Английская Википедия:Deadliest single days of World War I

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Painting of ghostly figures in front of white arch
Will Longstaff's Menin Gate at Midnight
Graveyard
Moscow City Brotherly Cemetery in 1915
Graveyard of small grey crosses
Sandweiler German war cemetery in Luxembourg

World War I was fought on many fronts around the world from the battlefields of Europe to the far-flung colonies in the Pacific and Africa. While it is most famous for the trench warfare stalemate that existed on Europe's Western Front, in other theatres of combat the fighting was mobile and often involved set-piece battles and cavalry charges. The Eastern Front often took thousands of casualties a day during the major offensive pushes, but it was the West that saw the most concentrated slaughter. It was in the west that the newly industrialized world powers could focus their end products on the military–industrial complex. The deadliest day of the war was during the opening days of the conflict. The Imperial German war council had initiated the Schlieffen Plan which involved multiple armies flooding through the borders of Belgium and France. On August 22, 1914, during the Battle of the Frontiers, five separate French armies engaged the German invaders independently of each other. Across all those battlefields, on that single day, 27,000 French soldiers lost their lives protecting their country.[1]

The term casualty in warfare is often misunderstood. It often refers not to those who are killed on the battlefield but to those who can no longer fight. That can include disabled by injuries, disabled by psychological trauma, captured, deserted, or missing. A casualty is, by definition, a soldier who is no longer available for the immediate battle or campaign, the major consideration in combat. The number of casualties is simply the number of members of a unit who are not available for duty. For example, on March 21, 1918, during the opening day of the German spring offensive, the Germans casualties are broken down into 10,851 killed, 28,778 wounded, 300 POW or taken prisoner for a total of 39,929 casualties.[2] The word casualty has been used in a military context since at least 1513.[3] In this article, the numbers killed refer to those killed in action, killed by disease, or killed by their wounds.

Western Front

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Country Battle, siege, or offensive Date Number killed on this day Total killed during WWI % of total killed References
Шаблон:Flag Battle of the Frontiers Шаблон:Sort 27,000 1,357,000[4] 2% [5]
Шаблон:Flagcountry Battle of the Somme Шаблон:Sort 19,240 744,000[6] 3% [7]
Шаблон:Flag Kaiserschlacht Шаблон:Sort 10,851 2,037,000[8][9] 0.53% [2]
Шаблон:Flag Battle of Vimy Ridge Шаблон:Sort 2,414 56,639[10] 4% [11]
Шаблон:Flag Battle of Broodseinde Шаблон:Sort 1,282 61,527[10] 2% [12]
Шаблон:Flag First Battle of Passchendaele Шаблон:Sort 847 18,166[13] 5% [14]
Шаблон:Flag Massacre at Dinant Шаблон:Sort 674 38,170[15] 2% Шаблон:CN
Шаблон:Flag Battle of the Lys Шаблон:Sort 500~[A 1] 7,222[15] 7% [16]
Шаблон:Flag Battle of the Argonne Forest Шаблон:Sort 418 116,516[17] 0.36% [18]
Шаблон:Flag Battle at Beaumont-Hamel (Somme) Шаблон:Sort 310 1,204[10] 26% [19]
Шаблон:Flagcountry Battle of Delville Wood Шаблон:Sort 253 7,121[10] 4% [20]
Шаблон:Flagicon Russian Empire (until 1917) 1,700,000 [15]
Шаблон:Flagicon Thailand SEF (from 1918) Base Hospital No. 57 Шаблон:Sort 2 [A 2] 19 [21] 11% [21]

Eastern Front

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Country Battle, Siege, or Offensive Date Number killed on this day Total killed during WWI % of total killed References
Шаблон:Flag 1,700,000 [15]
Шаблон:Flag 2,037,000 [8][9]
Шаблон:Flagcountry 335,706 [22]
Шаблон:Flagcountry 101,229 [A 3] [23]
Шаблон:Flag 1,200,000 [24]
Шаблон:Flag 325,000 [A 4] [24]

Naval battles

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Country Battle, siege, or offensive Date Number killed on this day Total killed during WWI % of total killed References
Шаблон:Flagcountry Battle of Jutland Шаблон:Sort 6,094 744,000[6] 1% [25]
Шаблон:Flag Battle of Jutland Шаблон:Sort 2,551 2,037,000[8][9] 0.13% [25]
Шаблон:Flagcountry SS Principe Umberto Шаблон:Sort 1,926 460,000[15] 4% [26]
Шаблон:Flag SS Gallia Шаблон:Sort 1,338 1,357,000[4] 0.1% [27]
Шаблон:Flag SS Linz Шаблон:Sort 697[A 5] 1,200,000[24] 0.06% [28]
Шаблон:Flag Cruiser Pallada Шаблон:Sort 597 1,700,000[15] 0.04% [29]
Шаблон:Flag Battleship Kawachi Шаблон:Sort 500–700[A 6] 4,661[30] 13% [31]
Шаблон:Flag USS Cyclops Шаблон:Sort [A 7] 309 116,516[17] 0.3% [32]
Шаблон:Flag Barbaros Hayreddin[A 8] Шаблон:Sort 258 325,000[A 9][24] 0.07% Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Flag HMHS Llandovery Castle Шаблон:Sort 234 56,639[10] 0.4% [33]

Gallipoli Campaign

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Country Battle, siege, or offensive Date Number killed on this day Total killed during WWI % of total killed References
Шаблон:Flag Third attack on Anzac Cove Шаблон:Sort 5,000~ 325,000[A 10][24] 2% [34]
Шаблон:Flag First Battle of Krithia Шаблон:Sort 1,001[A 11] 1,357,000[4] [35]
Шаблон:Flagcountry Battle of Scimitar Hill Шаблон:Sort 1,497[A 12] 744,000[6] 0.2% [37]
Шаблон:Flag ANZAC Cove Шаблон:Sort, Шаблон:Sort[A 13] 755 61,527[10] 1.2% [38][39]
Шаблон:Flag Battle of Sari Bair Шаблон:Sort 507 18,166[13] 3% [40][41]
Шаблон:Flagicon India Third Battle of Krithia Шаблон:Sort 207[A 14] 42,448[A 15][A 16][44] 0.5% [45]

Italian Front

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Country Battle, Siege, or Offensive Date Number killed on this day Total killed during WWI % of total killed References
Шаблон:Flagcountry 460,000 [15]
Шаблон:Flag 1,357,000 [4]
Шаблон:Flagcountry 744,000 [6]
Шаблон:Flag 2,037,000 [8][9]
Шаблон:Flag 1,200,000 [24]

Macedonian front

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Country Battle, Siege, or Offensive Date Number killed on this day Total killed during WWI % of total killed References
Шаблон:Flagcountry 6,000~ [15]
Шаблон:Flagcountry 127,535 [A 17] [15]
Шаблон:Flagcountry 460,000 [15]
Шаблон:Flag 1,357,000 [4]
Шаблон:Flagcountry 744,000 [6]
Шаблон:Flag 1,700,000 [15]
Шаблон:Flag 2,037,000 [8][9]
Шаблон:Flagcountry 101,229 [A 18] [23]
Шаблон:Flag 1,200,000 [24]
Шаблон:Flag 325,000 [A 19] [24]

See also

Notes

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