<Tr> <Td> Battle of Mons / Battle of Le Cateau </Td> <Td> #1914 </Td> <Td> World War I </Td> <Td> 0,018,000 18,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Sakarya </Td> <Td> #1921 </Td> <Td> Greco--Turkish War of 1919--22 </Td> <Td> 0,061,000 61,000 </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . The battles included here inflicted at least 50,000 casualties . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Siege </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Conflict </Th> <Th> Casualties (High est .) </Th> <Th> Casualties (Low est .) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Constantinople </Td> <Td> 717--18 </Td> <Td> Arab--Byzantine wars </Td> <Td> 170,000 </Td> <Td> 130,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Tenochtitlan </Td> <Td> 1521 </Td> <Td> Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire </Td> <Td> 240,000 </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Rhodes </Td> <Td> 1522 </Td> <Td> Ottoman wars in Europe </Td> <Td> 55,200 </Td> <Td> 55,200 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Ostend </Td> <Td> 1601--04 </Td> <Td> Eighty Years' War </Td> <Td> 115,000 </Td> <Td> 90,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Second Siege of Zaragoza </Td> <Td> 1808--09 </Td> <Td> Peninsular War </Td> <Td> 64,000 </Td> <Td> 64,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Third Battle of Nanking </Td> <Td> 1863 </Td> <Td> Taiping Rebellion </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Petersburg </Td> <Td> 1864--65 </Td> <Td> American Civil War </Td> <Td> 70,000 </Td> <Td> 70,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Gettysburg </Td> <Td> 1863 </Td> <Td> American Civil War </Td> <Td> 50,000 </Td> <Td> 50,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Port Arthur </Td> <Td> 1904--05 </Td> <Td> Russo - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Adrianople </Td> <Td> 1912--13 </Td> <Td> First Balkan War </Td> <Td> 93,282 </Td> <Td> 93,282 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Verdun </Td> <Td> 1916 </Td> <Td> World War I </Td> <Td> 976,000 </Td> <Td> 714,231 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Battle of the Somme </Td> <Td> 1916 </Td> <Td> World War I </Td> <Td> 1,120,000 </Td> <Td> 1,120,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Taiyuan </Td> <Td> 1937 </Td> <Td> Second Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 130,000 </Td> <Td> 130,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Xinkou </Td> <Td> 1937 </Td> <Td> Second Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 200,000 </Td> <Td> 200,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Shanghai </Td> <Td> 1937 </Td> <Td> Second Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 400,000 </Td> <Td> 400,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Wuhan </Td> <Td> 1938 </Td> <Td> Second Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 540,000 </Td> <Td> 540,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Battle of Changsha </Td> <Td> 1939 </Td> <Td> Second Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 80,000 + </Td> <Td> 80,000 + </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Nanchang </Td> <Td> 1939 </Td> <Td> Second Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 75,328 </Td> <Td> 75,328 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Dunkirk </Td> <Td> 1940 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 88,000 </Td> <Td> 88,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of South Shanxi </Td> <Td> 1941 </Td> <Td> Second Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 120,000 + </Td> <Td> 120,000 + </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Odessa </Td> <Td> 1941 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 133,813 </Td> <Td> 133,813 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Sevastopol </Td> <Td> 1941--42 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 236,437 </Td> <Td> 236,437 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Third Battle of Changsha </Td> <Td> 1942 </Td> <Td> Second Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 84,862 </Td> <Td> 84,862 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Stalingrad </Td> <Td> 1942--43 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 1,798,619 </Td> <Td> 1,250,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Changde </Td> <Td> 1943 </Td> <Td> Second Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of West Hubei </Td> <Td> 1943 </Td> <Td> Second Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 115,830 </Td> <Td> 115,830 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Leningrad </Td> <Td> 1941--44 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 4,500,000 </Td> <Td> 1,117,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Warsaw Uprising </Td> <Td> 1944 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 200,000 + </Td> <Td> 200,000 + </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Budapest </Td> <Td> 1944--45 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 422,000 </Td> <Td> 422,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Berlin </Td> <Td> 1945 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 1,298,745 </Td> <Td> 1,298,745 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Okinawa </Td> <Td> 1945 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 82,000 </Td> <Td> 82,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Changchun </Td> <Td> 1948 </Td> <Td> Chinese Civil War </Td> <Td> 425,000 </Td> <Td> 425,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Kiev </Td> <Td> 1941 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 700,544 </Td> <Td> 700,544 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Manila </Td> <Td> 1945 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 500,000 </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Normandy </Td> <Td> 1944 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 795,400 </Td> <Td> 650,600 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of the Bulge </Td> <Td> 1944 - 45 </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 218,900 </Td> <Td> 161,370 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siege of Sarajevo </Td> <Td> 1992--96 </Td> <Td> Bosnian War </Td> <Td> 62,000 </Td> <Td> 62,000 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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