List of battles with most French military fatalities

This is a list of battles with most French military fatalities, being only French deaths.

Criteria Only battles and campaigns in which the number of French military fatalities exceed 1,000 are listed. The term casualty in warfare refers to a soldier who is no longer fit to fight after being in combat. Casualties can include killed, wounded, missing, captured or deserted. In the list below, the numbers killed refer to those killed in action, killed by disease, missing presumed dead, or someone who died from their wounds.

Battles Battle or siege Conflict DateEstimated number killed Opposing forceReferences Battle of Verdun World War I Germany Jean-Noël Jeanneney, La Guerre dans tous ses états, Nouveau Monde, 2008, p. 222. Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) Crimean War Russian Empire Greek Volunteer Legion John Sweetman, Crimean War, Essential Histories 2, Osprey Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1-84176-186-9, p. 89 First Battle of the Marne World War I Germany Battle of the Ardennes World War I Germany Battle of Dunkirk World War II Germany Battle of Crécy Hundred Years' War England Battle of Charleroi World War I Germany Siege of Zaragoza (1809) Peninsular War Spain Siege of Genoa (1800) War of the Second Coalition Holy Roman Empire Great Britain Battle of Borodino French invasion of Russia Russian Empire Denniee, P. (1842). Itineraire de l'Empereur Napoleon. Battle of Agincourt Hundred Years' War England Batailles françaises 1214 à 1559, édition de 1894, du colonel Hardÿ de Périni (1843-1908). Battle of the Nile (part of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria) War of the Second Coalition Great Britain Battle of Monte Cassino World War II Germany Italian Social Republic Battle of Solferino Second Italian War of Independence Austria Osterreichischen Militarischen Zeitschrift: Der Feldzug des Kaisers Napoleon 3. in Italien im Jahre 1859 (1865) (German translation of Campagne de l'Empereur Napoleon III en Italie.) Battle of Sedan Franco-Prussian War Prussia Saxony Bavaria Battle of Fleurus (1690) Nine Years' War Netherlands Spain Battle of Honnecourt Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) Spain Battle of St. Quentin (1557) Italian War of 1551–1559 Spain England Siege of Acre (1799) (part of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria) War of the Second Coalition Ottoman Empire Great Britain Siege of Alexandria (1801) War of the Second Coalition United Kingdom Barthorp p. 6 Battle of Dobro Pole World War I Bulgaria Battle of Hébuterne World War I Germany Liberation of Paris World War II Germany Vichy France "Libération de Paris [Liberation of Paris]" (in French). (PDF format)."The Lost Evidence – Liberation of Paris". History. Battle of Solferino Second Italian War of Independence Austria Osterreichischen Militarischen Zeitschrift: Der Feldzug des Kaisers Napoleon 3. in Italien im Jahre 1859 (1865) (German translation of Campagne de l'Empereur Napoleon III en Italie.) Siege of Aintab Franco-Turkish War Kuva-yi Milliye(Turkish militia forces) Kilis'in Antep Müdafaasındaki Yeri, Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi (Atatürk Research Center): Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi, Number 31, Edition: 11, March 1995 Siege of Fort St Philip Seven Years' War Great Britain Battle of the Golden Spurs Franco-Flemish War County of Flanders County of Namur Battle of Mars-la-Tour Franco-Prussian War Prussia Siege of Maubeuge World War I Germany Battle of Austerlitz War of the Third Coalition Russia Austria Battle of Gravelotte Franco-Prussian War Prussia Saxony Battle of Marengo War of the Second Coalition Holy Roman Empire Benoît, p. 122Chandler, David G.. The Campaigns of Napoleon, New York, 1966, , p. 296, gives: 25% total casualties. First Battle of Krithia World War I Ottoman Empire Battle of Hallue Franco-Prussian War Prussia George Bruce. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 0-442-22336-6).

Campaigns Campaign Conflict DateEstimated number killed Opposing forceReferences Battle of the Frontiers World War I Germany Battle of France World War II Germany Italy Battle of the Somme World War I Germany Second Battle of Artois World War I Germany Nivelle offensive World War I Germany Third Battle of Artois World War I Germany Gallipoli campaign World War I Ottoman Empire Italian campaign World War II Germany Italian Social Republic Ellis, John (1993). The World War II Databook: The Essential Facts and Figures for all the combatants. BCA. ISBN 978-1-85410-254-6. Western Allied invasion of Germany World War II Germany Hungary Grandes Unités Françaises, Vol. V-III, p. 801 Tunisian campaign (part of the North African campaign) World War II Germany Italy Conquest of New France Seven Years' War Great Britain British Ameirca Iroquois Manning, Stephen (2009). "Hold at All Costs". Quebec: The Story of Three Sieges. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press. ASIN B01182SL7W. Kamerun campaign World War I Germany

See also List of battles with most Italian military fatalities

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