which is the bloodiest battle ever fought?

Question

by this i mean in 1 day , the most no of casulties occur on a battle field.not like the battle of somme or leningard which were faught over the period of many months or dropping of atom bombs on japan, that was not a battle.

Answer 1

Supposedly the battle of Chalons was extremely massive claiming thousands of lives; but than again reports from these time periods are often wildly exaggerated. It was described as producing truely countless bodies. Some sources claim over 100,000 dead total for all sides of the battle.(Atilla himself supposedly had 300,000 men by himself; wildly exaggerated probably, but still a massive army.)

Another ancient canidate would be the battle of Cannae 79,000 Romans were defeated by a 50,000 man Carthaginian force losing around 48,000 men (Carthaginian troops took 8,000 prisoners after becoming sick of killing) Carthage lost 6,000 men. The gahstly total for the day was around 54,000 men.

Answer 2

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which is the bloodiest battle ever fought?
by this i mean in 1 day , the most no of casulties occur on a battle field.not like the battle of somme or leningard which were faught over the period of many months or dropping of atom bombs on japan, that was not a battle.

Answer 3

One source says the Battle of Towtown during the War of the Roses was the bloodiest with as many as 30,000 casualties in one day.

Answer 4

the battle of antietam

it was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with almost 23,000 casualties.

Answer 5

I think the bloodest war ever was probably the Civil War or the War of Independence. The bloodiest battle was some think like the bomb of Pearl Harbor or something around that.

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam
This battle was USA's bloodiest single day battle.
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/somme.htm
This battle of the Somme might be the most bloody in
history.

Answer 7

We have all different Ideas, But in a small confined space, 48 thousand dead, Got to be The battle of Waterloo,1815, Wellington, [British---------french] Napoleon.

Answer 8

It may not have seen the most killed in 1 day, but Gallipoli stands out as one of the bloodiest battles of all time. Check out this site:-

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWgallipoli.htm

Answer 9

Antietam is the bloodiest day in world history for most casualties in one day.

Of course Napoleon lost 610,000 DEAD in Russia but that was an entire campaign.....but then they were just as dead.

Answer 10

The Gallipoli landings and the battle of Somme.