World War Two is certainly one of the worst wars for casualty numbers in recent memory. Here are five of the worst battles in the history of war. Attack on Gallipoli – 1915 [Via] British General Sir Ian Hamilton was in command of the World War One invasion of Gallipoli in 1915. Similar to World War Two’s D-Day landings the Allies attempted to access and attack the Turkey coast from the sea. Their intention was to take Turkey out of the way, which was then an ally to the Germans. The Turkish army was not modern and in theory the attack should have been a success, but the full coastal attack meant that it was a suicide mission waiting to happen. Nevertheless the Allies took just around 75,000 troops and early in the morning of April 25th, the attack was launched on the Turkish coast. Turkish gunmen made easy prey of the slow incoming troops, and only a few made it to shore. Hamilton meanwhile was a long way off shore and could not see what was happening on the beaches. Communications were non-existent and the troops that did make it to shore were left to fend for themselves. Around 2000 made it to shore. Eight months later Allied troops were evacuated from Turkey with around 500,000 men losing their lives, the History Net reports. US Civil War at Fredericksburg [Via] Part of the US Civil War the battle at Fredericksburg was a devastating defeat for the Union Army. General
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