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Deadliest WWII Battles on a Map

Can you name the 23 World War Two battles that had the most total casualties on either side?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_by_casualties
Extended operations like Operation Barbarossa are considered to be made up of several battles, but are not battles themselves.
Using the high estimate, dot size indicates casualties
Do not need to type 'Battle' or equivalents
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Casualties
Battle
5.5 Million
Siege of Leningrad
2.5 Million
Battle of Stalingrad
1.3 Million
Battle of Berlin
761,783
Battle of Kyiv
662,847
First Battle of Voronezh
500,000
Battle of Manila
422,000
Siege of Budapest
398,800
Battle of Shanghai
240,000
Battle of Okinawa
236,437
Second Siege of Sevastopol
218,900
Battle of the Bulge
200,000
Battle of Xinkou
Casualties
Battle
200,000+
Warsaw Uprising
133,813
Siege of Odessa
130,000
Battle of Taiyuan
120,000+
Battle of South Shanxi
115,830
Battle of West Hubei
100,000
Battle of Changde
88,000
Battle of Dunkirk
84,862
Third Battle of Changsha
80,000+
First Battle of Changsha
75,328
Battle of Nanchang
18,600
Siege of Tobruk
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8 Comments
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Level 78
Apr 14, 2025
This quiz is missing some battles due to the organization of the Wikipedia article, don't know when I'll get to updating.
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Level 70
Jan 29, 2024
Battle of Wuhan?
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Level 78
Jan 30, 2024
That's in the list of "Major operations".
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Level 63
Jan 29, 2024
NOMMED
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Level 78
Jan 30, 2024
Thanks!
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Level 65
Jun 8, 2024
Normally I don't write comments this long, but I feel like I have to for once...

5.5 million people, most of whom were innocent civilians, dying in a battle is absolutely devastating. I read a statistic that if someone was born a male in the USSR in 1923, they would only have a 20% chance of living to their 23rd birthday (1946). Because of this incredible loss of life, the populations of Russia and the other Soviet republics have still not been able to recover since WWII. Every 25-30 years, there is a massive shrinkage in population due to all the "unborn" children of the next generation. The former Soviet republics are now undergoing a third shrinkage in population, because today, there are millions of "unborn" great-great grandchildren of the males that died during the war. This loss of life is unbelievable, especially considering that it was all caused by two madmen...

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Level 46
Jan 13, 2025
Hello, I was wondering since i was already making a quiz on nearly the same topic, would you give me permission to make one which is larger (including Dieppe Raid and Smolensk as an example) as i had done finished like 70% of it? I was asking as you had already made a quiz, so it would be most appropriate to take permission!
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Level 78
Jan 13, 2025
Yeah I don't care, go ahead!