What battle had the most death toll in world history?

Question

At what time and when where who and why? The largest battle ive heard of was in Ancient Rome when Publius Cornelius Scipio destroyed a carthaginian camp that was nearly 90 thousand people died.

Answer 1

1.8 million died (civilian, Red Army and Wehrmact soldiers).....battling in the rubble of Stalingrad takes the title and mosts deaths from both sides in a battle.

Answer 2

Until technology became sufficiently advanced most battles were limited to one day. I would discount most estimates of ancient battles as it is pretty much agreed they are grossly exaggerated. Some WW1 battles, such as Verdun and The Somme, had upwards of a million casualties. This does not eclipse Stalingrad though Stalin and later Soviet historians probably inflated the figures a little. It is widely accepted that 40,000 were killed with the first Axis air attack on the city. So Stalingrad was in all likelihood the bloodiest battle in history, but some of the WW1 battles were probably the most useless.

Answer 3

The battle of Stalingrad and the battle of Berlin, each battle at least two million killed. I think, nevertheless, the battle of Stalingrad was the worst killing death toll in world history.

Answer 4

I cheated and went to Wiki. They have an interesting break-out by individiual battle vs sieges. Overall, if you count it as one battle it was Stalengrad in WWII at 1.5 Million people. Check Wiki for details unless a real historian checks in here.

Answer 5

no i wouldnt say world war II the ww2 battles were horrible because of the weapons used... in more ancient times, there were often extremely large armies fighting head on until barely anyone was left standing, i cant really answer your question, but i can definitely say it wasnt in WW2, also i dont think the defense of stalingrad should be considered one battle...

Answer 6

I would give it to a WWII battle - when medicine was still in its infancy and weapons became modernized:

The battle of the ardennes was pretty terrible:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_bulge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad

Answer 7

Leningrad 1,530,000 deaths. Germans vrs. Russians.II WW
Stalingrad 1,500,000 deaths.................. Same
Kursks 1,100,000 deaths...................... Same

These are history´s bloodiest battles up to now.