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Battle of the Cosmin Forest. Stephen III, commonly known as Stephen the Great ( Romanian: Ștefan cel Mare; pronunciation: [ ˈ ʃ t e f a n tʃ e l ˈ m a r e] ); died on 2 July 1504), was Voivode (or Prince) of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504.
- Introduction↑
- A Discussion About Sources↑
- Definitions and Evaluation of Soldiers Killed↑
- War Wounded↑
- Civilian Losses↑
- Conclusion↑
The issue of war losses is an intricate one, involving several crucial points. First, words matter. The meaning of words such as “killed in action”, “wounded” or “casualties”, which are the main headings in table columns in books or articles dealing with war losses, are misleading. Take the wounded: some died, others did not, meaning that the total...
Military statistics serve as the main sources: various armies originally published the following figures of soldiers killed. The exact origin of these statistics is key to any discussion of war losses, with four consequences. First: As our main sources are armies, it is impossible to calculate war losses by nations orempires. After the war, politic...
Before beginning any evaluation of the war’s military losses, a precise delimitation of those considered soldiers who died in the war is needed, for it is all but clear. One question is easy to solve: that of POWs. Obviously, POWs have to be taken into account: they were soldiers, large numbers of whom died in the camps. In some cases, including th...
Statistics about those who were wounded but did not die from their wounds are more doubtful than those of soldiers killed in action or those who died from wounds, for two main reasons. First, there are many kinds of war wounds. A soldier who cut the tip of his little finger in barbed wireand became infected was formally a wounded soldier. Did he be...
Military losses tend to be much better documented than civilian deaths in wartime. As armies needed as precise an estimate as possible of the men available for combat, they counted only soldiers. Civilian administrators had to care for the sick and bury the dead, whatever their cause of illness or death. No office, anywhere, registered civilian war...
To conclude: these statistical insights suggest an asymmetric double contrast. On the front line, the Allies paid the highest price, both in terms of those killed in action and those wounded. But on the home front, the Central Powers and Russia paid a much higher toll. War was not only a military matter; it was an ordeal for whole societies. Antoin...
Romania. Stephen III of Moldavia, or Stephen III (c. 1433 - July 2, 1504), also known as Stephen the Great (Romanian: Ştefan cel Mare; Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt, "Stephen the Great and Holy" in more modern versions) was Prince of Moldavia between 1457 and 1504, and the most prominent representative of the House of Muşat.
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Sep 17, 2022 · 1476 Jan 1. War with Moldavia (1475–1476) Războieni, Romania. Stephen III of Moldavia attacked Wallachia, an Ottoman vassal, and refused to pay the annual tribute. An Ottoman army was defeated and Mehmed led a personal campaign against Moldavia.
Stephen III of Moldavia Mihály Fants: Hadım Suleiman Pasha: Strength; 30,000–40,000 Moldavians 5,000 Székelys 2,000 Poles 1,800 Hungarians 20 cannons: 60,000–120,000 Ottomans: Casualties and losses ~5,000 killed and wounded ~40,000 dead 4,000 captured
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Stephen inflicted on the Ottomans a decisive defeat that has been described as "the greatest ever secured by the Cross against Islam," with casualties, according to Venetian and Polish records, reaching beyond 40,000 on the Ottoman side.
