Deadliest Battles in History

Campaign · June 25, 1950 · Asia Theater

3,000,000 disputed

casualties

Soviet-Afghan War

Campaign · December 24, 1979 · Asia Theater

2,000,000 disputed

casualties

Revolt of the Three Feudatories

Campaign · December 28, 1673 · Southern China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Fujian) Theater

~2,000,000

casualties

Battle of Stalingrad

Battle · August 23, 1942 – February 2, 1943 · Eastern Front Theater

2,000,000 disputed

casualties

Brusilov Offensive

Campaign · June 4 – September 20, 1916 · Eastern Front Theater

1,800,000 disputed

casualties

Siege of Leningrad

Siege · September 8, 1941 – January 27, 1944 · Eastern Front Theater

1,500,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Berlin

Battle · April 16 – May 2, 1945 · Eastern Front Theater

1,300,000 disputed

casualties

Hundred Days Offensive

Campaign · August 8 – November 11, 1918 · Western Front Theater

1,200,000 disputed

casualties

Operation Barbarossa

Campaign · June 22 – December 5, 1941 · Eastern Front Theater

1,200,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of the Somme

Battle · July 1 – November 18, 1916 · Western Front Theater

1,100,000 disputed

casualties

Operation Ichigo

Campaign · April 19, 1944 · Central and South China Theater

900,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Kursk

Battle · July 4–23, 1943 · Eastern Front Theater

860,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Passchendaele (Third Ypres)

Battle · July 31 – November 10, 1917 · Western Front Theater

850,000 disputed

casualties

The Yangzhou Massacre

Siege · May 20, 1645 · Jiangsu (Yangtze Delta) Theater

800,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Verdun

Battle · February 21 – December 18, 1916 · Western Front Theater

700,000 disputed

casualties

Italian Campaign

Campaign · July 9, 1943 – May 2, 1945 · Mediterranean Theater

700,000 disputed

casualties

North Africa Campaign

Campaign · June 10, 1940 – May 13, 1943 · North Africa Theater

620,000 disputed

casualties

Siege of Jerusalem

Siege · April – September 70 AD · Judea Theater

600,000 disputed

casualties

Collectivization of Cambodia

Social event · 1975–1977 · Cambodia-wide Theater

500,000 disputed

casualties

Yellow River Flood (Huayuankou Incident)

Raid · June 9, 1938 · Central China — Yellow River Theater

500,000 disputed

casualties

The Yellow Turban Rebellion

Social event · 184 AD · North China Plain Theater

~500,000

casualties

Battle of Changping

Battle · 262–260 BC · Shangdang plateau (Shanxi) Theater

500,000 disputed

casualties

First Battle of the Marne

Battle · September 5–12, 1914 · Western Front Theater

500,000 disputed

casualties

German Spring Offensive (Operation Michael)

Campaign · March 21 – April 5, 1918 · Western Front Theater

500,000 disputed

casualties

Gallipoli Campaign

Campaign · April 25, 1915 – January 9, 1916 · Middle East Theater

474,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Wuhan

Battle · June 11, 1938 · Central China — Wuhan Theater

400,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Caporetto

Battle · October 24 – November 19, 1917 · Italian Front Theater

400,000 disputed

casualties

Fall of France

Campaign · May 10 – June 25, 1940 · Western Europe Theater

360,000 disputed

casualties

Red Terror

Social event · September 5, 1918 · All Soviet-controlled territory Theater

300,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Shanghai

Battle · August 13, 1937 · Central China — Shanghai Theater

300,000 disputed

casualties

Siege of Handan

Siege · 259–257 BC · Zhao capital (Hebei) Theater

300,000 disputed

casualties

Second Battle of the Marne

Battle · July 15 – August 6, 1918 · Western Front Theater

300,000 disputed

casualties

Fall of Nanjing

Campaign · December 13, 1937 · Central China — Nanjing Theater

250,000 disputed

casualties

First Battle of Ypres

Battle · October 19 – November 22, 1914 · Western Front Theater

250,000 disputed

casualties

Tambov Rebellion

Campaign · August 19, 1920 · Tambov Province, central Russia Theater

240,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Yique

Battle · 293 BC · Han–Wei frontier (near Luoyang) Theater

240,000 disputed

casualties

Siege of Sevastopol

Siege · October 17, 1854 · Crimea Theater

200,000 disputed

casualties

Siege and Surrender of Metz

Siege · August 19, 1870 · Lorraine Theater

200,000 reported

casualties

The Fall of Samarkand

Siege · 1220 · Central Asia (Khwarezmia) Theater

200,000 disputed

casualties

The Siege of Baghdad

Siege · February 1258 · Mesopotamia Theater

200,000 disputed

casualties

Denikin's Moscow Offensive

Campaign · July 3, 1919 · South Russia — Ukraine and the Don Theater

200,000 disputed

casualties

Battles of Changsha

Battle · September 17, 1939 · South China — Hunan Theater

200,000 disputed

casualties

The Sack of Delhi

Campaign · December 17, 1398 · Northern India Theater

200,000 disputed

casualties

Easter Offensive (Nguyen Hue Offensive)

Campaign · March 30 – October 22, 1972 · South Vietnam Theater

200,000 disputed

casualties

The Conquest of Chu

Battle · 225–223 BC · Chu (Huai River valley, Anhui) Theater

200,000 disputed

casualties

Invasion of Poland

Campaign · September 1–27, 1939 · Eastern Europe Theater

200,000 disputed

casualties

Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Raid · August 6 & 9, 1945 · Pacific Theater

200,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of the Bulge

Battle · December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945 · Western Europe Theater

186,000 disputed

casualties

Siege of Jiangyin

Siege · August 21, 1645 · Jiangsu (Yangtze Delta) Theater

~170,000

casualties

Battle of the Ebro

Battle · July–November 1938 · Ebro River Theater

170,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Tannenberg

Battle · August 26–30, 1914 · Eastern Front Theater

170,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Mukden

Battle · February 19 – March 10, 1905 · Manchuria Theater

164,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Okinawa

Battle · April 1 – June 22, 1945 · Pacific Theater

160,000 disputed

casualties

Siege and Destruction of Carthage

Siege · 149–146 BC · Carthage, North Africa (modern Tunisia) Theater

150,000 disputed

casualties

The Siege of Tenochtitlan

Siege · May 26 – August 13, 1521 · Valley of Mexico Theater

150,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Red Cliffs

Battle · Winter 208 AD · Yangtze River (modern Hubei) Theater

~150,000

casualties

Battle of Huayang

Battle · 273 BC · Wei–Zhao frontier (Henan) Theater

150,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Teruel

Battle · December 1937–February 1938 · Teruel Theater

140,000 disputed

casualties

Fall of Singapore

Campaign · February 8–15, 1942 · Pacific Theater

138,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of the Pusan Perimeter

Campaign · August 4 – September 15, 1950 · Southeast Korea Theater

130,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Leipzig (Battle of Nations)

Battle · October 16–19, 1813 · Central Europe / Germany Theater

127,000 disputed

casualties

Kolchak's Siberian Offensive

Campaign · March 4, 1919 · Urals and Western Siberia Theater

120,000 disputed

casualties

Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions

Campaign · 228 – 234 AD · Qinling Mountains and Wei River valley (modern Shaanxi/Gansu) Theater

~120,000

casualties

Battle of Ankara

Battle · July 20, 1402 · Anatolia (Ottoman Empire) Theater

~120,000

casualties

The Battle of Tong Pass

Battle · July 756 · Tong Pass, gateway to the western capital Theater

100,000 reported

casualties

The Battle of Xiangzhou (Siege of Yecheng)

Siege · March 759 · Yecheng (Anyang), Hebei Theater

100,000 disputed

casualties

Siege of Ostend

Siege · July 1601 – September 1604 · Flanders coast Theater

100,000 disputed

casualties

Siege of Paris

Siege · September 19, 1870 · Île-de-France Theater

100,000 disputed

casualties

Eastern Zone Purges

Social event · 1977–1978 · Eastern Cambodia Theater

100,000 disputed

casualties

The Conquest of Song China (Battle of Yamen)

Campaign · March 19, 1279 · South China Sea Theater

100,000 reported

casualties

The Harrying of the North

Norman Conquest

Campaign · Winter 1069 – 1070 · Northern England Theater

100,000 reported

casualties

Battle of Warsaw (Miracle on the Vistula)

Campaign · August 13, 1920 · Central Poland, Vistula River Theater

100,000 disputed

casualties

Siege of Osaka: The Summer Campaign

Siege · June 3, 1615 · Osaka Theater

100,000 disputed

casualties

Fall of Nanjing

Siege · July 19, 1864 · Jiangsu Province Theater

100,000 disputed

casualties

The Campaign Against Dong Zhuo

Campaign · 190 – 191 AD · Luoyang and the Central Plains Theater

~100,000

casualties

Battle of the Kondurcha River

Battle · June 18, 1391 · Volga Steppe (Golden Horde) Theater

~100,000

casualties

Battle of Maling

Battle · 342 BC · Wei–Qi frontier Theater

100,000 disputed

casualties

Fall of Zhao

Battle · 229–228 BC · Zhao (Hebei) Theater

100,000 disputed

casualties

The Flooding of Daliang (Fall of Wei)

Battle · 225 BC · Wei capital (Kaifeng, Henan) Theater

100,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of the Atlantic

Campaign · September 3, 1939 – May 8, 1945 · Atlantic Theater

100,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of the Terek River

Battle · April 15, 1395 · Caucasus (Golden Horde) Theater

~90,000

casualties

The Sack of Baghdad

Siege · July 1401 · Mesopotamia Theater

90,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Cambrai

Battle · November 20 – December 7, 1917 · Western Front Theater

90,000 disputed

casualties

Siege of Port Arthur

Siege · August 1 – January 2, 1904–1905 · Liaodong Peninsula Theater

88,780 disputed

casualties

Tet Offensive

Campaign · January 30 – September 23, 1968 · South Vietnam Theater

85,000 disputed

casualties

Operation Ramadan

Campaign · July 13 – August 1982 · Southern Iraq / Basra front Theater

~80,000

casualties

Fall of Shenyang and Liaoyang

Campaign · March 22, 1621 · Liaodong (modern Liaoning) Theater

~80,000

casualties

Battle of Borodino

Battle · September 7, 1812 · Russia Theater

80,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Pokrovsk

Battle · September 2024 – Early 2026 · Donetsk Oblast Theater

80,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Guandu

Battle · October 200 AD · Yellow River frontier (modern Henan) Theater

~80,000

casualties

Battle of Megiddo

Battle · September 19–25, 1918 · Middle East Theater

80,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Wagram

Battle · July 5–6, 1809 · Central Europe / Austria Theater

77,500 disputed

casualties

The Recapture of the Capitals

Campaign · October – November 757 · Chang'an and Luoyang Theater

70,000 disputed

casualties

Siege of Petersburg

Siege · June 9, 1864 – April 2, 1865 · Eastern Theater

70,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Cannae

Battle · August 2, 216 BC · Cannae, Apulia (southeastern Italy) Theater

70,000 disputed

casualties

Battle of Yiling (Xiaoting)

Battle · 222 AD · Yangtze Gorges (modern Hubei) Theater

~70,000

casualties

The Sack of Isfahan

Siege · November 1387 · Persia Theater

70,000 disputed

casualties

Fall of Atlanta

Campaign · July 22 – September 2, 1864 · Western Theater

66,666 disputed

casualties

Battle of Ulm

Battle · October 16–20, 1805 · Central Europe / Bavaria Theater

66,000 disputed

casualties

100

Battle of Mohi

Battle · April 11, 1241 · Hungary (Central Europe) Theater

65,000 disputed

casualties

101

Battle of Waterloo

Battle · June 18, 1815 · Belgium / Hundred Days Theater

65,000 disputed

casualties

102

The Siege of Plevna

Siege · July 20 – December 10, 1877 · Northern Bulgaria Theater

65,000 disputed

casualties

103

The Second Siege of Jinju

Siege · July 27, 1593 · South-central Korea Theater

63,000 reported

casualties

104

Battle of the Chosin Reservoir

Battle · November 27 – December 13, 1950 · Northeast Korea Theater

62,843 disputed

casualties

105

Battle of Jena–Auerstedt

Battle · October 14, 1806 · Central Europe / Prussia Theater

62,000 disputed

casualties

106

Battle of the Sha-Ho

Battle · October 5–17, 1904 · Manchuria Theater

61,696 disputed

casualties

107

Battle of Issus

Battle · November 333 BC · Syria / Asia Minor border Theater

60,000 disputed

casualties

108

The Siege of Suiyang

Siege · 757 · Suiyang (modern Shangqiu), Henan Theater

60,000 disputed

casualties

109

Siege of Adrianople (Edirne)

Siege · November 3, 1912 · Thrace Theater

60,000 disputed

casualties

110

The Second Arab Siege of Constantinople

Siege · 717 – 718 · Constantinople Theater

60,000 disputed

casualties

111

Battle of Shanhai Pass

Battle · May 27, 1644 · Great Wall (modern Hebei/Liaoning border) Theater

~60,000

casualties

112

The 2026 Offensives

Campaign · Spring – Summer 2026 · Donetsk Oblast — Kostiantynivka, Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia axis Theater

60,000 disputed

casualties

113

RPF Military Offensive

Campaign · April 8 – July 4, 1994 · Northern and Central Rwanda Theater

60,000 disputed

casualties

114

Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang

Battle · May 1, 1940 · Central China — Hubei Theater

60,000 disputed

casualties

115

The Battle of Fan Castle

Campaign · 219 AD · Fan Castle and Jing Province (modern Hubei) Theater

~60,000

casualties

116

Battle of Gaugamela

Battle · October 1, 331 BC · Mesopotamia (modern northern Iraq) Theater

55,000 disputed

casualties

117

Battle of Sarhu

Battle · April 14, 1619 · Manchuria (modern Liaoning) Theater

~55,000

casualties

118

Battle of Blenheim

Battle · August 13, 1704 · Bavaria Theater

54,000 disputed

casualties

119

Battle of Gettysburg

Battle · July 1–3, 1863 · Eastern Theater

51,112 disputed

casualties

120

The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

Fall of Rome

Battle · June 20, 451 AD · Gaul Theater

50,000 disputed

casualties

121

Crossing of the Berezina

Campaign · November 26–29, 1812 · Russia Theater

50,000 disputed

casualties

122

Sicilian Expedition — Siege of Syracuse

Siege · 415–413 BC · Sicily — Syracuse and surrounding territory Theater

50,000 disputed

casualties

123

Battle of Plataea

Battle · August 479 BC · Plataea, Boeotia Theater

50,000 disputed

casualties

124

Battle of Bakhmut

Battle · May 2022 – May 20, 2023 · Eastern Ukraine (Donbas) Theater

50,000 disputed

casualties

125

Battle of Tsaritsyn

Battle · July 22, 1918 · Lower Volga, Tsaritsyn (later Stalingrad) Theater

50,000 disputed

casualties

126

Bisesero Armed Resistance

Social event · May–June 1994 · Bisesero Hills, Kibuye Prefecture Theater

~50,000

casualties

127

Hutu Refugee Exodus to Goma

Social event · July 1994 · Goma, Zaire (DRC) Theater

~50,000

casualties

128

Battle of Taierzhuang

Battle · March 24, 1938 · North China — Xuzhou Theater

50,000 disputed

casualties

129

The Northern Expedition

Campaign · May 1853 · Henan / Zhili Province Theater

50,000 disputed

casualties

130

The Fall of Shu Han

Campaign · 263 AD · Shu (modern Sichuan) Theater

~50,000

casualties

131

Battle of Guadalcanal

Campaign · August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943 · Pacific Theater

50,000 disputed

casualties

132

Battle of Khartoum

Campaign · April 15, 2023 – March 2025 · Khartoum Theater

48,000 disputed

casualties

133

Concentration Camp Policy

Social event · September 1900 · Throughout South Africa Theater

~46,000

casualties

134

Sétif and Guelma Massacres

Raid · May 8, 1945 · Constantine region, eastern Algeria Theater

~45,000

casualties

135

Siege of Avaricum

Siege · February–March 52 BC · Central Gaul (Bourges, Bituriges territory) Theater

45,000 disputed

casualties

136

Battle of Yarmouk

Battle · August 636 · Syria (Yarmouk River) Theater

45,000 disputed

casualties

137

Battle of Austerlitz

Battle · December 2, 1805 · Central Europe Theater

~45,000

casualties

138

Battle of Britain

Battle · July 10 – October 31, 1940 · Western Europe Theater

~44,000

casualties

139

Battle of Kunersdorf

Battle · August 12, 1759 · Brandenburg (Europe) Theater

~43,000

casualties

140

Battle of Liaoyang

Battle · August 25 – September 3, 1904 · Manchuria Theater

~42,533

casualties

141

Siege of Tyre

☦️ Byzantine–Sasanian War

Siege · January–July 332 BC · Phoenicia (modern Lebanon) Theater

42,000 disputed

casualties

142

The Fall of Jerusalem

Siege · May 614 · Palestine Theater

40,000 disputed

casualties

143

The Simba Rebellion

Campaign · 1964 · Eastern Congo (Kivu, Orientale) Theater

~40,000

casualties

144

The Battle of Naissus

Battle · 268 or 269 · Moesia (Niš, modern Serbia) Theater

40,000 disputed

casualties

145

Siege of Acre

Siege · August 1189 – July 1191 · Levantine Coast Theater

40,000 disputed

casualties

146

Operation Kheibar

Campaign · February 24 – March 19, 1984 · Hawizeh Marshes Theater

~40,000

casualties

147

Operation Tawakalna ala Allah

Campaign · April – August 1988 · Southern Iraq / Faw Theater

~40,000

casualties

148

Siege of Jotapata

Siege · May – July 67 AD · Galilee Theater

40,000 disputed

casualties

149

Fall of Nanjing

Campaign · June 16, 1645 · Jiangsu (Southern Ming capital) Theater

~40,000

casualties

150

Battle of Eylau

Battle · February 7–8, 1807 · Eastern Europe / East Prussia Theater

~40,000

casualties

151

Battle of Salamis

Battle · September 480 BC · Straits of Salamis, near Athens Theater

40,000 disputed

casualties

152

Battle of Philippi

Battle · October–November 42 BC · Macedonia (northern Greece, near modern Kavala) Theater

40,000 disputed

casualties

153

Zaporizhzhia Counteroffensive

Campaign · June 4 – November 2023 · Southern Ukraine (Zaporizhzhia Oblast) Theater

40,000 disputed

casualties

154

Battle of Torgau

Battle · November 3, 1760 · Saxony (Europe) Theater

~40,000

casualties

155

Battle of El Fasher

Siege · April 2023 – October 27, 2025 · North Darfur Theater

40,000 disputed

casualties

156

Fall of Nanjing

Siege · March 19, 1853 · Jiangsu Province Theater

~40,000

casualties

157

The Fall of Eastern Wu — Jin Reunification

Campaign · 280 AD · Yangtze River and Wu territories (modern Jiangsu) Theater

~40,000

casualties

158

Campaign against the Mamluks — Sack of Damascus

Campaign · March 1401 · Syria (Mamluk Sultanate) Theater

~40,000

casualties

159

Battle of Malplaquet

Battle · September 11, 1709 · Spanish Netherlands Theater

~40,000

casualties

160

Battle of Guiling

Battle · 354–353 BC · Wei–Qi frontier (western Shandong) Theater

40,000 disputed

casualties

161

Battle of Taipale

Battle · December 6, 1939 · Karelian Isthmus Theater

~40,000

casualties

162

Battle of Sedan

Battle · September 1, 1870 · Ardennes Theater

~38,000

casualties

163

Siege of Vicksburg

Siege · May 18 – July 4, 1863 · Western Theater

~37,532

casualties

164

Battle of Zorndorf

Battle · August 25, 1758 · Brandenburg (Europe) Theater

~36,000

casualties

165

Battle of Lüleburgaz

Battle · October 28, 1912 · Thrace Theater

~35,000

casualties

166

Battle of Cape Ecnomus

Battle · 256 BC · Off Cape Ecnomus, southern Sicily Theater

35,000 disputed

casualties

167

Battle of Chickamauga

Battle · September 19–20, 1863 · Western Theater

~34,624

casualties

168

Battle of Gravelotte–St. Privat

Battle · August 18, 1870 · Lorraine Theater

~32,000

casualties

169

Battle of Sekigahara

Battle · October 21, 1600 · Mino Province Theater

~32,000

casualties

170

Battle of Ligny

Battle · June 16, 1815 · Belgium / Hundred Days Theater

~31,500

casualties

171

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

Battle · May 8–21, 1864 · Eastern Theater

~31,086

casualties

172

Battle of Aleppo

Siege · July 19, 2012 – December 22, 2016 · Aleppo Theater

31,000 disputed

casualties

173

Battle of Chancellorsville

Battle · May 1–6, 1863 · Eastern Theater

~30,764

casualties

174

Battle of Bregalnica

Battle · June 30, 1913 · Macedonia Theater

~30,000

casualties

175

Northern Pogroms Against Igbos

Social event · May 29, 1966 · Northern Nigeria Theater

30,000 disputed

casualties

176

Siege of Antioch

Siege · October 1097 – June 1098 · Syria Theater

30,000 disputed

casualties

177

The Paris Commune

Campaign · March 18, 1871 · Paris Theater

30,000 disputed

casualties

178

Battle of Faw Peninsula

Battle · February 9–26, 1986 · Southern Iraq / Gulf Theater

~30,000

casualties

179

Cambodia–Vietnam Border War

Campaign · 1977–1978 · Cambodia–Vietnam Border Theater

30,000 disputed

casualties

180

Vietnamese Invasion of Cambodia

Campaign · December 25, 1978 · Cambodian border Theater

~30,000

casualties

181

Fall of Beijing to Li Zicheng

Political event · April 25, 1644 · North China (Zhili) Theater

~30,000

casualties

182

Battle of the Kalka River

Battle · 1223 · Pontic Steppe (Rus) Theater

30,000 disputed

casualties

183

Battle of Munda

Battle · March 17, 45 BC · Hispania Baetica (Spain) Theater

30,000 disputed

casualties

184

Battle of Avdiivka

Battle · October 2023 – February 17, 2024 · Eastern Ukraine (Donbas) Theater

30,000 disputed

casualties

185

Evacuation of Crimea

Campaign · November 11, 1920 · Crimea — Sevastopol, Feodosiya, Kerch Theater

~30,000

casualties

186

Siege and Battle of Vienna

Siege · July 14 – September 12, 1683 · Austria Theater

~30,000

casualties

187

Battle of Zenta

Battle · September 11, 1697 · Serbia Theater

~30,000

casualties

188

Siege and Fall of Anqing

Siege · September 5, 1861 · Anhui Province Theater

~30,000

casualties

189

The Siege of Xiapi

Siege · 199 AD · Xu Province (modern Jiangsu) Theater

~30,000

casualties

190

Battle of the Wuzhang Plains

Battle · 234 AD · Wei River valley (modern Shaanxi) Theater

~30,000

casualties

191

Conquest of Khwarezm

Campaign · 1379 · Khwarezm (Central Asia) Theater

~30,000

casualties

192

The Partition of Jin — Precursor

Battle · 453 BC · Shanxi (state of Jin) Theater

30,000 disputed

casualties

193

Battle of Kollaa

Battle · December 7, 1939 · Ladoga Karelia Theater

~30,000

casualties

194

Battle of the Wilderness

Battle · May 5–7, 1864 · Eastern Theater

~28,791

casualties

195

Battle of Heartbreak Ridge

Battle · August 25 – October 15, 1951 · Central Korea Theater

~28,700

casualties

196

Battle of the Trebia

Battle · December 218 BC · Trebia River, northern Italy (Cisalpine Gaul) Theater

28,000 disputed

casualties

197

Battle of Slankamen

Battle · August 19, 1691 · Serbia Theater

~28,000

casualties

198

Battle of Towton

Battle · March 29, 1461 · England Theater

28,000 disputed

casualties

199

Battle of Iwo Jima

Battle · February 19 – March 26, 1945 · Pacific Theater

~28,000

casualties

200

Battle of Suomussalmi

Battle · December 11, 1939 · Central Finland Theater

~27,500

casualties

201

Battle of Nashville

Battle · December 15–16, 1864 · Western Theater

~26,561

casualties

202

Second Battle of Bull Run

Battle · August 28–30, 1862 · Eastern Theater

~25,251

casualties

203

Battle of the Çatalca Lines

Battle · November 17, 1912 · Thrace Theater

~25,000

casualties

204

The Russian Invasion of Manchuria

Campaign · July – October 1900 · Manchuria (northeast China) Theater

~25,000

casualties

205

Second Battle of Grozny

Battle · October 1999 – February 2000 · Grozny Theater

25,000 disputed

casualties

206

Operation Undeniable Victory

Campaign · March 22–29, 1982 · Khuzestan Theater

~25,000

casualties

207

Battle of Nahavand

Battle · 642 · Media (western Iran) Theater

25,000 disputed

casualties

208

Rafah Offensive

Campaign · May 7, 2024 – October 2024 · Southern Gaza / Rafah Theater

25,000 disputed

casualties

209

Battle of the Eurymedon

Battle · 466 BC · Eurymedon River mouth, southern Anatolia Theater

25,000 disputed

casualties

210

Battle of Lake Trasimene

Battle · June 217 BC · Lake Trasimene, Etruria (central Italy) Theater

25,000 disputed

casualties

211

Battle of Zama

Battle · October 202 BC · Near Zama, North Africa (modern Tunisia) Theater

25,000 disputed

casualties

212

Siege of Mariupol

Siege · February 24 – May 16, 2022 · Southern Ukraine Theater

25,000 disputed

casualties

213

Collapse of the Kursk Salient

Campaign · January – March 2025 · Kursk Oblast, Russia Theater

25,000 disputed

casualties

214

2026 Ukrainian Counteroffensive

Campaign · February – Summer 2026 · Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts Theater

25,000 disputed

casualties

215

Battle of Kazan

Battle · August 6, 1918 · Volga River Front, Kazan Theater

~25,000

casualties

216

Battle of Sheinovo

Battle · January 9, 1878 · Below the Shipka Pass Theater

~25,000

casualties

217

Siege of Buda

Siege · June 18 – September 2, 1686 · Hungary Theater

~25,000

casualties

218

Chongqing Bombing Campaign

Raid · February 18, 1938 · Southwest China — Chongqing Theater

~25,000

casualties

219

Battle of Brunete

Battle · July 1937 · Brunete Theater

~25,000

casualties

220

First Battle of Breitenfeld

Battle · September 17, 1631 · Saxony Theater

~25,000

casualties

221

Soviet Breakthrough at Summa

Battle · February 11, 1940 · Karelian Isthmus Theater

~25,000

casualties

222

Battle of Jutland

Battle · May 31 – June 1, 1916 · North Sea Theater

~25,000

casualties

223

Battle of Stones River

Battle · December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863 · Western Theater

~24,645

casualties

224

The Defence of the Shipka Pass

Campaign · August 1877 – January 1878 · Balkan Mountains Theater

~24,000

casualties

225

Battle of Leuthen

Battle · December 5, 1757 · Silesia (Europe) Theater

~24,000

casualties

226

Battle of Shiloh

Battle · April 6–7, 1862 · Western Theater

~23,746

casualties

227

Battle of Antietam

Battle · September 17, 1862 · Eastern Theater

~22,726

casualties

228

Battle of Kumanovo

Battle · October 23, 1912 · Macedonia Theater

~22,000

casualties

229

Battle of Rivoli

Battle · January 14–15, 1797 · Lake Garda, Northern Italy Theater

~22,000

casualties

230

Battle of Teutoburg Forest

Battle · September 9 AD · Teutoburg Forest, Germania Theater

22,000 disputed

casualties

231

Battle of Sluys

Battle · June 24, 1340 · Flanders Theater

~22,000

casualties

232

Battle of Thermopylae

Battle · August 480 BC · The Hot Gates, central Greece Theater

22,000 disputed

casualties

233

Battle of Lützen

Battle · November 16, 1632 · Saxony Theater

~22,000

casualties

234

Battle of Dien Bien Phu

Siege · March 13 – May 7, 1954 · North Vietnam Theater

~22,000

casualties

235

Battle of Fontenoy

Battle · May 11, 1745 · Austrian Netherlands (Belgium) Theater

~22,000

casualties

236

Siege of Lille

Siege · August 12 – December 9, 1708 · Spanish Netherlands Theater

~22,000

casualties

237

Battle of Tsushima

Battle · May 27–28, 1905 · Korea Strait Theater

~21,117

casualties

238

Battle of Sandepu

Battle · January 25–29, 1905 · Manchuria Theater

~21,000

casualties

239

Sack of Magdeburg

Raid · May 20, 1631 · Northern Germany Theater

~20,300

casualties

240

The Siege of Yongqiu

Siege · 756 · Henan (eastern China) Theater

20,000 disputed

casualties

241

Siege of Shkodër (Scutari)

Siege · October 28, 1912 · Albania Theater

~20,000

casualties

242

The Boxer Uprising

☦️ Byzantine–Sasanian War

Social event · 1899 – June 1900 · Shandong and Zhili provinces, North China Theater

~20,000

casualties

243

The Siege of Constantinople

Siege · July – August 626 · Constantinople Theater

20,000 disputed

casualties

244

The Battle of Abritus

Battle · June 251 · Moesia (modern Bulgaria) Theater

20,000 disputed

casualties

245

Battle of Adrianople

Fall of Rome

Battle · August 9, 378 AD · Balkans (Thrace) Theater

20,000 reported

casualties

246

Battle of Wörth

Battle · August 6, 1870 · Alsace Theater

~20,000

casualties

247

Battle of Hohenlinden

Battle · December 3, 1800 · Bavaria, Germany Theater

~20,000

casualties

248

Battle of the Vosges

Battle · September 58 BC · Alsace (Rhine plain) Theater

20,000 disputed

casualties

249

Siege of Ulsan

Siege · December 1597 – January 1598 · South-east coast Theater

~20,000

casualties

250

Recapture of Khorramshahr

Campaign · May 22–25, 1982 · Khuzestan Theater

~20,000

casualties

251

Battle of al-Qadisiyyah

Battle · November 636 · Mesopotamia (Iraq) Theater

20,000 disputed

casualties

252

Battle of the Masts (Dhat al-Sawari)

Battle · 655 · Mediterranean, off the coast of Anatolia Theater

20,000 disputed

casualties

253

Battle of Talas

Battle · July 751 · Central Asia (Talas River) Theater

20,000 disputed

casualties

254

Battle of Khan Younis

Campaign · December 2023 – April 2024 · Southern Gaza Theater

20,000 disputed

casualties

255

Forced Evacuation of Phnom Penh

Social event · April 17–20, 1975 · Phnom Penh, Cambodia Theater

~20,000

casualties

256

Fall of Seoul (January 1951)

Campaign · January 4, 1951 · Central Korea Theater

~20,000

casualties

257

Battle of Pharsalus

Battle · August 9, 48 BC · Thessaly (central Greece) Theater

20,000 disputed

casualties

258

Kursk Incursion

Campaign · August 6, 2024 – March 2025 · Kursk Oblast, Russia Theater

20,000 disputed

casualties

259

The Burning of Mount Hiei

Raid · September 29, 1571 · Ōmi–Yamashiro border Theater

20,000 disputed

casualties

260

Siege of Osaka: The Winter Campaign

Siege · November 1614 – January 1615 · Osaka Theater

~20,000

casualties

261

Second Battle of Mohács

Battle · August 12, 1687 · Hungary Theater

~20,000

casualties

262

Battle of Madrid

Battle · November 1936–March 1937 · Madrid Theater

~20,000

casualties

263

Gordon and the Ever Victorious Army

Campaign · March 1863 · Jiangsu Province Theater

~20,000

casualties

264

Battle of Ramillies

Battle · May 23, 1706 · Spanish Netherlands Theater

~20,000

casualties

265

Battle of Oudenarde

Battle · July 11, 1708 · Spanish Netherlands Theater

~20,000

casualties

266

Battle of Viipuri

Battle · February 25, 1940 · Karelian Isthmus Theater

~20,000

casualties

267

D-Day — Operation Overlord

Campaign · June 6, 1944 · Western Europe Theater

~20,000

casualties

268

Operation Peace for Galilee — Second Israeli Invasion

Campaign · June 6, 1982 · All of Lebanon Theater

~19,000

casualties

269

Battle of Marengo

Battle · June 14, 1800 · Northern Italy Theater

~19,000

casualties

270

Battle of Nördlingen

Battle · September 6, 1634 · Swabia Theater

~19,000

casualties

271

Battle of Rocroi

Battle · May 19, 1643 · Spanish Netherlands Theater

~19,000

casualties

272

Battle of Fredericksburg

Battle · December 13, 1862 · Eastern Theater

~18,030

casualties

273

Battle of the Persian Gates

Siege · January 330 BC · Persia (modern Iran, Zagros Mountains) Theater

18,000 disputed

casualties

274

Siege of Breda

Siege · August 1624 – June 5, 1625 · Brabant Theater

~18,000

casualties

275

Battle of Bibracte

Battle · June 58 BC · Central Gaul (Burgundy) Theater

18,000 disputed

casualties

276

Battle of Tunis

Battle · 255 BC · Near Tunis, North Africa (modern Tunisia) Theater

18,000 disputed

casualties

277

Battle of Zela

Battle · May 21, 47 BC · Pontus (northern Turkey) Theater

18,000 disputed

casualties

278

Liberation of Seoul

Campaign · September 25–28, 1950 · Central Korea Theater

~17,500

casualties

279

Siege of Beirut

Siege · June 13, 1982 · Beirut Theater

~17,500

casualties

280

Battle of Raate Road

Battle · January 1, 1940 · Central Finland Theater

~17,500

casualties

281

Battle of Cold Harbor

Battle · May 31 – June 12, 1864 · Eastern Theater

~17,332

casualties

282

Tuol Sleng / S-21 Prison

Social event · 1975–1979 · Phnom Penh, Cambodia Theater

17,000 disputed

casualties

283

Operation Market Garden

Campaign · September 17–25, 1944 · Western Europe Theater

~17,000

casualties

284

Battle of the Hydaspes

Battle · May 326 BC · India (modern Punjab, Pakistan) Theater

16,000 disputed

casualties

285

Battle of Inkerman

Battle · November 5, 1854 · Crimea Theater

~16,000

casualties

286

Battle of Marengo

Battle · June 14, 1800 · Piedmont, Northern Italy Theater

~16,000

casualties

287

Battle of Marignano

Battle · September 13–14, 1515 · Lombardy Theater

~16,000

casualties

288

Battle of Trafalgar

Battle · October 21, 1805 · Atlantic / Naval Theater

~15,447

casualties

289

Battle of Kirk Kilisse

Battle · October 22, 1912 · Thrace Theater

~15,000

casualties

290

The Sack of Peking and the Punitive Expeditions

Raid · August 1900 – 1901 · Peking and North China Theater

~15,000

casualties

291

The Catastrophic Winter

Disease outbreak · November 14, 1854 · Crimea Theater

~15,000

casualties

292

The Capture of Valerian at Edessa

Battle · 260 · Mesopotamia (Edessa) Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

293

Siege of Jerusalem

Siege · June – July 1099 · Judea Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

294

The Armada and the Battle of Gravelines

Campaign · August 8, 1588 · The Channel and the Flemish coast Theater

~15,000

casualties

295

Battle of Fleurus

Battle · June 26, 1794 · Austrian Netherlands (modern Belgium) Theater

~15,000

casualties

296

Battle of the Sambre

Battle · July 57 BC · Belgica (modern Belgium) Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

297

War of the Cities

Campaign · 1985–1988 · Iraqi and Iranian cities Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

298

Battle of Guadalete

Battle · July 711 · Hispania (southern Spain) Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

299

Battle of Gaza City

Campaign · October 27 – December 2023 · Northern Gaza Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

300

The Siege of Rome

Siege · 537 – 538 · Rome, Italy Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

301

Battle of Celaya

Battle · April 6, 1915 · Guanajuato, Central Mexico Theater

~15,000

casualties

302

Siege of Ningyuan

Siege · February 10, 1626 · Liaodong corridor (modern Liaoning) Theater

~15,000

casualties

303

Qing Conquest of Taiwan

Battle · July 16, 1683 · Taiwan Strait and the Penghu Islands Theater

~15,000

casualties

304

Battle of Mycale

Battle · August 479 BC · Cape Mycale, Ionia (western Turkey) Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

305

Battle of Actium

Battle · September 2, 31 BC · Epirus (western Greece, Gulf of Ambracia) Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

306

Battle of Sievierodonetsk

Battle · May 12 – July 3, 2022 · Eastern Ukraine (Luhansk Oblast) Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

307

Kronstadt Uprising

Social event · March 1, 1921 · Kronstadt Naval Fortress, Gulf of Finland Theater

~15,000

casualties

308

Siege of Belgrade

Siege · August 16 – September 6, 1688 · Serbia Theater

~15,000

casualties

309

Battle of the Sinai

Campaign · June 5–8, 1967 · Sinai Peninsula Theater

~15,000

casualties

310

Massacre at El Geneina

Campaign · June 2023 · West Darfur Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

311

RSF Darfur Offensive

Campaign · April – December 2023 · Darfur Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

312

The Kordofan Campaign

Campaign · 2026 – Present · North, South and West Kordofan Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

313

Battle of Homs

Siege · February 2011 – May 2014 · Homs Theater

15,000 disputed

casualties

314

Battle for Shanghai

Battle · March 1862 · Jiangsu Province Theater

~15,000

casualties

315

Battle of Hefei

Battle · August 215 AD · Hefei (modern Anhui) Theater

~15,000

casualties

316

Rise to Power — Battle of Balkh

Political event · 1370 · Transoxiana Theater

~15,000

casualties

317

Siege of Khe Sanh

Siege · January 21 – July 9, 1968 · South Vietnam Theater

~15,000

casualties

318

Battle of Hohenfriedberg

Battle · June 4, 1745 · Silesia Theater

~15,000

casualties

319

Fall of the Mannerheim Line

Campaign · February 17, 1940 · Karelian Isthmus Theater

~15,000

casualties

320

Battle of Inchon

Campaign · September 15–19, 1950 · West Coast Korea Theater

~14,232

casualties

321

Siege of Haarlem

Siege · December 1572 – July 1573 · Holland Theater

~14,000

casualties

322

Battle of Zurich

Battle · September 25–26, 1799 · Switzerland Theater

~14,000

casualties

323

Siege and Storming of Delhi

Siege · June 8 – September 21, 1857 · North India Theater

~14,000

casualties

324

Battle of Khorramshahr

Battle · September 22 – November 10, 1980 · Khuzestan Theater

~14,000

casualties

325

Battle of Pavia

Battle · February 24, 1525 · Lombardy Theater

~14,000

casualties

326

Battle of Lauffeld

Battle · July 2, 1747 · Austrian Netherlands (Belgium) Theater

~14,000

casualties

327

Siege of Sarajevo

Siege · April 5, 1992 – February 29, 1996 · Central Bosnia Theater

13,952 disputed

casualties

328

Kosovo War

Campaign · February 28, 1998 – June 10, 1999 · Kosovo Theater

13,535 disputed

casualties

329

SAF Northern Counteroffensive

Campaign · September 2024 – March 2025 · North Khartoum / Nile Corridor Theater

13,000 disputed

casualties

330

Siege and Relief of Lucknow

Siege · June 30 – November 19, 1857 · North India Theater

~12,800

casualties

331

Siege of Gaza

Siege · 332 BC · Judea / Sinai (modern Gaza) Theater

12,000 disputed

casualties

332

Philippeville Massacres

Raid · August 20, 1955 · Constantine region, northeastern Algeria Theater

~12,000

casualties

333

The Battle of Emesa

Battle · 272 · Syria (Emesa, modern Homs) Theater

12,000 disputed

casualties

334

Battle of Aboukir

Battle · July 25, 1799 · Aboukir Peninsula, Egypt Theater

~12,000

casualties

335

The Recapture of Pyongyang

Siege · January 8, 1593 · Northern Korea Theater

~12,000

casualties

336

Battle of Noryang

Battle · December 16, 1598 · Noryang strait Theater

12,000 reported

casualties

337

Battle of Ajnadayn

Battle · July 634 · Palestine Theater

12,000 disputed

casualties

338

Battle of Tours (Poitiers)

Battle · October 732 · Gaul (Frankish kingdom) Theater

12,000 disputed

casualties

339

Battle of Ravenna

Battle · April 11, 1512 · Romagna Theater

~12,000

casualties

340

The Sack of Rome

Raid · May 6, 1527 · Rome Theater

~12,000

casualties

341

Battle of the Volturnus (Casilinum)

Battle · 554 · Casilinum, Campania, Italy Theater

12,000 disputed

casualties

342

The Siege of Khartoum

Siege · March 1884 – January 26, 1885 · Confluence of the Blue and White Nile Theater

~12,000

casualties

343

Battle of Omdurman

Battle · September 2, 1898 · Outside Omdurman, opposite Khartoum Theater

~12,000

casualties

344

The Final Assault — May 29

Siege · May 29, 1453 · Theodosian Walls, Gate of St. Romanos, Constantinople Theater

~12,000

casualties

345

Battles of Cyprus and the Peace of Callias

Battle · 450–449 BC · Cyprus and eastern Mediterranean Theater

12,000 disputed

casualties

346

Battle of Thapsus

Battle · April 6, 46 BC · Africa (Tunisia) Theater

12,000 disputed

casualties

347

Battle of Naulochus

Battle · September 3, 36 BC · Sicily (Strait of Messina) Theater

12,000 disputed

casualties

348

Battle of Kyiv

Campaign · February 24 – March 30, 2022 · Northern Ukraine Theater

12,000 disputed

casualties

349

Battle of the Aladzha Heights

Battle · October 15, 1877 · Caucasus front (near Kars) Theater

~12,000

casualties

350

Kibuye Prefecture Massacres

Social event · April 17, 1994 · Kibuye Prefecture Theater

12,000 disputed

casualties

351

Battle of Nagashino

Battle · June 28, 1575 · Mikawa Province Theater

~12,000

casualties

352

Battle of Minden

Battle · August 1, 1759 · Westphalia (Europe) Theater

~12,000

casualties

353

Battle of Párkány

Battle · October 9, 1683 · Hungary Theater

~12,000

casualties

354

Siege of El Obeid

Siege · 2024 – Present · North Kordofan Theater

12,000 disputed

casualties

355

Battle of Chotusitz

Battle · May 17, 1742 · Bohemia Theater

~12,000

casualties

356

Battle of Ceresole

Battle · April 11, 1544 · Piedmont Theater

~11,000

casualties

357

Battle of El Obeid (Shaykan)

Battle · November 3–5, 1883 · Kordofan, western Sudan Theater

~11,000

casualties

358

Battle of the Metaurus

Battle · 207 BC · Metaurus River, Umbria (central Italy) Theater

11,000 disputed

casualties

359

Battle of Bannockburn

Battle · June 23–24, 1314 · Near Stirling Castle Theater

11,000 disputed

casualties

360

Battle of Jankau

Battle · March 6, 1645 · Bohemia Theater

~11,000

casualties

361

Battle of Kesselsdorf

Battle · December 15, 1745 · Saxony Theater

~11,000

casualties

362

Battle of Chorrillos

Battle · January 13, 1881 · Approaches to Lima, Peru Theater

~11,000

casualties

363

The Halloween Massacre

Social event · October 30 – November 1, 1992 · Luanda Theater

10,000 disputed

casualties

364

French Assault on the Malakhov

Battle · September 8, 1855 · Crimea Theater

~10,000

casualties

365

The Reunification under Aurelian

Battle · 274 · Gaul (Châlons) Theater

10,000 disputed

casualties

366

Siege of Antwerp

Siege · July 1584 – August 17, 1585 · Scheldt estuary Theater

~10,000

casualties

367

Battle of Chilcheollyang

Battle · August 28, 1597 · South coast Theater

~10,000

casualties

368

Iraqi Invasion of Khuzestan

Campaign · September 22, 1980 · Khuzestan / Shatt al-Arab Theater

10,000 disputed

casualties

369

Khmer Rouge Jungle Resistance

Campaign · 1979–1998 · Thai–Cambodian Border Theater

~10,000

casualties

370

Battle of Mylae

Battle · 260 BC · Off Mylae, northern Sicily Theater

10,000 disputed

casualties

371

The Alexandrian War

Battle · October 48 – March 47 BC · Alexandria, Egypt Theater

10,000 disputed

casualties

372

Battle of Mutina

Battle · April 14–21, 43 BC · Cisalpine Gaul (northern Italy) Theater

10,000 disputed

casualties

373

Nyamata Church Massacre

Social event · April 14–15, 1994 · Bugesera District Theater

10,000 disputed

casualties

374

Battle of Falkirk

Battle · July 22, 1298 · Falkirk, central Scotland Theater

~10,000

casualties

375

Battle of Rossbach

Battle · November 5, 1757 · Saxony (Europe) Theater

~10,000

casualties

376

Battle of Jarama

Battle · February 1937 · Jarama River Theater

~10,000

casualties

377

Battle of Omdurman

Battle · April 2023 – 2024 · Khartoum (Omdurman) Theater

10,000 disputed

casualties

378

Battle of Hue

Campaign · January 31 – March 3, 1968 · South Vietnam Theater

~10,000

casualties

379

Fall of Saigon

Political event · April 29–30, 1975 · South Vietnam Theater

~10,000

casualties

380

Battle of Soor

Battle · September 30, 1745 · Bohemia Theater

~10,000

casualties

381

Battle of Rocoux

Battle · October 11, 1746 · Austrian Netherlands (Belgium) Theater

~10,000

casualties

382

Battle of Turin

Battle · September 7, 1706 · Italy Theater

~10,000

casualties

383

Battle of the Nile

Battle · August 1–2, 1798 · Mediterranean / Egypt Theater

~9,895

casualties

384

Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch

Siege · May – September 14, 1629 · Brabant Theater

~9,000

casualties

385

Battle of Arcola

Battle · November 15–17, 1796 · Venetian territory, Northern Italy Theater

~9,000

casualties

386

Ambush at Atuatuca

Battle · November 54 BC · Belgica (modern Belgium, near Tongeren) Theater

9,000 disputed

casualties

387

Battle of Pontes Longi

Battle · 15 AD · Ems River, Germania Theater

9,000 disputed

casualties

388

Battle of Hansan Island

Battle · August 14, 1592 · South coast, Gyeonnaeryang strait Theater

~9,000

casualties

389

Siege of Sacheon

Siege · October 30, 1598 · South coast Theater

~9,000

casualties

390

Siege of Gamla

Siege · October – November 67 AD · Golan Theater

9,000 disputed

casualties

391

Battle of Zacatecas

Battle · June 23, 1914 · Zacatecas, Central Mexico Theater

~9,000

casualties

392

Battle of Quatre Bras

Battle · June 16, 1815 · Belgium / Hundred Days Theater

~9,000

casualties

393

Battle of Hastings

Norman Conquest

Battle · October 14, 1066 · Southern England Theater

9,000 disputed

casualties

394

Battle of Artemisium

Battle · August 480 BC · Straits of Artemisium, northern Euboea Theater

9,000 disputed

casualties

395

The Komaki-Nagakute Campaign

Campaign · March – November 1584 · Owari Province Theater

~9,000

casualties

396

Siege of Kadugli

Siege · 2025 – Present · South Kordofan Theater

9,000 disputed

casualties

397

Battle of Mollwitz

Battle · April 10, 1741 · Silesia Theater

~9,000

casualties

398

Battle of Verneuil

Battle · August 17, 1424 · Normandy Theater

~8,600

casualties

399

The Landing at Busan

Siege · May 25, 1592 · Southeastern Korea Theater

~8,500

casualties

400

Siege of Yorktown

Siege · September 28 – October 19, 1781 · Southern Theater

~8,476

casualties

401

Battle of Agincourt

Battle · October 25, 1415 · Northern France Theater

~8,450

casualties

402

Srebrenica Massacre

Social event · July 11 – 22, 1995 · Eastern Bosnia Theater

8,372 disputed

casualties

403

Operation Desert Sabre — The Left Hook

Campaign · February 24, 1991 · Kuwait / Iraq Theater

8,148 disputed

casualties

404

Siege of Ladysmith

Siege · November 2, 1899 · Natal Theater

~8,000

casualties

405

Battle of the Alma

Battle · September 20, 1854 · Crimea Theater

~8,000

casualties

406

Battle of Arsuf

Battle · September 7, 1191 · Levantine Coast Theater

8,000 reported

casualties

407

The Siege and Relief of Leiden

Siege · October 3, 1574 · Holland Theater

~8,000

casualties

408

The Spanish Fury at Antwerp

Raid · November 4, 1576 · Brabant Theater

~8,000

casualties

409

Battle of Jemappes

Battle · November 6, 1792 · Austrian Netherlands (modern Belgium) Theater

~8,000

casualties

410

Tiberius Pacifies Germania

Battle · 5 AD · Weser Region Theater

8,000 disputed

casualties

411

Spanish and British Intervention

Campaign · September 1793 · Northern Province Theater

~8,000

casualties

412

Battle of Tangeumdae

Battle · June 7, 1592 · Chungju, central Korea Theater

~8,000

casualties

413

Battle of Dezful

Battle · January 5 – March 1981 · Khuzestan Theater

~8,000

casualties

414

Battle of St. Quentin

Battle · August 10, 1557 · Picardy, northern France Theater

~8,000

casualties

415

The Sack of Constantinople

Raid · May 29 – June 1, 1453 · Constantinople, throughout the city Theater

~8,000

casualties

416

Battle of Cyzicus

Battle · 410 BC · Sea of Marmara (Propontis) Theater

8,000 disputed

casualties

417

Battle of Lade

Battle · 494 BC · Aegean Sea (off Miletus) Theater

8,000 disputed

casualties

418

Battle of Ilerda

Battle · June–August 49 BC · Hispania Citerior (Spain) Theater

8,000 disputed

casualties

419

Kharkiv Counteroffensive

Campaign · September 6 – October 2, 2022 · Northeastern Ukraine Theater

8,000 disputed

casualties

420

Liberation of Kherson

Campaign · August – November 11, 2022 · Southern Ukraine Theater

8,000 disputed

casualties

421

Czechoslovak Legion Seizes Trans-Siberian Railway

Campaign · May 25, 1918 · Trans-Siberian Railway, Siberia Theater

~8,000

casualties

422

The Sack of Berwick

Raid · March 30, 1296 · Anglo-Scottish border Theater

8,000 disputed

casualties

423

The Fall of Ishiyama Hongan-ji

Siege · August 2, 1580 · Settsu Province Theater

~8,000

casualties

424

Siege of Odawara

Siege · April – July 5, 1590 · Sagami Province Theater

~8,000

casualties

425

Battle of Lugos

Battle · September 22, 1695 · Transylvania Theater

~8,000

casualties

426

Battle of Rain / Crossing of the Lech

Battle · April 15–16, 1632 · Bavaria Theater

~8,000

casualties

427

Battle of Dettingen

Battle · June 27, 1743 · Germany (Main River) Theater

~8,000

casualties

428

Battle of Denain

Battle · July 24, 1712 · Spanish Netherlands Theater

~8,000

casualties

429

Battle of Marathon

Battle · September 490 BC · Marathon plain, Attica Theater

7,200 disputed

casualties

430

Battle of Jemmingen

Battle · July 21, 1568 · Ems estuary Theater

~7,000

casualties

431

Battle of the Downs

Battle · October 31, 1639 · The Channel, off the English coast Theater

~7,000

casualties

432

Siege of Calais

Siege · August 1346 – August 1347 · Northern France Theater

~7,000

casualties

433

Siege of Orléans

Siege · October 1428 – May 1429 · Loire Valley Theater

~7,000

casualties

434

Siege of Azov

Siege · May – July 19, 1696 · Sea of Azov Theater

~7,000

casualties

435

Battle of Luzzara

Battle · August 15, 1702 · Italy Theater

~7,000

casualties

436

Battle of Tacna (Alto de la Alianza)

Battle · May 26, 1880 · Tacna, southern Peru Theater

~7,000

casualties

437

The Storming of Kars

Siege · November 17, 1877 · Caucasus front (eastern Anatolia) Theater

~6,500

casualties

438

Battle of Lostwithiel

Battle · August 21 – September 2, 1644 · West Theater

~6,250

casualties

439

Battle of Naseby

Battle · June 14, 1645 · Midlands Theater

~6,100

casualties

440

Battle of the Malli

Battle · November 326 BC · India (modern Punjab / Sindh border, Pakistan) Theater

6,000 disputed

casualties

441

Battles of the Morice Line

Campaign · September 1, 1957 · Algerian-Tunisian border Theater

~6,000

casualties

442

Battle of Cuito Cuanavale

Battle · November 1987 – March 1988 · Cuando Cubango province Theater

~6,000

casualties

443

Battle of Paardeberg

☦️ Byzantine–Sasanian War

Battle · February 18, 1900 · Orange Free State Theater

~6,000

casualties

444

The Battle of Nineveh

Battle · December 12, 627 · Mesopotamia (near ancient Nineveh) Theater

6,000 reported

casualties

445

Siege of Louisbourg

Siege · June 8 – July 26, 1758 · Maritime Canada Theater

~6,000

casualties

446

Siege of Toulon

Siege · September – December 1793 · Mediterranean coast, France Theater

~6,000

casualties

447

Battle of the Nile

Battle · August 1–2, 1798 · Aboukir Bay, Egypt Theater

~6,000

casualties

448

Battle of Arbalo

Battle · 11 BC · Westphalia Theater

6,000 disputed

casualties

449

Battle of Byeokjegwan

Battle · February 27, 1593 · North of Seoul Theater

~6,000

casualties

450

Siege of Haengju

Siege · March 14, 1593 · Hill fort north-west of Seoul Theater

~6,000

casualties

451

Battle of Agnadello

Battle · May 14, 1509 · Lombardy Theater

~6,000

casualties

452

Battle of Beth Horon

Battle · November 66 AD · Judea Theater

6,000 disputed

casualties

453

Battle of Taginae (Busta Gallorum)

Battle · July 552 · Apennines, Umbria, Italy Theater

6,000 reported

casualties

454

Syrian Military Intervention

Campaign · June 1, 1976 · Northern and Eastern Lebanon Theater

~6,000

casualties

455

The Second Grand Assault

Siege · May 7, 1453 · Multiple Wall Sectors, Constantinople Theater

~6,000

casualties

456

Battle of Kharkiv

Battle · February 24 – May 14, 2022 · Northeastern Ukraine Theater

6,000 disputed

casualties

457

Fall of Port Arthur

Political event · January 2, 1905 · Liaodong Peninsula Theater

6,000 reported

casualties

458

Battle of Lovcha

Battle · September 1, 1877 · Northern Bulgaria Theater

~6,000

casualties

459

Battle of Plovdiv (Philippopolis)

Battle · January 15–17, 1878 · Thrace, southern Bulgaria Theater

~6,000

casualties

460

Battle of Stirling Bridge

Battle · September 11, 1297 · River Forth, Stirling Theater

~6,000

casualties

461

Battle of Yamazaki

Battle · July 2, 1582 · Yamashiro Province Theater

~6,000

casualties

462

La Noche Triste (The Night of Sorrows)

Battle · June 30, 1520 · Tenochtitlan causeways Theater

~6,000

casualties

463

Battle of Miraflores

Battle · January 15, 1881 · Outskirts of Lima, Peru Theater

~6,000

casualties

464

Battle of Tolvajärvi

Battle · December 12, 1939 · Northern Karelia Theater

~6,000

casualties

465

Battle of Pork Chop Hill

Battle · March 23 – July 16, 1953 · Central Korea Theater

~5,800

casualties

466

Battle of White Mountain

Battle · November 8, 1620 · Bohemia Theater

~5,700

casualties

467

NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia

Campaign · March 24 – June 10, 1999 · Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Theater

~5,700

casualties

468

Battle of Marston Moor

Battle · July 2, 1644 · North Theater

~5,650

casualties

469

Battle of Poitiers

Battle · September 19, 1356 · Western France Theater

~5,500

casualties

470

Battle of Zusmarshausen

Battle · May 17, 1648 · Bavaria Theater

~5,500

casualties

471

Battle of Chipyong-ni

Battle · February 13–15, 1951 · Central Korea Theater

~5,400

casualties

472

Battle of Churubusco

Battle · August 20, 1847 · Valley of Mexico Theater

~5,349

casualties

473

Battle of Palikao

Battle · September 21, 1860 · North China Theater

~5,200

casualties

474

Siege of Halicarnassus

Siege · 334 BC · Asia Minor Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

475

The Bicesse Accords and the Return to War

Political event · 1991 – 1992 · Luanda and nationwide Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

476

Fall of Thessaloniki (Salonika)

Campaign · November 8, 1912 · Macedonia Theater

~5,000

casualties

477

Battle of Onitsha

Battle · March 20, 1968 · Niger River Crossings Theater

~5,000

casualties

478

The South Kasai Secession and Massacres

Campaign · August 1960 – 1961 · South Kasai (Bakwanga) Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

479

Fall of Sevastopol

Siege · September 11, 1855 · Crimea Theater

~5,000

casualties

480

The Year of the Six Emperors

Battle · 238 · Rome, Africa, and the frontier Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

481

Battle of Nieuwpoort

Battle · July 2, 1600 · Flanders coast Theater

~5,000

casualties

482

Naval Battle of the Morbihan

Battle · Summer 56 BC · Brittany (Armorica), Atlantic Coast Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

483

Battle of Lutetia

Battle · June 52 BC · Senones territory (Paris basin) Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

484

Siege of Uxellodunum

Siege · Spring 51 BC · Cadurci territory (Lot valley, southern Gaul) Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

485

Operation Gibraltar

Campaign · August 1965 · Indian-administered Kashmir Theater

~5,000

casualties

486

Chemical Attack on Halabja

Raid · March 16–17, 1988 · Northern Iraq / Kurdistan Theater

~5,000

casualties

487

Battle of Jabalia Refugee Camp

Campaign · October 31, 2023 – January 2024 · Northern Gaza Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

488

Decena Trágica (Ten Tragic Days)

Campaign · February 9, 1913 · Mexico City Theater

~5,000

casualties

489

Battle of Dyrrachium

Battle · June–August 48 BC · Epirus (modern Albania) Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

490

Battle of Anegawa

Battle · July 30, 1570 · Ōmi Province Theater

~5,000

casualties

491

Operation Magistral

Campaign · November 1987 – January 1988 · Khost Theater

~5,000

casualties

492

Fall of Najibullah

Political event · April 1992 · Kabul Theater

~5,000

casualties

493

The Battles of Tlaxcala

Campaign · September 1519 · Tlaxcala highlands Theater

~5,000

casualties

494

Battle of Cajamarca

Battle · November 16, 1532 · Northern Peruvian highlands Theater

~5,000

casualties

495

Battle of Nyala

Battle · October 2023 · South Darfur Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

496

Battle of Brihuega

Battle · December 9, 1710 · Spain Theater

~5,000

casualties

497

The Surrender of Qi

Battle · 221 BC · Qi capital Linzi (Shandong) Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

498

Battle of Midway

Battle · June 4–7, 1942 · Pacific Theater

~5,000

casualties

499

Israeli Counterattack on Syria

Campaign · October 10–13, 1973 · Golan Heights / Syria Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

500

Siege and Fall of Vukovar

Siege · August 25 – November 18, 1991 · Eastern Slavonia Theater

5,000 disputed

casualties

501

First Battle of Bull Run

Battle · July 21, 1861 · Eastern Theater

~4,878

casualties

502

Battle of Telissu

👑 Charlemagne's Campaigns

Battle · June 14–15, 1904 · Manchuria Theater

~4,774

casualties

503

The Massacre of Verden

Political event · 782 · Saxony (northern Germany) Theater

4,500 reported

casualties

504

Battle of Balaclava

Battle · October 25, 1854 · Crimea Theater

~4,500

casualties

505

Siege and Battle of Jhansi

Siege · March 23 – April 4, 1858 · Central India Theater

~4,500

casualties

506

Battle of Gorni Dubnik

Battle · October 24, 1877 · Northern Bulgaria Theater

~4,500

casualties

507

Battle of Crécy

Battle · August 26, 1346 · Northern France Theater

~4,300

casualties

508

Battle of Formigny

Battle · April 15, 1450 · Normandy Theater

~4,274

casualties

509

Battle of Preston

Battle · August 17–19, 1648 · North Theater

~4,100

casualties

510

Battle of Castillon

Battle · July 17, 1453 · Gascony Theater

~4,100

casualties

511

Siege of Miletus

Siege · 334 BC · Asia Minor Theater

4,000 disputed

casualties

512

Battle of the Lomba River

Battle · September – October 1987 · Cuando Cubango province Theater

~4,000

casualties

513

Owerri Offensive and Recapture

Campaign · September 1968 · Biafran Heartland Theater

~4,000

casualties

514

First Battle of Grozny

Battle · January 1995 · Grozny Theater

4,000 disputed

casualties

515

Tiberius Stabilizes the Rhine

Battle · 10 AD · Rhine Frontier Theater

4,000 disputed

casualties

516

Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot

Battle · March 4, 1802 · Southern Province Theater

~4,000

casualties

517

Massacre of White Colonists

Raid · February 1804 · Southern Province Theater

~4,000

casualties

518

Battle of Myeongnyang

Battle · October 26, 1597 · Myeongnyang strait Theater

~4,000

casualties

519

Battle of Chawinda

Battle · September 14–19, 1965 · Sialkot sector, Pakistan Theater

~4,000

casualties

520

Fall of Baghdad

Campaign · March 20 – April 9, 2003 · Central Iraq Theater

~4,000

casualties

521

Operation Gideon's Chariots

Campaign · May – August 2025 · Southern and central Gaza Theater

4,000 disputed

casualties

522

Battle of Fornovo

Battle · July 6, 1495 · Taro valley, Emilia Theater

~4,000

casualties

523

Battle of Cerignola

Battle · April 28, 1503 · Apulia, Kingdom of Naples Theater

~4,000

casualties

524

Battle of the Garigliano

Battle · December 29, 1503 · Latium – Campania border Theater

~4,000

casualties

525

War of the Camps

Campaign · May 19, 1985 · Beirut — Palestinian refugee camps Theater

4,000 disputed

casualties

526

Battle of Benghazi

Campaign · May 2014–July 2017 · Benghazi Theater

~4,000

casualties

527

Siege of Fort Zeelandia — Koxinga Takes Taiwan

Siege · April 30, 1661 · Taiwan (Dutch Formosa) Theater

~4,000

casualties

528

The First Grand Assault

Siege · April 18, 1453 · Gate of St. Romanos, Land Walls Theater

~4,000

casualties

529

Battle of Messana

Battle · 264 BC · Strait of Messina, Sicily Theater

4,000 disputed

casualties

530

Battle of Halidon Hill

Battle · July 19, 1333 · Near Berwick Theater

~4,000

casualties

531

Battle of Shizugatake

Battle · April 21, 1583 · Ōmi Province Theater

~4,000

casualties

532

Battle of Quiberon Bay

Battle · November 20, 1759 · Atlantic Ocean / Brittany Coast Theater

~4,000

casualties

533

Fall of Málaga

Campaign · February 8, 1937 · Málaga Theater

~4,000

casualties

534

The Cholula Massacre

Raid · October 1519 · Central Mexican highlands Theater

~4,000

casualties

535

Battle of Mortimer's Cross

Battle · February 2, 1461 · England Theater

~4,000

casualties

536

Battle of Barnet

Battle · April 14, 1471 · England Theater

~4,000

casualties

537

Battle of Stoke Field

Battle · June 16, 1487 · England Theater

~4,000

casualties

538

IDF Counterattack on the Golan

Campaign · October 8–11, 1973 · Golan Heights Theater

~4,000

casualties

539

Israeli Counter-Crossing — Into Africa

Campaign · October 15–24, 1973 · West Bank of Suez Canal (Egypt) Theater

~4,000

casualties

540

Capture of Mexico City

Campaign · September 13–14, 1847 · Valley of Mexico Theater

~3,862

casualties

541

Battle of the Yalu River

Battle · May 1, 1904 · Korea Theater

~3,736

casualties

542

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Raid · December 7, 1941 · Pacific Theater

~3,600

casualties

543

Battle of Ia Drang Valley

Battle · November 14–18, 1965 · South Vietnam Theater

~3,561

casualties

544

Sherman's March to the Sea

Campaign · November 15 – December 21, 1864 · Western Theater

~3,553

casualties

545

Battle of the Jaxartes

Battle · 329 BC · Central Asia (modern Tajikistan / Uzbekistan) Theater

3,500 disputed

casualties

546

Suez Crisis

Campaign · October 29, 1956 · Middle East Theater

~3,500

casualties

547

Northern Front — Israel-Hezbollah Escalation

Campaign · October 8, 2023 – September 2024 · Northern Israel / Southern Lebanon Theater

3,500 disputed

casualties

548

Battle of Unsan (Chinese Intervention)

Battle · November 1–2, 1950 · North Korea Theater

~3,500

casualties

549

Battle of the Hook

Battle · May 28–29, 1953 · Western Korea Theater

~3,500

casualties

550

Sabra and Shatila Massacre

Social event · September 16, 1982 · Beirut — Sabra and Shatila refugee camps Theater

3,500 disputed

casualties

551

Battle of the Atbara

Battle · April 8, 1898 · Confluence of the Atbara and the Nile Theater

~3,500

casualties

552

Battle of Neville's Cross

Battle · October 17, 1346 · Durham, England Theater

~3,500

casualties

553

Fall of East Aleppo

Siege · November – December 22, 2016 · East Aleppo Theater

3,500 disputed

casualties

554

Battle of the Valley of Tears

Battle · October 6–9, 1973 · Golan Heights Theater

~3,500

casualties

555

Battle of Long Island

Battle · August 27, 1776 · Middle Theater

~3,400

casualties

556

Battle of Bicocca

Battle · April 27, 1522 · Outside Milan Theater

~3,300

casualties

557

Hungarian Revolution

Social event · October 23, 1956 · Europe Theater

~3,200

casualties

558

Battle of Sinop

Battle · November 30, 1853 · Black Sea Theater

~3,200

casualties

559

Battle of Worcester

Battle · September 3, 1651 · Midlands Theater

~3,200

casualties

560

Battle of Chiari

Battle · September 1, 1701 · Italy Theater

~3,200

casualties

561

Battle of Dunbar

Battle · September 3, 1650 · Scotland Theater

~3,020

casualties

562

Battle of Algiers

Campaign · January 7, 1957 · Algiers, the Casbah Theater

~3,000

casualties

563

The Final War and the Death of Savimbi

Battle · February 22, 2002 · Moxico province Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

564

Fall of Enugu

Campaign · October 4, 1967 · Northern Biafra Theater

~3,000

casualties

565

Battle of Abagana

Battle · March 31, 1969 · Biafran Heartland Theater

~3,000

casualties

566

De Wet Guerrilla Campaign

Campaign · August 1900 · Orange Free State Theater

~3,000

casualties

567

The Relief of Peking

Campaign · August 14, 1900 · Peking Theater

~3,000

casualties

568

Chilean Coup d'État

Political event · September 11, 1973 · Latin America Theater

~3,000

casualties

569

Battle of Edgehill

Battle · October 23, 1642 · Midlands Theater

~3,000

casualties

570

Battle of Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga)

Battle · July 8, 1758 · Northern Colonies Theater

~3,000

casualties

571

Second Invasion of Britain

Campaign · July–September 54 BC · Southern Britain (Thames valley) Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

572

Drusus Crosses the Rhine

Battle · 12 BC · Lower Rhine Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

573

Siege of Aliso

Siege · Autumn 9 AD · Lippe River, Germania Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

574

Toussaint Joins the French Republic

Political event · May 1794 · Northern Province Theater

~3,000

casualties

575

Battle of Vertières

Battle · November 18, 1803 · Northern Province Theater

~3,000

casualties

576

Operation Grand Slam (Battle of Chamb)

Campaign · September 1, 1965 · Chamb sector, Jammu Theater

~3,000

casualties

577

Pager and Walkie-Talkie Operation vs. Hezbollah

Raid · September 17–18, 2024 · Lebanon Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

578

The Gaza City Offensive

Campaign · August 20 – October 2, 2025 · Gaza City Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

579

Battle of Ad Decimum

Battle · September 13, 533 · North Africa (near Carthage) Theater

3,000 reported

casualties

580

Battle of Tricamarum

Battle · December 15, 533 · North Africa (west of Carthage) Theater

3,000 reported

casualties

581

Battle of the Hotels

Battle · October 12, 1975 · Beirut — Ras Beirut district Theater

~3,000

casualties

582

Siege of Tel al-Zaatar

Siege · June 22, 1976 · East Beirut Theater

~3,000

casualties

583

LNA Offensive on Tripoli

Campaign · April 4, 2019 · South Tripoli Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

584

Battle of Torreón

Battle · October 1, 1913 · Coahuila / Durango, Northern Mexico Theater

~3,000

casualties

585

The Night Assault on the Sea Walls

Siege · May 22, 1453 · Sea Walls of Marmara coast Theater

~3,000

casualties

586

Battle of Sybota

Battle · 433 BC · Sybota Islands, off Epirus Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

587

Battle of Aegospotami

Battle · 405 BC · Hellespont (Dardanelles straits) Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

588

Siege of Sestos

Siege · 479–478 BC · Hellespont (Dardanelles straits) Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

589

Battle of Manila

Battle · February 4–5, 1899 · Manila Theater

~3,000

casualties

590

The Fall of Italy — Pursuit to Brundisium

Battle · January–March 49 BC · Italy Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

591

Battle of Nikopol

Battle · July 16, 1877 · Danube, northern Bulgaria Theater

~3,000

casualties

592

Battle of Tashkessen

Battle · December 31, 1877 · Approaches to Sofia Theater

~3,000

casualties

593

Battle of Dunbar

Battle · April 27, 1296 · East Lothian Theater

~3,000

casualties

594

Battle of Dupplin Moor

Battle · August 11, 1332 · Perthshire Theater

~3,000

casualties

595

Battle of Okehazama

Battle · June 12, 1560 · Owari Province Theater

~3,000

casualties

596

Battle of Mikatagahara

Battle · January 25, 1573 · Tōtōmi Province Theater

~3,000

casualties

597

Battles of Panjshir Valley

Campaign · 1980–1985 · Panjshir Valley Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

598

Siege of Khost

Siege · 1983–1988 · Khost Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

599

Military Uprising

Political event · July 17–18, 1936 · Melilla / Madrid Theater

~3,000

casualties

600

Fall of Barcelona

Campaign · January 26, 1939 · Barcelona Theater

~3,000

casualties

601

Battle of Otumba

Battle · July 7, 1520 · Plain of Otumba Theater

~3,000

casualties

602

RSF Advance on North Darfur

Campaign · August – September 2023 · North Darfur Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

603

Sinai Campaign — Overall

Campaign · October 29 – November 5, 1956 · Sinai Peninsula Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

604

Siege of Kobani

Siege · September 16, 2014 – January 26, 2015 · Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) Theater

3,000 disputed

casualties

605

Battle of Toulon

Battle · February 22, 1744 · Mediterranean Theater

~3,000

casualties

606

Battle of Arica (Morro de Arica)

Battle · June 7, 1880 · Arica, southern Peru Theater

~3,000

casualties

607

Battle of Blore Heath

Battle · September 23, 1459 · England Theater

~3,000

casualties

608

Crossing of the Suez Canal

Campaign · October 6–9, 1973 · Suez Canal / Sinai Theater

~3,000

casualties

609

September 11 Attacks

Raid · September 11, 2001 · United States Theater

2,996

casualties

610

Battle of Mantinea

Battle · 418 BC · Mantinea plain, Arcadia (Peloponnese) Theater

2,800 disputed

casualties

611

Battle of New Orleans

Battle · January 8, 1815 · Gulf Coast Theater

~2,792

casualties

612

OAS Terror Campaign

Campaign · January 25, 1961 · Algeria and metropolitan France Theater

~2,788

casualties

613

Battle of Molino del Rey

Battle · September 8, 1847 · Valley of Mexico Theater

~2,787

casualties

614

Battle of Plattsburgh

Battle · September 11, 1814 · Lake Champlain Theater

~2,740

casualties

615

Battle of Chapultepec

Battle · September 13, 1847 · Valley of Mexico Theater

~2,662

casualties

616

Operation Storm

Campaign · August 4 – 7, 1995 · Krajina, Croatia Theater

~2,650

casualties

617

First Battle of Newbury

Battle · September 20, 1643 · South Theater

~2,600

casualties

618

Battle of Patay

Battle · June 18, 1429 · Loire Valley Theater

~2,600

casualties

619

Battle of Buena Vista

Battle · February 22–23, 1847 · Northern Mexico Theater

~2,546

casualties

620

Battle of the Granicus River

Battle · May 334 BC · Asia Minor Theater

2,500 disputed

casualties

621

Valley Forge Encampment

Campaign · December 19, 1777 – June 19, 1778 · Middle Theater

~2,500

casualties

622

Relief of Mafeking

Campaign · May 17, 1900 · Northern Cape Theater

~2,500

casualties

623

The Siege of the International Legations

Siege · June 20 – August 14, 1900 · Legation Quarter, Peking Theater

~2,500

casualties

624

Battle of Tientsin

Battle · July 13–14, 1900 · Tientsin (Tianjin) Theater

~2,500

casualties

625

Operation Jihad — Grozny Retaken

Campaign · August 6–22, 1996 · Grozny Theater

2,500 disputed

casualties

626

Battle of Adwalton Moor

Battle · June 30, 1643 · North Theater

~2,500

casualties

627

Siege of Fort William Henry

Siege · August 3–9, 1757 · Northern Colonies Theater

~2,500

casualties

628

Drusus Reaches the Elbe

Campaign · 9 BC · Central Germania Theater

2,500 disputed

casualties

629

Battle of the Herrings

Battle · February 12, 1429 · Loire Valley Theater

~2,500

casualties

630

Battle of Asal Uttar

Battle · September 8–10, 1965 · Khem Karan sector, Punjab Theater

~2,500

casualties

631

Battle of Ramadi

Campaign · 2006 – March 2007 · Al Anbar Province Theater

~2,500

casualties

632

Battle of Beit Hanoun

Campaign · October 8 – November 2023 · Northeastern Gaza Theater

2,500 disputed

casualties

633

Fall of Tripoli

Campaign · August 20–28, 2011 · Tripoli Theater

~2,500

casualties

634

Battle of El Teb

Battle · February 29, 1884 · Eastern Sudan (near Suakin) Theater

~2,500

casualties

635

Battle of Tamai

Battle · March 13, 1884 · Eastern Sudan (near Suakin) Theater

~2,500

casualties

636

Siege and Massacre of Melos

Siege · 416–415 BC · Island of Melos, Cyclades Theater

2,500 disputed

casualties

637

Battle of the Golan Heights

Campaign · June 9–10, 1967 · Golan Heights Theater

~2,500

casualties

638

Battle of Raqqa

Battle · June 6 – October 17, 2017 · Raqqa Theater

2,500 disputed

casualties

639

Battle of San Francisco (Dolores)

Battle · November 19, 1879 · Tarapacá desert, Peru Theater

~2,500

casualties

640

The Great Tank Battle of October 14

Battle · October 14, 1973 · Sinai Theater

~2,500

casualties

641

Operation Epic Fury

Campaign · February 28 – April 8, 2026 · Iran — nationwide Theater

2,400 disputed

casualties

642

Battle of Isandlwana

Battle · January 22, 1879 · Natal-Zululand Border Theater

~2,300

casualties

643

Naval Battle of Santiago de Cuba

Battle · July 3, 1898 · Cuba Theater

~2,243

casualties

644

Second Battle of Fallujah

Campaign · November 7 – December 23, 2004 · Al Anbar Province Theater

~2,175

casualties

645

Third Battle of the Taku Forts

Battle · August 21, 1860 · North China Theater

~2,100

casualties

646

Battle of Kambula

Battle · March 29, 1879 · Northern Zululand Theater

~2,083

casualties

647

Battle of Objective Norfolk

Battle · February 26, 1991 · Iraq Theater

~2,029

casualties

648

Fall and Recapture of Kunduz

Battle · September 28 – October 13, 2015 · Northern Afghanistan Theater

~2,000

casualties

649

Operation Savannah

Campaign · October 1975 – March 1976 · Southern and central Angola Theater

~2,000

casualties

650

Battle for Jerusalem

Campaign · April – July 1948 · Central Palestine Theater

~2,000

casualties

651

Nigerian Air Raids on Civilian Markets

Raid · 1969 · Biafran Heartland Theater

~2,000

casualties

652

Final Fall of Owerri

Campaign · January 9, 1970 · Biafran Heartland Theater

~2,000

casualties

653

Battle of Spion Kop

Battle · January 24, 1900 · Natal Theater

~2,000

casualties

654

Operation Dragon Rouge (Stanleyville)

Raid · November 24, 1964 · Stanleyville (Kisangani) Theater

~2,000

casualties

655

Burning of the Northern Plain

Campaign · August 22, 1791 · Northern Province Theater

~2,000

casualties

656

The Descent of Charles VIII

Campaign · September 1494 – February 1495 · The length of Italy Theater

~2,000

casualties

657

Fall of Phnom Penh

Siege · April 17, 1975 · Phnom Penh, Cambodia Theater

~2,000

casualties

658

Operation Litani — First Israeli Invasion

Campaign · March 14, 1978 · South Lebanon Theater

~2,000

casualties

659

Battle of Misrata

Siege · March–August 2011 · Misrata Theater

~2,000

casualties

660

Opening Bombardment of the Theodosian Walls

Siege · April 6–11, 1453 · Theodosian Land Walls, Constantinople Theater

~2,000

casualties

661

Battle of Delium

Battle · 424 BC · Delium, Boeotia Theater

2,000 disputed

casualties

662

The Advance to San Stefano

Campaign · January – March 1878 · Thrace, approaches to Constantinople Theater

~2,000

casualties

663

Battle of Roslin

Battle · February 24, 1303 · Midlothian Theater

~2,000

casualties

664

Battle of Old Byland

Battle · October 14, 1322 · Yorkshire, England Theater

~2,000

casualties

665

Battle of Abu-Ageila

Battle · June 5–6, 1967 · Sinai Peninsula Theater

~2,000

casualties

666

Siege of the Alcázar

Siege · July–September 28, 1936 · Toledo Theater

~2,000

casualties

667

RSF Sennar Offensive

Campaign · June 2024 · Sennar State Theater

2,000 disputed

casualties

668

Battle of Hafrsfjord

⛵ Viking Age

Battle · c. 872 · Hafrsfjord, western Norway Theater

2,000 disputed

casualties

669

Battle of Wakefield

Battle · December 30, 1460 · England Theater

~2,000

casualties

670

Battle of Edgecote Moor

Battle · July 26, 1469 · England Theater

~2,000

casualties

671

Battle of Tewkesbury

Battle · May 4, 1471 · England Theater

~2,000

casualties

672

Soviet Invasion Begins

Campaign · November 30, 1939 · All Fronts Theater

~2,000

casualties

673

Battle of the Chinese Farm

Battle · October 15–17, 1973 · Sinai Theater

~2,000

casualties

674

Battle of San Juan Hill

Battle · July 1, 1898 · Cuba Theater

~1,978

casualties

675

Battle of Brandywine

Battle · September 11, 1777 · Middle Theater

~1,887

casualties

676

Siege of Veracruz

Siege · March 9–29, 1847 · Central Mexico Theater

~1,880

casualties

677

Battle of Mobile Bay

Battle · August 5, 1864 · Western Theater

~1,819

casualties

678

Battle of Medina Ridge

Battle · February 27, 1991 · Iraq Theater

~1,804

casualties

679

Battle for Jerusalem

Battle · June 5–7, 1967 · West Bank / Jerusalem Theater

~1,800

casualties

680

Battle of Gwalior — Death of Rani Lakshmibai

Battle · June 17–18, 1858 · Central India Theater

~1,700

casualties

681

Battle of Cerro Gordo

Battle · April 17–18, 1847 · Central Mexico Theater

~1,631

casualties

682

Battle of Heiligerlee

Battle · May 23, 1568 · Groningen Theater

~1,600

casualties

683

Battle of Amphipolis

Battle · 422 BC · Amphipolis, northern Greece (Thrace) Theater

1,600 disputed

casualties

684

Battle of Ulundi

Battle · July 4, 1879 · Zululand Theater

~1,513

casualties

685

Battle for the Negev — Operation Yoav

Campaign · October 15 – November 5, 1948 · Southern Palestine Theater

~1,500

casualties

686

The Relief March: Beicang and Yangcun

Campaign · August 5–6, 1900 · Between Tientsin and Peking Theater

~1,500

casualties

687

Battle of Dograi

Battle · September 21–22, 1965 · Lahore front, Punjab Theater

~1,500

casualties

688

Siege of Sadr City

Siege · March 23 – May 12, 2008 · Baghdad Theater

1,500 disputed

casualties

689

Battle of Toski (Tushkah)

Battle · August 3, 1889 · Nile, southern Egypt Theater

~1,500

casualties

690

Battle of Umm Diwaykarat

Battle · November 24, 1899 · Kordofan, southern Sudan Theater

~1,500

casualties

691

Mining Operations at Blachernae

Siege · May 16–23, 1453 · Blachernae Palace sector, northern walls Theater

~1,500

casualties

692

Battle of Methven

Battle · June 19, 1306 · Perthshire Theater

~1,500

casualties

693

Amphibious Assault on Port Said

Battle · November 5–6, 1956 · Suez Canal Zone Theater

~1,500

casualties

694

Battle of Tarapacá

Battle · November 27, 1879 · Tarapacá desert, Peru Theater

~1,500

casualties

695

Battle of Huamachuco

Battle · July 10, 1883 · Northern Peruvian Andes Theater

~1,500

casualties

696

Battle of Bunker Hill

Battle · June 17, 1775 · Northern Theater

~1,495

casualties

697

Coastal Insurgency and Alawite Massacres

Campaign · March 6 – 17, 2025 · Latakia and Tartous Governorates Theater

1,426 disputed

casualties

698

Battle of Sangin

Campaign · June 2010 – September 2011 · Helmand Province Theater

~1,400

casualties

699

Battle of the Plains of Abraham

Battle · September 13, 1759 · Northern Colonies Theater

~1,400

casualties

700

Ghouta Chemical Attack

Raid · August 21, 2013 · Ghouta, Damascus suburbs Theater

1,400 disputed

casualties

701

Battle of Abu Klea

Battle · January 17, 1885 · Bayuda Desert Theater

~1,300

casualties

702

Battle of Plassey

Battle · June 23, 1757 · India Theater

~1,300

casualties

703

Battle of Chinkiang

Battle · July 21, 1842 · Yangtze River Theater

~1,250

casualties

704

Battle of Magersfontein

Battle · December 11, 1899 · Cape Colony / Northern Front Theater

~1,200

casualties

705

Battle of Colenso

Battle · December 15, 1899 · Natal Theater

~1,200

casualties

706

Battle of Komsomolskoye

Battle · March 2000 · Komsomolskoye Theater

~1,200

casualties

707

Operation Desert Storm Begins

Campaign · January 17, 1991 · Iraq Theater

1,200 disputed

casualties

708

Battle of Nasiriyah

Battle · March 23 – April 2, 2003 · Southern Iraq Theater

~1,200

casualties

709

October 7 Attack

Raid · October 7, 2023 · Southern Israel / Gaza Envelope Theater

1,200 disputed

casualties

710

Battle of Ferkeh

Battle · June 7, 1896 · Nile, northern Sudan (Dongola campaign) Theater

~1,200

casualties

711

Battle of Rellano

Battle · March 23, 1912 · Chihuahua, Northern Mexico Theater

~1,200

casualties

712

The Crossing of the Danube

Campaign · June 27, 1877 · Danube frontier, Bulgaria Theater

~1,200

casualties

713

Battle of El Arish

Battle · June 5–6, 1967 · Sinai Peninsula / Northern Axis Theater

~1,200

casualties

714

Battle of Abu Ageila

Battle · October 29 – November 2, 1956 · Sinai Peninsula Theater

~1,200

casualties

715

Battle of Damascus

Battle · July 15–18, 2012 · Damascus Theater

1,200 disputed

casualties

716

Battle of Pisagua

Battle · November 2, 1879 · Tarapacá coast, Peru Theater

~1,200

casualties

717

Northeastern Syria Offensive

Campaign · January 13 – 30, 2026 · Aleppo, Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor and Al-Hasakah Governorates Theater

1,152 disputed

casualties

718

Battle of Horseshoe Bend

Battle · March 27, 1814 · Creek Nation (Alabama) Theater

~1,101

casualties

719

Siege of Boston

Siege · April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776 · Northern Theater

~1,100

casualties

720

Battles of Latrun

Battle · May 25 – June 18, 1948 · Central Palestine Theater

~1,100

casualties

721

Battle of Queenston Heights

Battle · October 13, 1812 · Niagara Frontier Theater

~1,096

casualties

722

Fall of Santiago de Cuba

Campaign · July 17, 1898 · Cuba Theater

~1,093

casualties

723

First Battle of the Taku Forts

Battle · May 20, 1858 · North China Theater

~1,050

casualties

724

The Lebanon Front

Campaign · April 2026 · Lebanon Theater

1,050 disputed

casualties

725

Fall of Kabul

Campaign · November 13, 2001 · Northern Afghanistan Theater

~1,000

casualties

726

Operation Anaconda

Campaign · March 2–18, 2002 · Shahi-Kot Valley Theater

~1,000

casualties

727

Russian Invasion Begins

Campaign · December 11, 1994 · Grozny Theater

1,000 disputed

casualties

728

The Secession of Katanga

Political event · July 11, 1960 · Katanga province (Élisabethville) Theater

~1,000

casualties

729

Braddock's Defeat (Battle of the Monongahela)

Battle · July 9, 1755 · Ohio Valley Theater

~1,000

casualties

730

Battle of Valmy

Battle · September 20, 1792 · Champagne, France Theater

~1,000

casualties

731

First Invasion of Britain

Campaign · August–September 55 BC · Southern Britain (Kent coast) Theater

1,000 disputed

casualties

732

Highway of Death

Raid · February 26, 1991 · Kuwait Theater

~1,000

casualties

733

Battle of Okpo

Battle · June 16, 1592 · South coast, Geoje Island Theater

~1,000

casualties

734

The Kargil Infiltration

Campaign · May 1999 · Kargil district, Ladakh Theater

~1,000

casualties

735

Battle of Mosul

Campaign · November 10–14, 2004 · Northern Iraq Theater

~1,000

casualties

736

Battle of Basra

Campaign · March 25 – April 20, 2008 · Southern Iraq Theater

~1,000

casualties

737

Resumption of the Offensive

Campaign · March 18, 2025 · Gaza Strip Theater

1,000 disputed

casualties

738

Capture of Phnom Penh by Vietnamese-led Forces

Campaign · January 7, 1979 · Phnom Penh, Cambodia Theater

~1,000

casualties

739

Fall of Kigali

Campaign · July 4, 1994 · Kigali Theater

~1,000

casualties

740

Battle of Loudoun Hill

Battle · May 10, 1307 · Ayrshire Theater

~1,000

casualties

741

Battle of Culblean

Battle · November 30, 1335 · Aberdeenshire Theater

~1,000

casualties

742

Siege of Inabayama Castle

Siege · September 1567 · Mino Province Theater

~1,000

casualties

743

Battle of Kunar Valley

Battle · April 1980 · Kunar Valley Theater

~1,000

casualties

744

End of the War — Madrid Surrenders

Political event · April 1, 1939 · Madrid Theater

~1,000

casualties

745

The Toxcatl Massacre and the Uprising

Raid · May 22, 1520 · Tenochtitlan Theater

~1,000

casualties

746

The Capture of Cuzco

Campaign · November 15, 1533 · Inca heartland Theater

~1,000

casualties

747

Jintian Uprising

Social event · January 11, 1851 · Guangxi Province Theater

~1,000

casualties

748

The Battle of the Bogside

Social event · August 12–14, 1969 · Derry (Londonderry) Theater

~1,000

casualties

749

Battle of Hamburger Hill (Dong Ap Bia)

Battle · May 10–20, 1969 · South Vietnam Theater

~1,000

casualties

750

Battle of Bosworth Field

Battle · August 22, 1485 · England Theater

~1,000

casualties

751

Battle of Cowpens

Battle · January 17, 1781 · Southern Theater

~973

casualties

752

Siege of Masada

Siege · 73 – 74 AD · Judean Desert Theater

960 disputed

casualties

753

Soviet Bombing of Helsinki

Raid · November 30, 1939 · Southern Finland Theater

~957

casualties

754

Battle of Khafji

Battle · January 29, 1991 · Saudi Arabia Theater

~943

casualties

755

Battle of Trenton

Battle · December 26, 1776 · Middle Theater

~924

casualties

756

First Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm)

Battle · September 19, 1777 · Northern Theater

~920

casualties

757

The Cassinga Raid

Raid · May 4, 1978 · Huíla province, southern Angola Theater

~900

casualties

758

Battle of the Taku (Dagu) Forts

Battle · June 17, 1900 · Mouth of the Hai River Theater

~900

casualties

759

First Battle of Fallujah

Campaign · April 4–May 1, 2004 · Al Anbar Province Theater

~900

casualties

760

Battle of Ginnis

Battle · December 30, 1885 · Nile frontier, northern Sudan Theater

~900

casualties

761

Battle of Rafah Junction

Battle · June 5–6, 1967 · Sinai Peninsula / Gaza Strip Theater

~900

casualties

762

Battle of Monterrey

Battle · September 21–24, 1846 · Northern Mexico Theater

~898

casualties

763

Battle of 73 Easting

Battle · February 26, 1991 · Iraq Theater

~851

casualties

764

Battle of Chapu

Battle · May 18, 1842 · East China Coast Theater

~830

casualties

765

Ten Days Offensive — Lydda and Ramle

Campaign · July 9–18, 1948 · Central Palestine Theater

~800

casualties

766

Operation Horev

Campaign · December 22, 1948 – January 7, 1949 · Sinai / Negev Theater

~800

casualties

767

Battle of Sacheon

Battle · July 8, 1592 · South coast Theater

~800

casualties

768

Battle of Tololing

Battle · May – June 1999 · Dras sector, Kargil Theater

~800

casualties

769

IDF Operation in Tulkarm, West Bank

Campaign · September 2024 – Present · West Bank Theater

800 disputed

casualties

770

Naval Battle off the Bosphorus

Battle · April 20, 1453 · Sea of Marmara / Bosphorus entrance Theater

~800

casualties

771

Battle of Arghandab

Battle · June 1987 · Kandahar Theater

~800

casualties

772

Battle of Centla

Battle · March 14, 1519 · Tabasco, Gulf Coast Theater

~800

casualties

773

Suwayda Crisis — Druze–Bedouin Clashes

Campaign · July 13 – 19, 2025 · Suwayda Governorate Theater

800 disputed

casualties

774

Battle of Guilford Court House

Battle · March 15, 1781 · Southern Theater

~793

casualties

775

Battle of Contreras

Battle · August 19–20, 1847 · Valley of Mexico Theater

~760

casualties

776

Second Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights)

Battle · October 7, 1777 · Northern Theater

~750

casualties

777

Battle of Gergovia

Battle · April–May 52 BC · Arverni territory (near Clermont-Ferrand) Theater

746 disputed

casualties

778

Battle of Monmouth

Battle · June 28, 1778 · Middle Theater

~720

casualties

779

Renewed July Hostilities

Campaign · July 7–25, 2026 · Persian Gulf and Iran Theater

718 disputed

casualties

780

Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait

Campaign · August 2, 1990 · Kuwait Theater

715 disputed

casualties

781

Operation Hiram — Clearing the Galilee

Campaign · October 28–31, 1948 · Northern Palestine (Galilee) Theater

~700

casualties

782

Asaba Massacre

Social event · October 7, 1967 · Midwestern Region Theater

700 disputed

casualties

783

Battle of Talana Hill

Battle · October 20, 1899 · Natal Theater

~700

casualties

784

Appomattox Court House

Political event · April 9, 1865 · Eastern Theater

~700

casualties

785

General Aoun's Last Stand

Campaign · October 13, 1990 · East Beirut — Baabda Theater

~700

casualties

786

Battle of Sirte (vs. ISIS)

Campaign · May–December 2016 · Sirte Theater

~700

casualties

787

Occupation of Canton

Campaign · May 27, 1841 · Pearl River Delta Theater

~700

casualties

788

Second Battle of the Taku Forts

Battle · June 25, 1859 · North China Theater

~700

casualties

789

Capture of Malolos

Campaign · March 31, 1899 · Central Luzon Theater

~700

casualties

790

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Campaign · December 27, 1979 · Kabul Theater

700 disputed

casualties

791

Capture of Canton

Campaign · January 5, 1858 · Pearl River Delta Theater

~690

casualties

792

Battle of the Thames

Battle · October 5, 1813 · Upper Canada Theater

~679

casualties

793

Battle of El Caney

Battle · July 1, 1898 · Cuba Theater

~676

casualties

794

Battle of Resaca de la Palma

Battle · May 9, 1846 · Northern Mexico Theater

~669

casualties

795

Siege and Massacre at Kanpur

Siege · June 5 – July 16, 1857 · North India Theater

~650

casualties

796

Battle of Woosung

Battle · June 16, 1842 · East China Coast Theater

~650

casualties

797

Battle of Zapote Bridge

Battle · June 13, 1899 · Southern Luzon Theater

~650

casualties

798

Battle of Crysler's Farm

Battle · November 11, 1813 · St. Lawrence River Theater

~621

casualties

799

Battle of the Bogue Forts

Battle · February 26, 1841 · Pearl River Delta Theater

~620

casualties

800

Battle of York

Battle · April 27, 1813 · Upper Canada Theater

~610

casualties

801

Battle of Kandahar

Campaign · November 25 – December 7, 2001 · Southern Afghanistan Theater

~600

casualties

802

Battle of Jenin

Battle · May 28 – June 3, 1948 · Northern Palestine Theater

~600

casualties

803

Siege of Oxford

Siege · April 27 – June 24, 1646 · South Theater

~600

casualties

804

Battle of Tiger Hill

Battle · July 4, 1999 · Dras sector, Kargil Theater

~600

casualties

805

Battle of the Karbala Gap

Battle · April 1–3, 2003 · Central Iraq Theater

~600

casualties

806

Battle of Ciudad Juárez

Battle · May 8, 1911 · Chihuahua, Northern Mexico Theater

~600

casualties

807

Siege of Plataea

Siege · 429–427 BC · Plataea, Boeotia Theater

600 disputed

casualties

808

Pylos–Sphacteria Campaign

Campaign · 425 BC · Pylos and Sphacteria, western Peloponnese Theater

600 disputed

casualties

809

Battle of Caloocan

Battle · February 10, 1899 · Manila Theater

~600

casualties

810

Battle of Zhawar

Battle · April 1985 · Zhawar Theater

600 disputed

casualties

811

Battle of Vilcaconga

Battle · November 8, 1533 · Road to Cuzco Theater

~600

casualties

812

Battle of Rafah

Battle · October 31 – November 1, 1956 · Gaza Strip / Northern Sinai Theater

~600

casualties

813

Battle of Suez City

Battle · October 24, 1973 · Suez Canal Zone Theater

~600

casualties

814

Battle of Hlobane Mountain

Battle · March 28, 1879 · Northern Zululand Theater

~525

casualties

815

Liberation of Kuwait City

Campaign · February 26, 1991 · Kuwait Theater

~523

casualties

816

Battle of Princeton

Battle · January 3, 1777 · Middle Theater

~518

casualties

817

Battle of Rorke's Drift

Siege · January 22–23, 1879 · Natal Theater

~517

casualties

818

Battle of Hampton Roads

Battle · March 8–9, 1862 · Eastern Theater

~511

casualties

819

Battle of Mazar-i-Sharif

Battle · November 9, 2001 · Northern Afghanistan Theater

~500

casualties

820

Fall of Kabul — 2021

Political event · August 15, 2021 · Afghanistan Theater

~500

casualties

821

Battle of Jaffa

Campaign · April 25 – May 13, 1948 · Central Palestine Theater

~500

casualties

822

Fall of Bonny Island

Campaign · July 26, 1967 · Niger Delta / Coastal Theater

~500

casualties

823

Fall of Pretoria

Campaign · June 5, 1900 · Transvaal Theater

~500

casualties

824

The Seymour Expedition

Campaign · June 10–26, 1900 · Railway between Tientsin and Peking Theater

~500

casualties

825

Second Chechen War Begins

Campaign · October 1, 1999 · Chechnya border Theater

500 disputed

casualties

826

The Force Publique Mutiny

Social event · July 5, 1960 · Léopoldville and across the Congo Theater

~500

casualties

827

Operation Grandslam — The End of Katanga

Campaign · December 1962 – January 1963 · Katanga (Élisabethville) Theater

~500

casualties

828

Allied Landing at Calamita Bay

Campaign · September 14, 1854 · Crimea Theater

~500

casualties

829

Capture and Execution of Boukman

Assassination attempt · November 7, 1791 · Northern Province Theater

~500

casualties

830

The Fall of Hanseong

Campaign · June 12, 1592 · Seoul Theater

~500

casualties

831

Battle of Point 4875 (Batalik–Mushkoh)

Battle · July 4–7, 1999 · Mushkoh Valley, Kargil Theater

~500

casualties

832

Benghazi Uprising

Social event · February 17, 2011 · Benghazi Theater

~500

casualties

833

Operation Dignity — Second Civil War

Campaign · May 16, 2014 · Benghazi Theater

500 disputed

casualties

834

Punitive Expedition (Pershing's Campaign)

Campaign · March 15, 1916 · Chihuahua, Northern Mexico Theater

~500

casualties

835

Mehmed's Ships Cross Dry Land

Campaign · April 22, 1453 · Galata to Golden Horn, via dry land Theater

~500

casualties

836

Marco Polo Bridge Incident

Battle · July 7, 1937 · North China Theater

~500

casualties

837

Battle of Jenin

Battle · June 5–6, 1967 · West Bank / Northern Sector Theater

~500

casualties

838

Battle of Puná

Battle · April 1531 · Gulf of Guayaquil Theater

~500

casualties

839

Battle of Amoy

Battle · August 26, 1841 · East China Coast Theater

~480

casualties

840

Charge of the Light Brigade

Battle · October 25, 1854 · Crimea Theater

~473

casualties

841

Operation Focus — The Air Strike

Campaign · June 5, 1967 · Egypt / Air War Theater

~450

casualties

842

Battle of Quifangondo

Battle · November 10, 1975 · Approaches to Luanda Theater

~400

casualties

843

Battle of Haifa

Battle · April 21–22, 1948 · Northern Palestine Theater

~400

casualties

844

The Siege of the Beitang (North Cathedral)

Siege · June – August 1900 · Peking Theater

~400

casualties

845

Battle of the Haji Pir Pass

Battle · August 28, 1965 · Kashmir (Pir Panjal range) Theater

~400

casualties

846

Battle of Chuenpee

Battle · January 7, 1841 · Pearl River Delta Theater

~400

casualties

847

Battle of Latrun / West Bank Encirclement

Campaign · June 6–7, 1967 · West Bank / Central Sector Theater

~400

casualties

848

Battle of the Mitla Pass

Battle · October 29–31, 1956 · Sinai Peninsula Theater

~400

casualties

849

Anglo-French Air Campaign

Campaign · October 31 – November 6, 1956 · Egypt Theater

400 disputed

casualties

850

Deraa Uprising

Social event · March 15 – April 2011 · Deraa Theater

400 disputed

casualties

851

Fall of Aleppo — Operation Deterrence of Aggression

Campaign · November 27 – 30, 2024 · Aleppo Governorate Theater

400 disputed

casualties

852

Fall of Chusan

Battle · October 1, 1841 · East China Coast Theater

~390

casualties

853

Battle of Manila Bay

Battle · May 1, 1898 · Philippines Theater

~390

casualties

854

Battle of Fort McHenry

Siege · September 13–14, 1814 · Chesapeake Theater

~378

casualties

855

Battle of Palo Alto

Battle · May 8, 1846 · Northern Mexico Theater

~375

casualties

856

Mélouza Massacre

Raid · May 28, 1957 · Mélouza village, Kabylie region Theater

~374

casualties

857

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Battle · April 19, 1775 · Northern Theater

~368

casualties

858

Battle of Kamdesh

Battle · October 3, 2009 · Nuristan Province Theater

~350

casualties

859

The Siege of Jadotville

Battle · September 13–17, 1961 · Katanga (Jadotville) Theater

~350

casualties

860

Death of Gaddafi

Assassination attempt · October 20, 2011 · Sirte Theater

~350

casualties

861

Beslan School Siege

Siege · September 1–3, 2004 · Beslan Theater

334 reported

casualties

862

Battle of Little Bighorn

Battle · June 25–26, 1876 · Northern Plains Theater

~328

casualties

863

Wounded Knee Massacre

Raid · December 29, 1890 · Northern Plains Theater

~325

casualties

864

Sinking of the General Belgrano

Raid · May 2, 1982 · South Atlantic Theater

323

casualties

865

Russian Apartment Bombings

Raid · September 4–16, 1999 · Moscow and other Russian cities Theater

307 reported

casualties

866

Bombing of US Marine Barracks

Raid · October 23, 1983 · Beirut International Airport Theater

~307

casualties

867

Battle of Tora Bora

Campaign · December 6–17, 2001 · Eastern Afghanistan Theater

~300

casualties

868

Battle of Marjah

Battle · February 13 – June 2010 · Helmand Province Theater

~300

casualties

869

Battle of Umm Qasr

Battle · March 20–25, 2003 · Southern Iraq Theater

~300

casualties

870

Nuseirat Camp Hostage Rescue

Raid · June 8, 2024 · Central Gaza Theater

300 disputed

casualties

871

Construction of Rumeli Hisarı

Construction · August 1452 · Bosphorus Strait Theater

~300

casualties

872

Bombing of Guernica

Raid · April 26, 1937 · Guernica Theater

~300

casualties

873

Parachute Assault on Port Said

Raid · November 5, 1956 · Suez Canal Zone Theater

~300

casualties

874

First Battle of St Albans

Battle · May 22, 1455 · England Theater

~300

casualties

875

Battle of Northampton

Battle · July 10, 1460 · England Theater

~300

casualties

876

Air Battle Over the Sinai SAM Umbrella

Campaign · October 7–11, 1973 · Sinai Airspace Theater

~300

casualties

877

Battle of Majuba Hill

Battle · February 27, 1881 · Natal/Transvaal Border Theater

~280

casualties

878

Explosion of the USS Maine

Political event · February 15, 1898 · Cuba Theater

~266

casualties

879

Battle of Lake Erie

Battle · September 10, 1813 · Great Lakes Theater

~258

casualties

880

Sand Creek Massacre

Raid · November 29, 1864 · Southern Plains Theater

~254

casualties

881

The Omagh Bombing

Raid · August 15, 1998 · Omagh, County Tyrone Theater

249

casualties

882

Attack on Port Arthur

Battle · February 8–9, 1904 · Liaodong Peninsula Theater

~240

casualties

883

Battle of Wanat

Battle · July 13, 2008 · Kunar Province Theater

~230

casualties

884

Battle of Osan (Task Force Smith)

Battle · July 5, 1950 · Central Korea Theater

~223

casualties

885

The Birmingham Pub Bombings

Raid · November 21, 1974 · Birmingham, England Theater

203

casualties

886

Battle of Nazareth

Battle · July 16–17, 1948 · Northern Palestine Theater

~200

casualties

887

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Raid · April 17, 1961 · Latin America Theater

~200

casualties

888

Operation Morthor and the Death of Hammarskjöld

Campaign · September 13–18, 1961 · Katanga and Ndola (Northern Rhodesia) Theater

~200

casualties

889

Battle of Fort Necessity

Siege · July 3, 1754 · Ohio Valley Theater

~200

casualties

890

Raid on Columbus, New Mexico

Raid · March 9, 1916 · New Mexico, United States / Chihuahua border Theater

~200

casualties

891

Siege of Catubig

Siege · April 15–19, 1900 · Samar Theater

~200

casualties

892

Battle of Mabitac

Battle · September 17, 1900 · Southern Luzon Theater

~200

casualties

893

Battle of Snake Island

Battle · February 24 – June 30, 2022 · Black Sea Theater

200 disputed

casualties

894

Battle of Port Fuad

Battle · November 6, 1956 · Suez Canal Zone Theater

~200

casualties

895

Naval Battle of Iquique

Battle · May 21, 1879 · Pacific Ocean off Iquique Theater

~200

casualties

896

Fall of Hama

Battle · December 5, 2024 · Hama Governorate Theater

180 disputed

casualties

897

Strikes on Gulf States and US Bases

Campaign · March 3 – 8, 2026 · Persian Gulf — Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq Theater

180 disputed

casualties

898

Burning of Washington

Raid · August 24–25, 1814 · Chesapeake Theater

~174

casualties

899

Nord-Ost Theater Siege

Siege · October 23–26, 2002 · Moscow Theater

170 disputed

casualties

900

San Carlos Landings ('Bomb Alley')

Campaign · May 21, 1982 · San Carlos Water, Falkland Islands Theater

~150

casualties

901

Battle of Quingua

Battle · April 23, 1899 · Central Luzon Theater

~150

casualties

902

Battle of San Jacinto

Battle · November 11, 1899 · Northern Luzon Theater

~150

casualties

903

The Honnō-ji Incident

Assassination attempt · June 21, 1582 · Kyoto Theater

~150

casualties

904

Battle of Sharm el-Sheikh

Battle · November 2–5, 1956 · Southern Sinai / Straits of Tiran Theater

~150

casualties

905

Berlin Wall Construction

Construction · August 13, 1961 · Europe Theater

~140

casualties

906

Bloody Friday

Raid · July 21, 1972 · Belfast Theater

139

casualties

907

Prague Spring

Social event · August 20, 1968 · Europe Theater

~137

casualties

908

Battle of Bear Paw Mountain

Battle · September 30 – October 5, 1877 · Northern Plains Theater

~133

casualties

909

Battle of Mount Longdon

Battle · June 11–12, 1982 · East Falkland, Stanley perimeter Theater

~130

casualties

910

Battle of Washita River

Raid · November 27, 1868 · Southern Plains Theater

~124

casualties

911

Deir Yassin Massacre

Raid · April 9, 1948 · Jerusalem Corridor Theater

~120

casualties

912

Operation True Promise IV — Strikes on Israel

Campaign · March 1 – 6, 2026 · Israel Theater

120 disputed

casualties

913

USS Constitution vs. HMS Guerrière

Battle · August 19, 1812 · Atlantic Ocean Theater

~115

casualties

914

Siege of Dubrovnik

Siege · October 1991 – May 1992 · Dalmatia Theater

114 disputed

casualties

915

Balangiga Attack

Raid · September 28, 1901 · Samar Theater

~105

casualties

916

Berlin Blockade & Airlift

Political event · June 24, 1948 · Europe Theater

~100

casualties

917

Solidarity Movement in Poland

Social event · August 14, 1980 · Europe Theater

~100

casualties

918

Battle of Mount Tumbledown

Battle · June 13–14, 1982 · East Falkland, Stanley perimeter Theater

~100

casualties

919

NATO Intervention Begins

Campaign · March 19, 2011 · Gulf of Sidra Theater

~100

casualties

920

Capture of Sharm el-Sheikh

Campaign · June 7–8, 1967 · Southern Sinai / Red Sea Theater

~100

casualties

921

Naval Battle of Angamos

Battle · October 8, 1879 · Pacific Ocean off Mejillones Theater

~100

casualties

922

Fetterman Fight

Battle · December 21, 1866 · Northern Plains Theater

~95

casualties

923

Battle of Manila

Campaign · August 13, 1898 · Philippines Theater

~92

casualties

924

The Meerut Mutiny

Social event · May 10, 1857 · North India Theater

~90

casualties

925

Fall of Homs

Battle · December 7, 2024 · Homs Governorate Theater

90 disputed

casualties

926

Bus Massacre / Black Saturday

Social event · April 13, 1975 · Beirut Theater

87 disputed

casualties

927

Khan Shaykhun Sarin Attack

Raid · April 4, 2017 · Khan Shaykhun, Idlib Theater

83 disputed

casualties

928

Battle of Goose Green

Battle · May 28–29, 1982 · East Falkland Theater

~80

casualties

929

The SCUD War

Campaign · January 18, 1991 · Israel / Saudi Arabia Theater

74 disputed

casualties

930

Battle of Guantánamo Bay

Battle · June 10, 1898 · Cuba Theater

~74

casualties

931

The Enniskillen Bombing

Raid · November 8, 1987 · Enniskillen, County Fermanagh Theater

casualties

932

Fall of Damascus — Collapse of the Assad Regime

Political event · December 8, 2024 · Damascus Theater

70 disputed

casualties

933

Slovenia's Ten-Day War

Campaign · June 27 – July 7, 1991 · Slovenia Theater

66 disputed

casualties

934

Battle of the Rosebud

Battle · June 17, 1876 · Northern Plains Theater

~64

casualties

935

Battle of Tirad Pass

Battle · December 2, 1899 · Northern Luzon Theater

~62

casualties

936

Battle of Makahambus Hill

Battle · June 4, 1900 · Mindanao Theater

~60

casualties

937

Battle of Pulang Lupa

Battle · September 13, 1900 · Marinduque Theater

~60

casualties

938

Assassination of Ali Khamenei

Assassination attempt · February 28, 2026 · Tehran Theater

60 disputed

casualties

939

Battle of Manzanillo

Battle · August 12, 1898 · Cuba Theater

~55

casualties

940

Battle of Milk Creek

Battle · September 29 – October 5, 1879 · Southwest Theater

~50

casualties

941

Biafran Humanitarian Airlift

Campaign · June 1968 · Biafran Heartland / Uli Airstrip Theater

~50

casualties

942

The Murder of Severus Alexander

Assassination attempt · March 235 · Moguntiacum (Mainz), Germania Theater

50 disputed

casualties

943

Arrest of Toussaint Louverture

Political event · June 7, 1802 · Northern Province Theater

~50

casualties

944

Battle of San Mateo

Battle · December 19, 1899 · Central Luzon Theater

~50

casualties

945

Egyptian Canal Blockade

Campaign · November 1–December 1956 · Suez Canal Theater

~50

casualties

946

Naval Battle of Latakia

Battle · October 7, 1973 · Eastern Mediterranean Theater

~50

casualties

947

Dull Knife Fight

Battle · November 25, 1876 · Northern Plains Theater

~46

casualties

948

Battle of Coamo

Battle · August 9, 1898 · Puerto Rico Theater

~46

casualties

949

The Tanker War

Campaign · September 1–7, 2026 · Persian Gulf — Strait of Hormuz, Kharg Island, Jask Theater

45 disputed

casualties

950

Mayaguez Incident

Raid · May 12–15, 1975 · Koh Tang Island, Cambodia Theater

~41

casualties

951

The Capture of Brielle

Raid · April 1, 1572 · Maas estuary Theater

~40

casualties

952

Sinking of HMS Coventry and Atlantic Conveyor

Raid · May 25, 1982 · Falkland Sound / North Falklands Theater

~31

casualties

953

Battle of Jumonville Glen

Raid · May 28, 1754 · Ohio Valley Theater

~31

casualties

954

The Easter Truce

Political event · April 11, 2026 · Front line Theater

30 disputed

casualties

955

Bloody Sunday

Social event · January 30, 1972 · Derry (Bogside) Theater

casualties

956

Warrenpoint Ambush and the Mountbatten Killing

Raid · August 27, 1979 · Warrenpoint, County Down; Mullaghmore, County Sligo Theater

casualties

957

Barricades Week

Social event · January 24, 1960 · Algiers Theater

~24

casualties

958

Operation Deliberate Force

Campaign · August 30 – September 20, 1995 · Bosnia-Herzegovina Theater

~21

casualties

959

Argentine Invasion of the Falklands

Campaign · April 2, 1982 · Falkland Islands Theater

20 disputed

casualties

960

Sinking of HMS Sheffield

Raid · May 4, 1982 · South Atlantic Theater

casualties

961

The Tripoli Clashes

Social event · May 12 – 14, 2025 · Tripoli Theater

~20

casualties

962

Battle of Cempoala

Battle · May 28, 1520 · Gulf Coast of Mexico Theater

~20

casualties

963

Operation Motorman

Campaign · July 31, 1972 · Derry and Belfast Theater

~20

casualties

964

Second Battle of Adobe Walls

Battle · June 27, 1874 · Southern Plains Theater

~19

casualties

965

October Revolution (Bolshevik Coup)

Political event · November 7, 1917 · Petrograd Theater

~15

casualties

966

Battle of Fort Sumter

Siege · April 12–14, 1861 · Eastern Theater

~13

casualties

967

Shooting Down of the Presidential Aircraft

Assassination attempt · April 6, 1994 · Kigali Theater

12 reported

casualties

968

Murder of Prime Minister Uwilingiyimana

Assassination attempt · April 7, 1994 · Kigali Theater

casualties

969

Murder of the Romanovs

Assassination attempt · July 17, 1918 · Yekaterinburg, Ural Region Theater

~11

casualties

970

Internment and the Ballymurphy Massacre

Social event · August 9–11, 1971 · Belfast Theater

casualties

971

Toussaint Rouge (All Saints' Day Attacks)

Raid · November 1, 1954 · Aurès Mountains & across Algeria Theater

~10

casualties

972

The Capture of the Silver Fleet

Raid · September 8, 1628 · Matanzas Bay, Cuba Theater

~10

casualties

973

Assassination of Emiliano Zapata

Assassination attempt · April 10, 1919 · Morelos, Southern Mexico Theater

~10

casualties

974

Capture of Aguinaldo at Palanan

Raid · March 23, 1901 · Northern Luzon Theater

~10

casualties

975

Capture of Ponce

Campaign · July 28, 1898 · Puerto Rico Theater

~10

casualties

976

The 1981 Hunger Strike

Social event · May 5, 1981 · HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) Theater

casualties

977

The Loughgall Ambush

Raid · May 8, 1987 · Loughgall, County Armagh Theater

casualties

978

Recapture of South Georgia

Campaign · April 25, 1982 · South Georgia Theater

casualties

979

Fall of Stanley — Argentine Surrender

Political event · June 14, 1982 · Stanley, Falkland Islands Theater

casualties

980

First Stinger Engagement

Battle · September 1986 · Jalalabad Theater

casualties

981

Attack on US Consulate, Benghazi

Raid · September 11, 2012 · Benghazi Theater

casualties

982

Assassination of Pancho Villa

Assassination attempt · July 20, 1923 · Parral, Chihuahua Theater

casualties

983

The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba

Assassination attempt · January 17, 1961 · Katanga (Élisabethville region) Theater

casualties

984

Generals' Putsch

Political event · April 21, 1961 · Algiers and France Theater

casualties

985

Jing Ke's Assassination Attempt

Assassination attempt · 227 BC · Qin court at Xianyang Theater

2 disputed

casualties

986

Fall of Milošević

Political event · October 5, 2000 · Belgrade Theater

casualties

987

The Assassination of An Lushan

Assassination attempt · January 757 · Luoyang Theater

casualties

988

Execution of King Charles I

Assassination attempt · January 30, 1649 · London Theater

casualties

989

Death of Toussaint Louverture at Fort de Joux

Assassination attempt · April 7, 1803 · Northern Province Theater

casualties

990

The Ransom and Execution of Atahualpa