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re: The bloodiest battles (in terms of killed in action) from each war in U.S. history...
Posted on 3/14/26 at 8:48 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 3/14/26 at 8:48 pm to RollTide1987
What's wild is the TOTAL COMBINED AMOUNT killed in each of those bloodiest battles, 58,785...is STILL less than the amount killed in a single day at Cannae.
~70000.
Wild
~70000.
Wild
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Posted on 3/14/26 at 9:21 pm to RollTide1987
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The U.S. First Army under the command of General John J. Pershing
The namesake of LSU’s “Pershing Rifles” I believe
Posted on 3/14/26 at 9:22 pm to VOLhalla
quote:Trench warfare. Nasty business with guys dug in on opposing sides and 'no mans land' in between. Grandfather lost a lung to mustard gas. Seems armaments exceeded our technical abilities and small skirmishes made for long hostilities or massive movements to make advances.
It blows my mind how overlooked and forgotten World War 1 is
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