what battle had the most american casualties?

[imported_itr]

 

[Heisenberg]

Probably one of the big Civil War ones like Gettysberg I would guess, but I'm not a military history buff.

 

[EyeMNathan]

The Battle of Nef Island

 

[Pepsi90919]

the war on drugs

 

[Schadenfroh]

Gettysburg?

confirmed:

http://www.phil.muni.cz/~vndrzl/amstudies/civilwar_stats.htm

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
the war on drugs

Less than 20 people have ever been killed in a single battle in the War on Drugs.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

the civil war, mainly from disease. battlewise, its gettysburg.

 

[ribbon13]

America is two continents. So I'd have to say the slaughter of the Aztecs by Cortez. =P

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
America is two continents. So I'd have to say the slaughter of the Aztecs by Cortez. =P

wise ass.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
America is two continents. So I'd have to say the slaughter of the Aztecs by Cortez. =P

holy crap the wise ass that likes to look smart is back

:beer:!

 

[Armitage]

Yep - if you count both sides, the civil war cost more american lives then all the rest put together.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

In vietnam, over 2 million people were killed. that is more than all american wars put together.

 

[Mermaidman]

Um, he's asking about one BATTLE, not a whole war.

On an unrelated note, isn't it amazing that the crew of the Enola Gay probably killed more people with one direct action than anyone else in history?? I wonder how they deal with it.

 

[spc hink]

they probley deal with it by knowing that if they didn't drop the bomb the casualities that would have resulted from an invasion would have been very high

 

[Pocatello]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Um, he's asking about one BATTLE, not a whole war.

On an unrelated note, isn't it amazing that the crew of the Enola Gay probably killed more people with one direct action than anyone else in history?? I wonder how they deal with it.

They are an instrument of war, the politicians made the decision. The crew probably didn't even know the power of the atom bomb.

 

[b0mbrman]

Gotta be Gettysburg... nothing even comes close

 

[Jassi]

Originally posted by: spc hink
they probley deal with it by knowing that if they didn't drop the bomb the casualities that would have resulted from an invasion would have been very high

Lets not start that topic. IMHO and knowledge, Japan was really really close to surrendering but that's another story.

 

[sonz70]

What about a battle of the Pacific in WW2?

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: sonz70
What about a battle of the Pacific in WW2?

Hmmm...that starts to get hazy because those sieges lasted so long. For example, the battle of Okinawa produced 72,000 American casualties but lasted nearly three months to Gettysburg's three days.

But if we're switching the discussion to single day battles, no single day of Gettysburg was as bloody as the Battle of Sharpsburg (or Antietem depending on who you ask 😉) which produced 23,000 casualties

 

[So]

Originally posted by: sonz70
What about a battle of the Pacific in WW2?

Not even close.

 

[chuckywang]

Lincoln is the greatest American president.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: sonz70
What about a battle of the Pacific in WW2?

Not even close.

Errr...like I said, Okinawa but with a big Roger Maris asterisk 😉

 

[Orsorum]

Gettysburg, I'd say, or Antietam if you count single-day casualties.