Is therer a simple way to do a summary of all these battles, so we could get running poll going? Or is it better that we keep delving and debating?
I'm now starting to lean towards Gettysburg, having just checked it out, it combined the worst elements of massed infantry tactics coming up against new technology. The casualties weren't as fierce as WWI, but still...
The fiercest Battle of all time has got to be the Battle of the Atlantic,in sheer terms of importance,to conducting the second world war.What do you think was the single fiercest battle in history?
While a much smaller battle the intensity of loss @ Cold Harbor exceeds Gettysburg considerably. In big Battles, Sharpsburg is well ahead of Gettysburg.Is therer a simple way to do a summary of all these battles, so we could get running poll going? Or is it better that we keep delving and debating?
I'm now starting to lean towards Gettysburg, having just checked it out, it combined the worst elements of massed infantry tactics coming up against new technology. The casualties weren't as fierce as WWI, but still...
The average losses per division on both sides in Normandy were to exceed those for Soviet and German divisions during an equivalent period on the Eastern Front.
German losses on the eastern front averaged just under 1000 men per division per month.
In Normandy they averaged 2300 per division per month.
The calculation for the Red Army is much more complicated, BUT it would appear to be well under 1500 per division per month.
Allied casualties in Normandy were close to an average of 2000 per division per month.
In Iwo Jima I think died 20.000 japs and 5000 marines in a month (I think I remember that, but not sure at all)
The Somme tripled that in 1 day.
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