Need a list of battles with most casualties?

Question

I'm doing a project where I need to know the battle that had the most casualties for us forces during each war from WW1 on. I've looked around and been having trouble finding out which ones held the most significant losses. Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the largest U.S. engagement of WW1. It began 26 September 1918 and ended 11 November 1918. In the three weeks fighting, the battle deaths of Americans numbered 18,000, a daily average of about 1,000.



WW2 The Battle of the Bulge with 19,275 killed. There were also 23,554 missing or taken prisoner. By comparison, 3,393 were killed on D-Day, 7,000 died at Iwo Jima and 12,000 died on Okinawa.
The worst defeat in U.S. history was the Battle of Bataan, Out of 30,000 U.S. troops and 120,000 Filipino troops, it is estimated that 10,000 were killed, 20,000 wounded, 75,000 prisoners, not counting some that escaped, either to Corregidor, other islands, or the jungle.



Battle of Chosin Reservoir Korea
2,500 dead,
192 missing,
5,000 wounded,
7,500 frostbite casualties
This would include US, UK, and South Korean Troops

battle of Ia Drang in November 1965. The Ia Drang was the single bloodiest battle of the war. An under-strength U.S. Army battalion of 450 men landed in the midst of 1,600 members of a PAVN regiment. There were two parts to the battle, one successful — the defense of Landing Zone X-Ray — another a debacle — the ambush of a second battalion at Landing Zone Albany — in which 155 Americans died in a 16-hour period, "the most savage one-day battle of the Vietnam War."

Answer 2

The largest loss of American lives in battle, for the time period you cited, was the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War Two. Second was the Battle of Okinawa. In Korea it was the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. In Vietnam it was either Khe Sanh or the one in the Parrot's Beak. The largest single loss of life during Operation Desert Storm did not come via a battle, but by way of a Scud missile striking a barracks in Saudi Arabia.
The largest single day loss of life in the war against terrorism came with the attack on the Pentagon of September 11, 2001.

Answer 3

Battle of the Somme - WWI

Battle Of Kursk, Stalingrad, Prussia, Normandy - WWII

Battle of Inchon - Korean War

Tet Offensive - Vietnam

Operation Desert Storm - First Gulf War

Operation Anaconda - War On Terror

Battle of Fallujah - Iraq War

Answer 4

Single Day loss of life;Antietam 1862
(American Civil War cost 680000 casualties-more casualties than all other wars, where US was a participant,put together.)

Answer 5

I am guessing but am pretty sure Iwo Jima gets that award for WWII.

Will guess Khe Sahn 68 in VietNam.

While our military has been hit hard a few times. Take a look at the other sides loss to get a perspective.

Answer 6

The USA has been always quit fashionable late getting into major wars and never achieved real high body counts, like the nations, who actually fought the wars.

Answer 7

this is a link to a WWI site
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/projects/jtap/rose/battle.html

Thats all I could find

Answer 8

look in ixquick,save it and do research from there