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Top 200 Worst Military Events Ever (by Deathtoll)  
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This lists mortalities from battles and other individual military operations or acts of violence, sorted by death toll.

1.	1,530,000 - Battle of Stalingrad (1942–1943) (figure for total casualties)
2.	1,500,000 - Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944)
3.	1,425,000 - Brusilov Offensive (4 June-20 September 1916) (total casualties)
4.	1,338,000 - Battle of Kursk (1943) (figure for total casualties)
5.	1,300,000+ - The Merv massacre 1221
6.	1,200,000 - The Urgench massacre 1220
7.	900,000 - Battle of Moscow (1941–1942)
8.	552,000 - Battle of Gallipoli (1916)
9.	500,000 - Battle of Smolensk (1941)
10.	400,000 - Battle of Kiev (1941)
11.	370,000 - Battle of Belarus (1941)
12.	330,000 - First Battle of the Marne (1914)
13.	310,000 - Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC)
14.	302,300 - Battle of Salsu (612)
15.	300,000 - Battle of the Somme (1916)
16.	280,000 - Warsaw Uprising (1944)
17.	280,000 - Second Battle of the Aisne (1917)
18.	270,000 - Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive (1942)
19.	270,000 - Battle of West Ukraine (1944)
20.	260,000 - Battle of Verdun (1916)
21.	260,000 - Battle of the Caucasus (1942)
22.	240,000 - Third Battle of the Aisne (1918)
23.	240,000(est) - Battle of Bibracte (58 BC)
24.	230,000 - Battle of Berlin (1945)
25.	230,000–350,000 - Battle of Kursk (1943)
26.	200,000+ - Battle of Chi Bi, China (208 AD)
27.	200,000 - Battle of Carthage (c.149 BC) (149 BC–146 BC)
28.	190,000 - Battle of West Ukraine (1941)
29.	180,000 - Battle of France (1940)
30.	175,000–350,000 - Operation Bagration (1944)
31.	170,000 - Battle of the Lower Dnieper (1943)
32.	170,000 - Battle of Königsberg (1945)
33.	165,000–300,000 Battle of Chalons (451)
34.	150,000 - Battle of Rostov (1941)
35.	150,000 - Battle of Okinawa (1945)
36.	150,000 - Battle of Passchendaele (1917)
37.	140,000 - Battle of Vercellae (101 BC)
38.	132,000 - Battle of Normandy (1944)
39.	130,000 - Battle of Budapest (1945)
40.	125,000 - Third Battle of Nanking (1864)
41.	125,000 - Battle of Lemberg (1914)
42.	120,000 - Battle of Arausio (105 BC)
43.	117,000 - Battle for the Liberation of Manila (1945)
44.	115,000 - Battle of the Frontiers (1914)
45.	105,000 - Operation Karbala-5 (1987)
46.	100,000 - Battle of Chernikov-Poltava (1943)
47.	100,000 - Battle of Smolensk (1943)
48.	100,000(est) - Battle of Lugdunum (197)
49.	100,000-300,000 - Tokyo firebombing by the USAF, 1945
50.	95,000(est) - Battle of Sarikamis (1915)
51.	90,000+ - Battle of Gwiju (1018)
52.	90,000 - Battle of Cambrai (1917) (1917)
53.	90,000 - Battle of Aquae Sextiae (102 BC)
54.	83,000 - Battle of the Baltic (1941)
55.	80,000 - Operation Ramadan (1982)
56.	80,000 - Battle of the Somme (1918)
57.	80,000 - Second Battle of the Marne (1918)
58.	80,000(est) - Battle of Watling Street (AD 61)
59.	74,000 - Battle of Polyarnoe-Karelia (1941)
60.	72,000+ - Battle of Belgorod (1943)
61.	70,000 - Second Battle of El Alamein (1942)
62.	70,000 - Second Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)
63.	70,000 - Second Battle of Anchialus (917)
64.	69,000 - Battle of Leyte (1944)
65.	66,000–237,062 - Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the USAF, (Japan, 1945)
66.	66,000 - Battle of Donbass (1943)
67.	65,000 - Battle of Lvov-Sandomierz (1944)
68.	62,000 - Battle of Artois (1915)
69.	61,000 - Battle of the Baltic (1944)
70.	60,000 - 100,000 Third Battle of Panipat, India, 1761
71.	60,000 - Battle of Basra (655)
72.	60,000 - Battle of Monte Cassino (1944)
73.	60,000 - Battle of Arras (1917)
74.	60,000 - First Battle of Ypres (1914)
75.	60,000 - Second Battle of Champagne (1915)
76.	56,000–66,000 - Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
77.	55,000 - Korsun Pocket (1944)
78.	55,000 - Battle of Voronezh (1942)
79.	50,000–80,000 - Battle of Salamis (480 BC)
80.	50,000 - Meuse-Argonne offensive (1918)
81.	50,000–46,000 - Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
82.	50,000 - Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo (1917)
83.	50,000 - Battle of Caporetto (1917)
84.	50,000 - Bombing of Hamburg in World War II (Germany, 1943)
85.	50,000 - Battle of Hsuchow (1927)
86.	49,000 - Battle of the Marshes (1984)
87.	45,000 - Fourth Battle of Kharkov (1943)
88.	45,000 - Battle of Hurtgen Forest (1944–1945)
89.	44,000 - Battle of the Crimea (1944)
90.	42,000 - Battle of the Seelow Heights (1945)
91.	43,000 - The Blitz (London, 1940 - 1941)
92.	40,000–56,000 - Tet Offensive (1968)
93.	40,000 - Battle of Imphal (1944)
94.	40,000 - Battle of Adrianople (378)
95.	40,000 - Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
96.	40,000 - Battle of Vaslui (1475)
97.	39,000–108,000 - Atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the USAF, (Japan, 1945)
98.	38,000 - Battle of the Bulge (1944–1945)
99.	37,000 - Battle of Tannenberg (1914)
100.	37,000 - Battle of Issus (333 BC)
101.	37,000 - Battle of Platea (479 BC)
102.	36,500 - Battle of the Ebro (1938)
103.	35,000 - Battle of Mukden (1905)
104.	32,000 - Battle of Lepanto (1571)
105.	31,000 - Battle of Thapsus (46 BC)
106.	31,000 - Battle of Taierzhuang (1937)
107.	30,000 - Hartmannswillerkopf (1914-1918)
108.	30,000 - Battle of Saipan (1944)
109.	30,000 - Battle of Konotop (1659)
110.	30,000 - Battle of Marignan (1515)
111.	30,000–50,000 - Battle of Naissus (268)
112.	30,000 - Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (9)
113.	30,300–34,000 - Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
114.	29,000 - Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
115.	28,000–38,000 - Battle of Towton, (Wars of the Roses, 1461)
116.	27,500 - Battle of Chosin Reservoir (1950)
117.	27,000 - Operation Badr (Iran-Iraq War) (1985)
118.	26,000 - Battle of Guadalcanal, (1942–1943)
119.	25,000 - Battle of Pydna (168 BC)
120.	25,000–60,000 - Bombing of Dresden in World War II, (in Germany by Allied forces, 1945)
121.	25,000 - Operation Dawn V (1984)
122.	24,000 - Battle of Mohács (1526)
123.	23,000 - Battle of Antietam (1862)
124.	22,500 - Battle of Leipzig (1813)
125.	21,000 - Battle of Guam (1944)
126.	20,000 - The Night Attack (1462)
127.	20,000–30,000 - Battle of Munda (45 BC)
128.	20,000 - Battle of the Trebia (218 BC)
129.	20,000 - Battle of Zama (202 BC)
130.	19,000 - Battle of Vienna (1683)
131.	19,500 - Battle of Borodino (1812)
132.	18,500 - Operation Market Garden (1944)
133.	17,000 - Battle of Bataan (1942)
134.	16,500 - Battle of Halhin Gol (1939)
135.	15,000 - Battle of Waterloo (1815)
136.	15,000 - Operation Karbala-4 (1986)
137.	15,000 - Battle of Lake Trasimene (217 BC)
138.	15,000 - Battle of Mohács (1526)
139.	13,500 - Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944)
140.	12,000 - Battle of Chancellorsville (1863)
141.	12,000 - Siege of Tobruk (1941)
142.	11,000 - Battle of Heraclea (180 BC)
143.	11,000 - Siege of Petersburg, Virginia (1864–1865)
144.	10,800 - Operation Mersad (1988)
145.	10,500 - Battle of Asculum (279 BC)
146.	10,360 - Battle of Mons Graupius (83 or 84)
147.	10,000 - Battle of Ði?n Biên Ph? (1954)
148.	10,000 - Battle of the Metaurus (207 BC)
149.	10,000 - Battle of Celaya (1913)
150.	9,500 - Battle at Lund (Slaget vid Lund) (1677)
151.	9,019 - Battle of Hansando (1592)
152.	8,700 - Battle of Cynoscephalae (197 BC)
153.	8,600 - Battle of Jutland (1916)
154.	8,400 - Battle of Tinian (1944)
155.	8,000+ - Battle of Agincourt, (Hundred Years' War, 1415)
156.	8,000 - Battle of Grunwald (1410)
157.	7,200 - Kokoda Track Campaign, (1942–1943)
158.	7,000–11,000 - Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC)
159.	7,500-8,500 - Bombings of Cap Arcona and Thielbek, (Germany, 1945)
160.	6,592 - Battle of Marathon (490 BC)
161.	6,500 - Battle of the Kasserine Pass (1943)
162.	5,600–6,600 Battle of Tali-Ihantala (1944)
163.	5,700 - Battle of Tarawa (1943)
164.	5,350+ - Battle of Suomussalmi (1939–1940)
165.	5,000–8,000 - Battle of Hastings (1066)
166.	5,000+ - Battle of Daraa (530)
167.	5,000+ - Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)
168.	4,614 - Outpost Harry (1953)
169.	4,360 - Battle of Chickamauga (1863)
170.	4,329 - Battle of Isandlwana (1879)
171.	4,175 - Battle of Leuthen (1757)
172.	4,000 - Battle of Okpo (1592)
173.	3,750 - Battle of the Wilderness (1864)
174.	3,477 - Battle of Shiloh (1862)
175.	3,205 - Second Battle of Bull Run (1862)
176.	3,000 - Taihoku air raid (Taiwan, 1943-1945)
177.	2,800 - Battle of Midway (1942)
178.	2,400 - La Noche Triste (1520)
179.	2000–5000 - Bombing of Le Havre by Allied forces (France, 1944)
180.	2,000+ - Battle of Vimeiro (August 20, 1808)
181.	2,000+ - Battle of Manzikert (1071)
182.	1,900 - First Battle of Fredericksburg (1862)
183.	1,705 - Battle of Cold Harbor (June 1-June 3, 1864)
184.	1,700 - Battle of Vicksburg (1863)
185.	1,645 - Bombing of Guernica (Spain, 1937)
186.	1500–4000 - Bombing of Caen by Allied forces (France, 1944)
187.	1,463 - Second Battle of Fallujah (2004)
188.	1,400 - Operation Linebacker 2 'Christmas bombing' (Vietnam), 1972)
189.	1,300 - Battle of Culloden (1746)
190.	1,015 - Battle of Bud Dajo (Philippines, 1906)
191.	1,000+ - Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC)
192.	868 - First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
193.	800-900 - Terror bombing of Rotterdam by Nazi Germany, 14 May 1940.
194.	700 - Battle of Hamburger Hill (1969)
195.	639 - Battle of San Jacinto (1836)
196.	586 - Battle of the Alamo (1836)
197.	567 - Battle of Rorke's Drift (1879)
198.	495 - Battle of Monongahela (1755)
199.	366 - Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
200.	350 - Battle of Spioen Kop (1900)
201.	302 - Battle of Little Bighorn (1876)
202.	215 - Battle of Tra Binh Dong (1967)
203.	200–2,850 - Battle for Fallujah (November 8–November 14, 2004)

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