asia, between World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Shanghai was the first of the twenty-two major engagements fought between the National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China and the Imperial The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Siege of Budapest was a siege of the Hungarian Capital city of Budapest, fought towards the end of World War II in Europe The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including civilians)	#1944–1945
Battle of Alesia	Gallic Wars	0,150,000 150,000–200,000 killed	!9947 52 BC
Battle of Baghdad	Mongol invasions	0,140,000 140,000–1,000,000 killed (inc. The Battle of Alesia or Siege of Alesia took place in September 52 BC around the Gallic Oppidum of Alesia, a major town centre and The Gallic Wars were a series of Military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes, lasting from The Battle of Baghdad in 1258 was a victory for the Mongol leader Hulagu Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan. The Mongol Empire emerged in the course of the 13th century by a series of conquests and invasions throughout Central and Western Asia, reaching Eastern Europe civilians)	#1258
Second Arab Siege of Constantinople	Byzantine-Arab Wars	0,500,000 130,000–200,000 killed	#0717-718
Battle of Manila	Pacific War, World War II	0,120,000 120,000 killed	#1945
Third Battle of Nanking	Taiping Rebellion	0,100,000 100,000 killed	#1864
Fall of Constantinople	Byzantine-Ottoman wars	0,090,000 90,000 killed	#1453
Battle of Changde	Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II	0,090,000 90,000 killed	#1943
Siege of Carthage	Third Punic War	0,079,000 79,000 casualties	!9850 149 BC
Siege of Sevastopol	Crimean War	0,070,000 70,000 killed	#1854–1855
Siege of Jerusalem	First Jewish-Roman War	0,060,000 60,000–1,100,000 killed or wounded (inc. The Second Arab Siege of Constantinople (717-718 was a combined land and sea effort by the Arabs to take the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople The Battle for Manila from 3 February to 3 March 1945, fought by American, Filipino and Japanese forces was part The Pacific War was the part of World War II —and preceding conflicts—that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands and in East Asia, between World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Third Battle of Nanking was the last major engagement of the Taiping Rebellion, occurring in 1864 after the death of the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Hong The Taiping Rebellion or Rebellion of Great Peace was a large-scale Revolt against the authority and forces of the Qing Government in China The Fall of Constantinople refers to the capture of the Byzantine Empire's capital by the Ottoman Empire on Tuesday May 29, 1453 (Julian Calendar The Battle of Changde ( was a major engagement in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Carthage was the major act of the Third Punic War between the Phoenician city of Carthage in Africa (near present-day The Third Punic War ( 149 BC to 146 BC) was the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between the former Phoenician colony of Carthage The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Eastern War (Восточная война Vostochnaya Vojna) (March 1854–February 1856 was fought The Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 AD It was a decisive event in the First Jewish-Roman War, followed by the fall of Masada in 73 civilians)	#0070
Second Siege of Saragossa	Peninsular War	0,050,000 64,000 killed	#1809
Second Siege of Jinju	Imjin War	0,060,000 60,000+ killed	#1593
Siege of Belgrade	Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans	0,040,000 50,000+ killed	#1456
Siege of Pleven	Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)	0,050,000 50,000 killed	#1877–1878
Siege of Jerusalem	First Crusade	0,040,000 40,000+ killed	#1099
Siege of Kazan	Russo-Kazan Wars	0,040,000 40,000–50,000+ killed	#1552
Siege of Paris	Franco-Prussian War	0,036,000 36,000	#1870–1871
Battle of Odessa	Eastern Front, World War II	0,034,307 34,307 killed	#1941
Battle of Suomussalmi	Winter war, World War II	0,034,307 27,850 killed	#1939-1940
Battle of Szigetvár	Ottoman wars: Attack on Habsburg Empire	0,025,000 25,000+ killed	#1566
Sack of Magdeburg	Thirty Years' War	0,025,000 25,000+ killed	#1630
Siege of La Rochelle	French Wars of Religion	0,020,000 20,000+ killed	#1572–1573
Siege of Sarajevo	Bosnian War	0,012,000 12,000 killed (inc. The Second Siege of Saragossa was the French capture of the Spanish city of Zaragoza during the Peninsular War. The Peninsular War or Spanish War of Independence pitted an alliance of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal against France The Second Siege of Jinju was a battle during 1593 in Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea at Jinju Fort Korea between Japan and Korea Two Japanese invasions of Korea and subsequent battles on the Korean peninsula took place during the years 1592-1598 The Siege of Belgrade occurred from July 4 to July 22, 1456. After the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman The weaknesses of the fragmented Balkan states following the death of Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in 1355 opened wide the door to the conquest of the Balkan Peninsula The Siege of Pleven (or Plevna) during the Russo-Turkish War 1877–78, saw a major struggle between the joint army of Romania and Russia The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 had its origins in a rise in nationalism in the Balkans as well as in the Russian goal of recovering territorial losses it had suffered The Siege of Jerusalem took place from June 7 to July 15, 1099 during the First Crusade. The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of conquering the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and freeing The siege of Kazan in 1552 was the final battle of Russo-Kazan Wars. The Russo-Kazan Wars was a series of wars fought between the Khanate of Kazan and Muscovite Russia in the 15th and 16th centuries until Kazan was finally The Siege of Paris, lasting from September 19, 1870 &ndash January 28, 1871, brought about French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War ( 19 July, 1870 — 10 May, 1871 The Siege of Odessa was part of the Soviet-German War in 1941 The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Suomussalmi was fought between Finnish and Soviet forces in the Winter War. The Winter War (Talvisota Советско-финляндская война - official Зимняя война - unofficial Vinterkriget began when the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Szigetvár (Sigetska Bitka Zigetvar Savaşı was a siege of the small fort located in Szigetvár, Hungary between 6 August and 8 September The wars of the Ottoman Empire in Europe are also sometimes referred to as the Ottoman Wars or as Turkish Wars, particularly in older European The Sack of Magdeburg (Magdeburgs Opfergang or Magdeburger Hochzeit refers to the Siege and subsequent Plundering of Magdeburg by Roman Catholic For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. The French Wars of Religion (1562 to 1598 between French Catholics and Protestants ( Huguenots involved both civil infighting The Siege of Sarajevo was conducted by the Serb forces of self-proclaimed Republika Srpska and Yugoslav People's Army (later transformed to the The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly known as the Bosnian War, was an international armed conflict that took place between March 1992 and November 1995 civilians)	#1992–1995
Second Siege of Danzig	Napoleonic Wars	0,011,400 11,400 casualties	#1807

Major operations

This list includes major operations, i. The Siege of Danzig ( 19 March - 24 May, 1807) was the French encirclement and capture of Danzig in the War of the Fourth Coalition The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions e. prolonged battles or offensive operations fought over a large area.

Operation	Conflict	Casualties	Year
Operation Barbarossa	Eastern Front, World War II	2,700,000 2,700,000+ killed	#1941
Battle of the Dnieper	Eastern Front, World War II	2,700,000 2,000,000-2,750,000 total casualties	#1943
Brusilov Offensive	Eastern Front, World War I	1,825,000 1,825,000 killed or wounded	#1916
Battle of Kursk	Eastern Front, World War II	1,338,000 1,338,000 killed or wounded	#1943
Battle of Moscow	Eastern Front, World War II	0,900,000 900,000-1,700,000+ killed	#1941–1942
Battle of the Somme	Western Front, World War I	1,058,422 + or - 1,000,000 killed, missing or wounded. Operation Barbarossa ( Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the Codename for Nazi Germany 's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Brusilov Offensive (Брусиловский прорыв was the Russian Empire 's greatest feat of arms during World War I, and among the Most lethal The Eastern Front was a theatre of war during World War I in Central and primarily Eastern Europe. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Battle of Kursk (Курская битва refers to a series of German and Soviet operations on the Eastern Front of World War II The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Moscow (Битва под Москвой Romanized: Bitva pod Moskvoy, Schlacht um Moskau is the name given by the Soviet historians to the two The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, fought from July to November 1916 was among the largest battles of the First World War Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914 the German army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All	#1916
Napoleon's Invasion of Russia	Napoleonic Wars	0,750,000 750,000 killed or wounded	#1812
Battle of Changping	Warring States	0,700,000 700,000+ killed	!9739 260 BC
Battle of Lemberg	Eastern Front, World War I	0,500,000 500,000+ killed	#1914
Operation Bagration	Eastern Front, World War II	0,360,000 360,000 killed	#1944
Battle of Gallipoli	Middle Eastern Theatre, World War I	0,450,000 316,000 casualties	#1915–1916
Battle of Kiev	Eastern Front, World War II	0,313,600 313,600 killed or wounded	#1941
Battle of Verdun	Western Front, World War I	0,305,440 305,440 [perhaps double] killed and missing	#1916
Battle of Tannenberg Line	Eastern Front, World War II	0,220,000 220,000 killed	#1944
Battle of France	Western Front, World War II	0,185,000 185,000 killed or missing	#1940
Battle of Passchendaele	Western Front, World War I	0,130,000 130,000 killed and missing	#1917
Battle of Okinawa	Pacific War, World War II	0,125,000 125,000 killed and missing	#1945
Operation Mars	Eastern Front, World War II	0,120,000 ≈120,000–270,000 killed	#1942
First Battle of the Marne	Western Front, World War I	0,100,000 160,000 killed	#1914
Operation Overlord	Western Front, World War II	0,080,200 107,200 killed	#1944
Operation Karbala-5	Iran-Iraq War	0,105,000 105,000 killed	#1987
Battle of Cambrai	Western Front, World War I	0,100,000 100,000 killed	#1917
Battle of Leipzig	Napoleonic Wars	0,090,000 90,000 killed	#1813
Invasion of Poland	World War II	0,083,639 83,639 killed	#1939
Operation Ramadan	Iran-Iraq War	0,080,000 80,000 killed	#1982
Battle of Monte Cassino	World War II	0,074,000 74,000 casualties	#1944
Battle of Mărăşeşti	World War I	0,074,000 74,000 casualties	#1917
The Overland Campaign	American Civil War	0,070,139 70,139 casualties	#1864
First Battle of Ypres	World War I	0,060,000 60,000 killed	#1914
Meuse-Argonne Offensive	Western Front, World War I	0,054,000 54,000 killed	#1918
Battle of Gettysburg	American Civil War	0,051,000 51,000 casualties	#1863
Third Battle of Kharkov	Eastern Front, World War II	0,050,000 50,000 killed	#1943
Battle of Tannenberg	Eastern Front, World War I	0,050,000 ≈50,000 killed	#1914
Battle of the Marshes	Iran-Iraq War	0,049,000 49,000 killed	#1984
Battle of Greece	Balkans Campaign, World War II	0,040,000 40,000+ killed	#1941
Battle of the Ebro	Spanish Civil War	0,036,000 36,000 killed	#1938
Battle of Mukden	Russo-Japanese War	0,036,000 36,000 killed	#1905
Battle of the Bulge	Western Front, World War II	0,035,120 35,120 killed	#1944
Guadalcanal campaign	Pacific War, World War II	0,035,000 35,000 killed	#1942–1943
Second Battle of El Alamein	North African campaign, World War II	0,030,000 30,000–35,000 killed	#1942
Battle of Suomussalmi	Winter War	0,028,000 28,000 killed	#1939–1940
Battle of Chosin Reservoir	Korean War	0,027,500 27,500 killed	#1950
Battle of Iwo Jima	Pacific War, World War II	0,027,000 27,000 killed	#1945
Operation Desert Storm	Gulf War	0,025,000 25,000–40,000 killed	#1991
Operation Badr	Iran-Iraq War	0,027,000 25,000–27,000 killed	#1985
Operation Dawn V	Iran-Iraq War	0,025,000 25,000 killed	#1984
Battle of Inchon	Korean War	0,015,000 15,000 killed	#1950
Battle of Caporetto	World War I	0,015,000 15,000+ deaths	#1917
Battle of Turtucaia	Romanian Campaign, World War I	0,014,000 14,000 killed	#1916
Battle of Leyte Gulf	Pacific War, World War II	0,013,500 13,500 killed	#1944

References

See also

• List of wars and disasters by death toll
• List of battles

This is a list of wars and human-made disasters by death toll. This is an index to articles listing Battles. List of battles (alphabetical gives a global list

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