By the end of the battle, the British Army had suffered 420,000 casualties including nearly 60,000 on the first day alone. The French lost 200,000 men and the Germans nearly 500,000.
Adding that all up, the total death toll was 1,120,000.
- Battle casualties ≠ battle deaths. More than half of these wounded soldiers survived.
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to push back the German army into belgium and liberate France
Union and Confederate forces suffered severe casualties at the Battle of Shiloh. Confederate casualties amounted to 10, 699 and Union casualties were 13, 047. This battle was the bloodiest one in the war at that time in April 1862.
Casualty rates among Confederate generals during the US Civil War were high. In the war, 55% of all Rebel generals were either killed or wounded . This amounted to 235 of the 435 generals. Most of the Confederate losses among generals occurred as they led their troops into battle.
24,000 battle casualties plus 9,000 non-battle
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WW1 at the Battle of the Sommes.
Casualty rates at the Battle of Shiloh, fought in April 1862, were high due to several factors, including the element of surprise, as Confederate forces launched a sudden attack on Union troops who were unprepared and scattered. The battle's intense fighting was exacerbated by close-quarters combat and the use of rifled muskets, which increased the lethality of gunfire. Additionally, medical care was rudimentary, and the chaotic conditions hampered evacuation and treatment of the wounded, further contributing to higher casualty figures.
They probably had a pretty good idea it would. By then, major battles like Shiloh and Antietam showed that these major battles would have high casualty rates. It was earlier in the war that people were taken by surprise by casualty high rates.
Shiloh's high casualty rates finally convinced many people that it would be a long and bloody struggle.
to push back the German army into belgium and liberate France
Union and Confederate forces suffered severe casualties at the Battle of Shiloh. Confederate casualties amounted to 10, 699 and Union casualties were 13, 047. This battle was the bloodiest one in the war at that time in April 1862.
The Battle of Cantigny was fought in Cantigny, Sommes, France.
A casualty of war.
"sommes" is a form of the verb "être", to be."nous sommes" = we are.
Casualty rates among Confederate generals during the US Civil War were high. In the war, 55% of all Rebel generals were either killed or wounded . This amounted to 235 of the 435 generals. Most of the Confederate losses among generals occurred as they led their troops into battle.
The Battle of Verdun, fought between February and December 1916 during World War I, resulted in approximately 700,000 casualties, including both dead and wounded. French forces suffered around 400,000 casualties, while German casualties were estimated at about 300,000. The battle became emblematic of the war's brutal attrition and the immense human cost involved in trench warfare. Verdun's high casualty rates underscored the devastating impact of the conflict on both military personnel and the civilian population.