Template:Did you know nominations/List of most lethal American battles

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:36, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

List of most lethal American battles

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Arlington House also known as the Robert E. Lee Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery

• ... that two of the most lethal battles involving the United States military had over 20,000 soldiers killed?

• Reviewed: Reviewed Khufiyya

5x expanded by Esemono (talk) and Captain Jackson (talk). Nominated by Esemono (talk) at 23:27, 8 November 2017 (UTC).

• Hook source: The two battles that have over 20,000 Americans killed are:

• Meuse-Argonne Offensive - 26,277 killed - Offline source (Brown 2013, p. 191)
• Battle of Okinawa - 20,195 killed - (Traynor 2017) - "In taking another island, Okinawa, the US incurred a further 20,195 dead and 55,162 wounded"

• Sceptical about your list though. For example, in Operation Diadem (the Fourth Battle of Cassino), 3,145 Americans were killed. And 6,657 were killed in the Battle of Metz. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:17, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

• Added them in. Do you think they are more major battles? Is it important to be a totally complete list? This is a Start class article. Aren't we more focused on this being 5x expansion not GA article? -- Esemono (talk) 22:27, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

  There's no need to be complete, although I'm pretty sure that (1) there are more battles and (2) people are likely to suggest them when this runs on the front page. (do the September 11 attacks count?) One thousand seems a good cut-off, btw. Also: Belleau Wood is out of sort order. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:08, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• New enough (expansion began 16 edits ago on November 8, 2017), long enough (2,476 characters "readable prose size"), fully referenced. Hook fine, supported by references. QPQ done. Good to go. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:08, 11 November 2017 (UTC)