The following is a list of the casualty count in battles in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related deaths) and civilian casualties during the battles. Large battle casualty counts are almost impossible to calculate precisely. Many of these figures are estimates, and, where possible, a range of estimates is presented. Figures display numbers of all types of casualties when available (killed, wounded, missing, and sick) but may only include number killed. Where possible, the list specifies whether or not prisoners are included in the count. This list does not include most bombing runs or missile strikes (such as the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), which, despite potentially massive casualties, are not typically classified as "battles," since they are usually one-sided engagements. Tactical or strategic strikes, however, may form part of larger engagements which are themselves battles.

Classical formation battles[link]

These refer to battles in which armies met on a single field of battle and fought each other for anywhere from one to several days. With more advanced weapons, military formations lost their impact and use of this type of battle died out in favor of grander military operations. Many of these battles are ancient, and in several cases, the few extant historical records differ, sometimes wildly, on casualties. Entries here use modern figures when available.

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Sieges and urban combat[link]

This list includes sieges, as well as modern battles that were fought primarily in urban areas. Major military operations that included city fighting are listed below. Sieges and urban combat often include heavy civilian casualties, which are included in this list.

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Major operations[link]

This list includes major operations and prolonged battles or operations fought over a large area or for a long time. The duration of some operations, like the Battle of Moscow, are disputed so numbers found in various sources may differ for that reason alone.

See also[link]

• List of wars and disasters by death toll
• List of battles

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Brewer, Paul (2007). The Chronicle of War: A Year-by-Year Account of Conflict from 1854 to the Present Day. London: Carlton Books. ISBN 1-74181-342-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=2zVKGgAACAAJ&ei=FduJSYyDPI_AlQTK2sz5AQ. 
• Erickson, John (2001). Hitler versus Stalin: The Second World War on the Eastern Front in Photographs. London: Carlton Books. ISBN 1-84222-260-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=6usGAAAACAAJ&ei=N9uJSYDvG4TMlQSA9uGeAg. 
• Glantz, David M. (1998). When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-0899-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=Zv9nAAAAMAAJ&q=when+titans+clashed&ei=XtuJSdr6IY3qkQTc64iAAg&pgis=1. 
• Grant, R. G. (2005). Battle: A Visual Journey Through 5,000 Years of Combat. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0-7566-1360-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=iU-pAQAACAAJ&ei=OtqJSa-lLJTUlQTVuu3rAQ. 
• Hassig, Ross (1994). Mexico and the Spanish Conquest. New York: Longman. http://books.google.com/books?id=u2fcDIn41cIC. 
• Krivosheev, G. F. (1997). Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century. Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-280-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=tLkHAAAACAAJ&ei=vduJSaauKZTElQSd1qSZAg. 
• Mann, Charles (2005). 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. New York: Vintage Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=XnELAAAAYAAJ&q=1491:+New+Revelations&ei=5duJSb-MOpCQkQSWi7C0Ag&pgis=1. 
• Encyclopedia of World War I. 4. ABC-CLIO. 2005. ISBN 1-85109-420-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=2YqjfHLyyj8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
• Wagner, Margaret, et al. (2007). The Library of Congress World War II Companion. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-5219-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=0bRaa7UuD6EC. 
• 《White blood-red》 Zhang Zhenglong PLA Publishing House in August 1989 ISBN 7-01-000381-5/ISBN 7-01-000413-7
• Liaoning-Shenyang Campaign
• Alistair Horne. (1977). A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590172183/. 
• James Grant Duff. (2001 (Yokai publishing)). A history of the Mahrattas (3 volumes). http://www.amazon.com/History-Mahrattas-Vol-I/dp/0857924621/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1302136753&sr=8-4. 
• H.R.G Rawlinson. (2006 (Hesperides publishing)). An account of the last battle of Panipat, and the events leading to it.. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Account-of-the-Last-Battle-of-Panipat-An/H-G-Rawlinson/e/9781406726251. 
• Hall, Richard C. (2000). The Balkan Wars, 1912–1913: Prelude to the First World War. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-22946-4. 

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List or lists may refer to:

Enumerations[link]

• Any enumeration of a set of items
• A list of comma separated values, a common way of listing in everyday life and computing. (British usage: Comma-separated values)
• A mailing list
• An electronic mailing list
• An electoral list
• List (computing)
• Task lists, a list of tasks to be completed
• Listicle, an article in list format
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• List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America

People[link]

• Friedrich List, German economist
• Guido von List, Austrian Armanist
• John List, murderer
• Liesbeth List, Dutch singer
• Maximilian List, SS officer and Commandant of Lager Sylt, a labour camp on Alderney
• Paul List, chess player
• Peyton List, the name of two American actresses:
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  • Peyton List (actress born 1998), American actress in the Disney Channel TV series Jessie
• Siegmund Wilhelm List, WWII German field marshal

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• The List (The X-Files), an episode of the television show The X-Files
• The List (2007 film), a film based on the novel by Robert Whitlow
• The List (album), an album by Rosanne Cash

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• Liszt (surname)
• Listing (disambiguation)

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Battles
Battles at the 2008 Moers Festival in Germany. From left to right: Ian Williams, John Stanier, Dave Konopka, Tyondai Braxton
Background information
Origin	New York, New York, United States
Genres	Experimental rock
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Warp
Associated acts	Helmet Storm & Stress Tomahawk Don Caballero The Mark of Cain
Website	www.bttls.com
Members
Ian Williams John Stanier Dave Konopka
Past members
Tyondai Braxton

Battles is an American experimental rock group, founded in 2002 in New York City. The current line-up is guitarist/keyboardist Ian Williams (formerly of Don Caballero and Storm & Stress), guitarist/bassist Dave Konopka (formerly of Lynx), and drummer John Stanier (formerly of Helmet).

Biography[link]

Following a string of EPs, the band released their debut album on the Warp Records label in February 2006, which was titled EP C / B EP. It is a compilation of their early releases, EP C, B EP and the single "Tras".

[edit] Mirrored

Their first full-length album Mirrored, recorded by Keith Souza at Machines with Magnets, was released on May 14, 2007. The album received positive reviews and appeared on several top album lists for 2007.

The first single from the album, "Atlas", was released on February 21, 2007 as streaming audio, and the accompanying streaming video was released on February 28, 2007. It was voted "Best Single of the Week" by NME magazine,^[1] and received a glowing review in the British Clash Magazine, as well as ranking at number one in the second Dandelion Radio Festive Fifty. The song was performed by the band on BBC television's Later With Jools Holland in November 2007.

"Atlas" was featured in the Media Molecule' video game LittleBigPlanet, available for the PlayStation 3, and appears on the soundtrack for the second season of the Channel 4 program Skins. The track was also featured in Major League Baseball 2K8.

The video for the track "Atlas" also appeared in a set of videos from Warp Films shown at the 2009 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The audio track was featured on American Airlines in-flight radio programming and is used for Arto Saari's segment of Alien Workshop's skateboard video MindField.

Battles released a streaming video for the track "Tonto", in which they collaborated with celebrated lights artists UVA (United Visual Artists). The accompanying single was released in late 2007.

Battles scored their first UK cover feature in April 2007, talking to The Skinny magazine about the making of Mirrored.

The song "Race : In" and a remix of "Atlas" were both used for car advertisements in the UK (for Audi and Honda respectively), and "Bad Trails" was featured in the film Big Fan.

The introduction of the film All Tomorrow’s Parties, which was released in October 2009, features a live performance of "Atlas". This performance was recorded in May 2007 during the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that took place in Butlins Holiday Camp, Minehead, Somerset. A new song "Sweetie and Shag" was performed in Dublin on 10 December 2009.

The songs "Leyendecker" and "Bad Trails" were both featured in episode 7 of season 4 of the UK teen show Skins.

The song "The Line" is featured on the Twilight Saga: Eclipse OST soundtrack.

In August 2010, Battles announced that Tyondai Braxton left the band; Braxton had also expressed that he did not want to go on tour, while Battles already had a touring schedule lined up for the upcoming year.^[2]

[edit] Gloss Drop

Battles' second album, Gloss Drop, was released on June 6, 2011 featuring guests including Gary Numan (formerly of "Tubeway Army"), Kazu Makino, and Yamantaka Eye, and the band announced a spring tour in support of the record.^[3][4] In December 2011 the band curated the All Tomorrow's Parties "Nightmare Before Christmas" festival in Minehead, England alongside co-curators Les Savy Fav and Caribou.^[5]

From February to April 2012, a series of four 12" vinyl EPs were released, titled Dross Glop (a spoonerism of the album's title) 1 through 4, featuring dance remixes of all the songs on Gloss Drop by various artists, including Gui Boratto, Kode9 and Hudson Mohawke. A compilation album featuring the 11 remixes (plus one not included, "Sundome") was released on April 16, 2012.^[6]

Members[link]

Dave Konopka of Battles performing at the 2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN.

Ian Williams at the 2008 Moers Festival.

John Stanier, 2008 Moers Festival.

• Dave Konopka – bass, guitar, effects
• Ian Williams – guitar, keyboards
• John Stanier – drums

Former members[link]

• Tyondai Braxton – guitar, keyboards, vocals (2002–2010)

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

EPs[link]

• EP C (Monitor Records; June 8, 2004)
• B EP (Dim Mak Records; September 2004)
• EPC (Japan only special mix edition; Dotlinecircle; October 2004)
• Lives (Beat Records; September 27, 2007)
• Tonto+ (Warp Records; October 22, 2007 world, November 6, 2007 USA)
• Dross Glop 1 (first in a four-part 12" vinyl remix series; Warp Records; February 6/7, 2012)
• Dross Glop 2 (second in four-part 12" vinyl remix series; Warp Records; February 20/21, 2012)
• Dross Glop 3 (third in four-part 12" vinyl remix series; Warp Records; March 19/20, 2012)
• Dross Glop 4 (fourth and final in four-part 12" vinyl remix series; Warp Records; Record Store Day, April 21, 2012)

Compilations[link]

• EP C/B EP (Warp Records, February 21, 2006)
• Warp20 (Chosen) (September 28, 2009)
• Dross Glop (CD compilation of the four-part 12" vinyl remixes; April 16/17, 2012)^[12]

Singles[link]

• "Tras" (June 15, 2004, 12")
• "Atlas" (April 2007, 12")
• "Tonto" (October 2007)
• "The Line" (August 2010, digital download)
• "Ice Cream" (March 2011, 12")
• "My Machines" (August 2011, 12")

Filmography[link]

• All Tomorrow's Parties (October 2009)

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Official Battles website
• Battles at Allmusic
• Live pictures of Battles
• Interview/Photos with ignore Magazine
• Battles discography at MusicBrainz
• Interview from Hate Something Beautiful
• Concert photos
• 'Musical Mathletes' The Guardian Interview May 19 2007
• Battles article June 2007
• Contact Music: interview
• Ignore Magazine: article
• BBC: article
• Battles: Interview & Live performance in Paris

Temporary grave of an American machine-gunner during the Battle of Normandy.

A casualty is a person who is the victim of an accident, injury, or trauma. The word casualties is most often used by the news media to describe deaths and injuries resulting from wars or disasters. Casualties is sometimes misunderstood to mean fatalities, but non-fatal injuries are also casualties.

In military usage, casualties usually refer to combatants who have been rendered combat-ineffective, or all persons lost to active military service, which comprises those killed in action, killed by disease, disabled by physical injuries, disabled by psychological trauma, captured, deserted, and missing, but does not include injuries which do not prevent a person from fighting.

Civilian casualties are civilian or non-combatant persons killed or injured by military action. The sum of casualties, whether military personnel or civilians, is known as the casualty count. Civilian prisoners of war are also casualties of war, but are counted separately from those injured or killed.