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  1. 5 days ago · May 26, 2024. The First World War from 1914-1918 stands as one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. The shocking scale and brutality of the casualties shattered illusions of romantic warfare and laid bare the horror of industrialized slaughter.

  2. 1 day ago · Estimates of 380,000–430,000 casualties in the Battle of Kursk does not contradict the balance of its strength. Panzer IV tanks destroyed at Kursk. During Citadel, 252 to 323 tanks and assault guns were destroyed. By 5 July, when the Battle of Kursk started, there were only 184 operational Panthers. Within two days, this had dropped to 40.

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  3. 4 days ago · Last Updated. 30 October 2023. Transcribed from the London Gazette, this collection lists approximately 16,000 battle casualties, many of whom do not appear on the Crimean medal rolls.

  4. 3 days ago · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]

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  6. 5 days ago · Additional American casualties included 1,148 wounded, 1,200 with severe cold injuries and 614 who suffered with various diseases, including exposure. Among the occupying Japanese forces, 2,351...

  7. 3 days ago · To minimize excess casualties, the new company commander, Lieutenant Edmund A. Wellinghoff, radioed the battalion commander to ask for a tank “to help us roust the Germans out of their holes.” Carr described, “When [the tank] arrived, Wellinghoff bravely stood beside it in the open space between the two wooded areas and used the outside ...

  8. 3 days ago · It was the Civil War's bloodiest battle, claiming over 50,000 combined casualties over three days. [15] In the Battle of Gettysburg, Union Major General George Meade 's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate General Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia, halting Lee's invasion of the north and forcing his retreat. [fn 1] [16]

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