1, Battle of Stalingrad (1June 28th, 942-1February 2nd, 943)
The Battle of Stalingrad, known as the turning point of World War II, was a battle fought by Nazi Germany for Stalingrad in the southern Soviet Union during World War II. Judging from the number of casualties alone, this battle is also the bloodiest in modern history, with casualties on both sides estimated at around 2 million. The number of people involved in this battle is also more than other battles in history, and it is even more famous for the casualties caused by both sides ignoring the distinction between military and civilian.
2. Battle of Songhu Lake (1937 August 13-1937 June10/2 October)
The Battle of Shanghai and Shanghai on August 13th was the first major battle in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China, and it was also one of the largest, longest and most tragic battles. Completely shattered the Japanese plan to destroy China for three months. Among them, China announced 300,000 casualties, and Japan announced more than 40,000 casualties, which is called the Oriental Meat Grinder.
3. The Battle of the Qing Dynasty (1950165438+1October 27th-1950 65438+February 24th)
The "Second Campaign" initiated by Chinese people's Volunteer Army. 1950165438+10 In October, two ace armies of China and the United States launched a campaign to change the historical process in Changjin Lake. After this battle, the allied forces of China and North Korea completely smashed the Christmas offensive of the "United Nations Army" and recovered Pyongyang. The battle destroyed more than 36,000 enemies, including more than 24,000 Americans, 30,700 volunteers and 50,000 frostbitten people, including the famous Changjin Lake Ice Sculpture Company. This battle is called the worst and hardest battle in history.
4. The Battle of Changping (262 BC-260 BC)
The battle of Changping was a war between the Qin army and the Zhao army in the Changping area of Zhao. It was a strategic decisive battle between Qin and Zhao, which accelerated the process of Qin's unification of China, was an important turning point in the history of the Warring States, and was also the earliest, largest and most thorough large-scale annihilation war in the ancient military history of China. Among them, there were about 200,000 casualties in Qin Jun and 450,000 deaths in Zhao (200,000 in Tian Lei).
5. The Battle of Verdun (191February 265438-191June/February 0/9).
The Battle of Verdun is the most destructive and longest-lasting battle in the 1 World War. The Battle of Verdun is a typical positional warfare and war of attrition. The two sides * * * invested 2 million troops and fired 40 million shells, with nearly 6.5438+0 million casualties, which finally ended in the victory of the French army. Government forces killed more than 250,000 people and injured more than 500,000 people, and the number of casualties was second only to the Battle of the Somme. Therefore, the Battle of Verdun also became a shocking "meat grinder" and "hell on earth".
6. Battle of the Somme (1965438+June 24, 2006-19165438+10/8).
The Battle of the Somme was launched by the British and French allied forces and Germany in 19 16. The casualties of both sides in this battle were 6.5438+0.3 million, which was the worst positional warfare in World War I and was called "Somme Hell". In this battle, machine guns and tanks appeared on the battlefield, which changed the form of modern warfare.
7. The Battle of Yangzhou (April 1645)
The Battle of Yangzhou 1645 (the second year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, the first year of Hong Guang in Nanming Dynasty). In the battle to annihilate the Hong Guang regime in Nanming, Shi Kefa, the minister of the Ministry of War of Nanming, Hong Guang, led Yangzhou soldiers and civilians to resist the siege of the Qing army. After fierce resistance, the Qing soldiers fell down one after another, killing and looting, and did not seal the knife for 10 days. Except for a few residents who escaped before the city was broken and a few residents who survived after the Qing army entered the city, almost all of them were slaughtered, and more than 800 thousand bodies were collected by monks alone. History is called "Yangzhou Ten Days"
8. Crusades (1096—129 1 year)
Crusades are a series of famous religious military actions launched by Pope UrbanⅡ, which lasted for nearly 200 years. Feudal lords and knights in western Europe launched wars against eastern Mediterranean countries in the name of recovering the land occupied by Arab Muslims, counting nine times before and after. The number of people participating in this war is at least 2 million, and the casualties are extremely heavy. So far, there are no accurate figures.
9. The Battle of Moscow (1941September 30th-19421October 7th)
The battle of Moscow lasted for nearly half a year, and it was one of the largest urban defense battles in the history of human war. The two sides invested about 3.05 million troops, including about 500,000 German casualties and 729,000 Soviet casualties.
10, Battle of Saipan (65438+June 0944-65438+July 0944)
Although the battle of Saipan was not long, it achieved brilliant results. It can be said that it was a turning point in the Pacific War, which opened the door for the US military to bomb Japan and accelerated the end of the Pacific War. In the Battle of Saipan, the Japanese, Japanese and naval forces suffered more than 4 1000 casualties and nearly 2,000 people were captured. American casualties exceeded 65438+600,000.