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The Top 10 Deadliest Battles in U.S. Military History
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:44 pm
I doubt very seriously we will ever see ten battles on this tragic and deadly of a scale for a very long time. Number one on the list is definitely one you don't hear about too often.
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1. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (World War I) - 26,277 U.S. fatalities
2. The Battle of the Bulge (World War II) - 19,276 U.S. fatalities
3. The Battle of Okinawa (World War II) - 12,513 U.S. fatalities
4. The Battle of Hurtgen Forest (World War II) - 8,157 U.S. fatalities
5. The Battle of Gettysburg (Civil War) - 7,863 U.S. fatalities [Union & Confederate]
6. The Battle of Guadalcanal (World War II) - 7,099 U.S. fatalities
7. The Battle of Iwo Jima (World War II) - 6,821 U.S. fatalities
8. The Battle of Pusan Perimeter (Korean War) - 4,599 U.S. fatalities
9. The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (Civil War) - 4,192 U.S. fatalities [Union & Confederate]
10. The Battle of Chickamauga (Civil War) - 3,969 U.S. fatalities [Union & Confederate]
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Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:46 pm to RollTide1987
Uh, no Antietam?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:50 pm to RollTide1987
The numbers blow my mind. It's hard to wrap your mind around them. #10 for example, is nearly 4k. I might have known 1000 names of Marines and Sailors while I was active and only know of 7 actual brothers who perished in the middle east since 2001. 1000 and 7 seem like huge numbers to me. 4k casualties? 26k casualties? That is mind blowing. Hell, Camp Lejuene might have only had 30-35k active Marines on base when I was stationed there.
This post was edited on 2/4/23 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:53 pm to RollTide1987
quote:
1. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (World War I) - 26,277 U.S. fatalities
2. The Battle of the Bulge (World War II) - 19,276 U.S. fatalities
Seems NE France and Belgium are not friendly territories for the fighting man..
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:14 pm to RollTide1987
Off shoot of this topic, but the deadliest place and time in history has to be Tokyo, Japan on the night of March 9 during the B-29 firebombings. Greater than 100k deaths and thousands more casualties in one night! It really puts those battle fatalities in perspective.
This post was edited on 2/4/23 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:16 pm to RollTide1987
I can't take your little list very seriously when you've got Gettysburg at #5 but don't even mention the Battle of Schrute Farms at all
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:20 pm to RollTide1987
The difference between these is that most of the World War 1/2 battles took place over the course of weeks or even months.
Those Civil War battles were mostly 1-2 days, granted that both sides fatalities are both counted in those.
Those Civil War battles were mostly 1-2 days, granted that both sides fatalities are both counted in those.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:23 pm to RollTide1987
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4. The Battle of Hurtgen Forest (World War II) - 8,157 U.S. fatalities
Doesnt get enough press. patton got our riflemen chewed up and spit out. big reason why we had such a manpower shortage during the bulge
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:29 pm to RollTide1987
My grandfather was in The Battle of the Bulge, Operation Varsity. I have several Nazi uniform regalia and two daggers my grandfather took from SS soldiers.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:31 pm to RollTide1987
If the confederates seceded, why are they counted as US casualties?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:36 pm to RollTide1987
The one issue I have with this list is that it doesnt distinguish between battles, which last 1 to a few days, and campaigns, which can last months. And as far as campaigns go, Normandy would have to be up there.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:45 pm to RollTide1987
No seige of the US Capital in 2021?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:45 pm to RollTide1987
If you include both sides, Kennesaw Mountain was 4000.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:53 pm to RollTide1987
Spotsylvania Court House doesn’t frick around.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 6:05 pm to RollTide1987
Siege of Port Hudson
East Baton Rouge Parish
Union General Banks -
“Banks continued the siege. Finally, on July 9 with the Confederate garrison reduced to eating mules and rats, Port Hudson surrendered. Over the 45-day siege Banks lost approximately 10,000 men, half from disease. The Union gained absolute control of the Mississippi River.”
LINK
East Baton Rouge Parish
Union General Banks -
“Banks continued the siege. Finally, on July 9 with the Confederate garrison reduced to eating mules and rats, Port Hudson surrendered. Over the 45-day siege Banks lost approximately 10,000 men, half from disease. The Union gained absolute control of the Mississippi River.”
LINK
Posted on 2/4/23 at 6:29 pm to RollTide1987
Still pales in comparison to French casualties at the battle of Verdun, nearly 400,000.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 6:45 pm to RollTide1987
quote:
1. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (World War I) - 26,277 U.S. fatalities
What’s sad is probably less than 10% of Americans have ever even heard of this battle and only a fraction of those who have know any details.
Instead of teaching our country’s history, schools are more worried about teaching our kids about cross-dressing, homosexual fetishism, and white guilt.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 7:20 pm to RollTide1987
2nd ID at the Chosin Reservoir, hooooah!!
Posted on 2/4/23 at 7:29 pm to RollTide1987
quote:9/11 was just shy of 3k initial deaths but I think the number is probably in the top 8 of this list of you can formulate a number from the first responders in the initial days who have died due to being there.
I doubt very seriously we will ever see ten battles on this tragic and deadly of a scale for a very long time.
I would argue that the next attack on this list that we will see is civilian deaths due to chemical/nuclear bombs. Just look how easy it was for the Chinese to fly a balloon with a payload the size of a bus over the length of the continental US. Imagine that being a chemical weapon spraying it's payload aimed at people and our food supply.
Overseas I think we are in the position to not have to send troops overseas in any large numbers. We can fly drones controlled from bases here and and if need be rely on Naval Ships & Carriers to be our forward in the field bases. Aside for not openly flying drones controlled from the US, I think Ukraine is the likely example of what our involvement in another European war would look like.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 7:38 pm to RollTide1987
quote:So to believe this number of deaths, would the total of American forces be in Europe around 100,000?
I) - 26,277 U.S. fatalities
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