|
Rank
|
Date
|
Casualties
|
Battle
|
|
1
|
July 17, 1942 - February 2, 1943
|
1,940,000
|
The Battle of Stalingrad
|
|
2
|
July 5, 1943 - August 23, 1943
|
1,050,000
|
The Battle of Kursk
|
|
3
|
October 2, 1941 - January 7, 1942
|
1,029,234
|
The Battle of Moscow
|
|
4
|
July 7, 1941 - September 26, 1941
|
700,554
|
The Battle of Kiev
|
|
5
|
June 6, 1945 - August 21, 1945
|
684,530
|
The Battle of Normandy
|
|
6
|
April 16, 1945 - May 2, 1945
|
442,483
|
The Battle of Berlin
|
|
7
|
January 9, 1945 - August 15, 1945
|
330,000
|
The Battle of Luzon
|
|
8
|
May 12, 1942, May 28, 1942
|
300,000
|
The Second Battle of Kharkov
|
|
9
|
April 1, 1945 - June 22, 1945
|
221,000
|
The Battle of Okinawa
|
|
10
|
December 16, 1944 - January 16, 1945
|
183,000
|
The Battle of the Bulge
|
|