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re: Bloodiest battle from each major American war/conflict
Posted on 11/29/24 at 1:21 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 11/29/24 at 1:21 pm to RollTide1987
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World War II: The Battle of Normandy (June 6-August 30, 1944) - 124394 total U.S. casualties;
I think about it often.. how brave and badarse those kids were riding in that boat across choppy seas into the teeth of a madman who knows you’re coming and has crisscrossed the beaches with machine guns waiting for you.
And they saved the world. Thankful for
Them for sure.
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Posted on 11/29/24 at 1:28 pm to TorchtheFlyingTiger
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Meuse Argonne or Normandy campaign consisted of many full scale battles.
So did the Marne, the Somme, 1st Ypres, 2nd Ypres, 3rd Ypres, Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, Hurtgen Forest, Ardennes Forest, and Berlin.
The battlefield got bigger because armies got bigger, technology got better, and tactics evolved.
This post was edited on 11/29/24 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 11/29/24 at 1:43 pm to geauxtigers87
Worked in Camden, S.C. last week.
I just went through their little museum there and it seems we got our asses kicked running away.
I was not aware of this battle until then.
I just went through their little museum there and it seems we got our asses kicked running away.
I was not aware of this battle until then.
This post was edited on 11/29/24 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 11/29/24 at 1:55 pm to 777Tiger
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I get the impression that the Brits were almost like, why are we even doing this?
The British had a ton of troops in the Colonies. They were just all sipping tea in NYC the whole War.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 1:56 pm to RollTide1987
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Persian Gulf War: The Battle of Norfolk (February 27, 1991) - 130 total U.S. casualties; 42 total British casualties; 21000 total Iraqi casualties.
Hell on Wheels
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:09 pm to footswitch
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Worked in Camden, S.C. last week.
I just went through their little museum there and it seems we got our asses kicked running away.
I was not aware of this battle until then.
You have never seen The Patriot? The Battle of Camden makes a pretty legit cameo about midway through the film:
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:10 pm to The Boat
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The Boat
No cap, they didn’t want the smoke.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:13 pm to LSUDAN1
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War of the Rebellion:
War of Northern Agression
Fixed it for you
War For Southern Independence. Fixed it for both of yall.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:17 pm to RollTide1987
Always heard Antietam was the "bloodiest" battle in all US wars... was it just bloodiest single day?
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:18 pm to LSUBoo
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Always heard Antietam was the "bloodiest" battle in all US wars... was it just bloodiest single day?
Yes. It was the bloodiest single day in American history with 22,700 combined casualties between the two armies for the day. By comparison, the Allies suffered an estimated 10,000 casualties combined on D-Day.
This post was edited on 11/29/24 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:20 pm to RollTide1987
Do casualties = fatalities here?
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:21 pm to Wally Sparks
Casualties generally include wounded.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:22 pm to Wally Sparks
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Do casualties = fatalities here?
No. A "casualty" is a catch all for anything that takes a soldier out of action. That could mean they were killed, wounded, or captured by the enemy.
This post was edited on 11/29/24 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:32 pm to RollTide1987
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No. A "casualty" is a catch all for anything that takes a soldier out of action. That could mean they were killed, wounded, or captured by the enemy.
Battle of Brooklyn Heights had more casualties if you include captured. Then almost 3,000 were captured at Ft Washington. The Camden numbers don’t include captured.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:38 pm to 777Tiger
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not to stir up the hornets nest but we won the Vietnam war in every statistical category except time of possession, we absolutely kicked their arse and just walked away
Which makes it even more infuriating,
Just like Afghanistan and Iraq.
We spilled a generation of blood and treasure only to come out with what? Essentially nothing.
The only ones who profited were the MIC and the politicians.
Makes me sick
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:39 pm to The Boat
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Battle of Brooklyn Heights had more casualties if you include captured. Then almost 3,000 were captured at Ft Washington. The Camden numbers don’t include captured.
Camden and Long Island have similar casualty figures for the Americans when you include captured with the former battle.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:39 pm to TygerLyfe
“The Patriot” was the correct answer.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:40 pm to fr33manator
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Just like Afghanistan and Iraq.
Meh. I think we won in Iraq in the end. We spilled a lot of American blood but the government we set up in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion remains intact and (more or less) stable.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:42 pm to RollTide1987
The largest casualty scale of the Napoleonic Wars was the Battle of Leipzig in 1813.
It had the most casualties in human history until the battles of WWI.
The casualty estimates for both sides are 80,000 to 110,000.
It had the most casualties in human history until the battles of WWI.
The casualty estimates for both sides are 80,000 to 110,000.
Posted on 11/29/24 at 2:50 pm to 777Tiger
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not to stir up the hornets nest but we won the Vietnam war in every statistical category except time of possession, we absolutely kicked their arse and just walked away
It’s amazing how wrong the general perception of that is today.
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