Thousands re-enact Napoleonic Battle of the Nations

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Yep but Somme would have come in at #2 rather than Leipzig. I just thought it odd that they only counted the first day of the Somme nut the included the full 5 months odd for Stalingrad. Somme went almost 5 months but the first day was certainly the bloodiest.

Passchendaele too, the casualty toll is still not certain, but it was greater than Leipzig. In fact, to be honest, the rest of the top five could probably be made up of World War One battles and battles of the Great Patriotic War.