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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: TomSea on February 15, 2018, 03:49:36 pm
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Here are 6 of the deadliest battles ever fought
We Are The Mighty
Feb. 13, 2018
For better or worse, the grunts handle the main chunk of the fighting. These are your combat arms troops — infantry, scouts, tankers, artillerymen, etc.
The supply guys in the back can usually get a bit comfy knowing that they probably won't get called to the front line — except in the case of total war when the front line is so decimated that everyone, back to front, needs to push into the fray.
To quantify the level of suck, we've ranked the following battles by a metric that measures the percentage of casualties in relation to troops present on the battlefield and total loss of life from both sides. Thankfully, for today's troops, full-scale battles aren't as catastrophic as they were before the advent of modern medicine.
See full listing at: http://www.businessinsider.com/here-are-6-of-the-deadliest-battles-ever-fought-2018-2#1-the-battle-of-cannae-second-punic-war-fatality-rate-5342-6 (http://www.businessinsider.com/here-are-6-of-the-deadliest-battles-ever-fought-2018-2#1-the-battle-of-cannae-second-punic-war-fatality-rate-5342-6)