battlefield losses
Fallen soldiers count
Battlefield losses are the casualties—killed, wounded, captured, or missing—that a military force suffers in combat.
The term appears in military reports and historical accounts: Battlefield losses mounted as the offensive stalled.
It can extend to equipment destroyed or disabled: The regiment's battlefield losses included twelve tanks.
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- war deadMilitary personnel killed fighting
- fallenHaving dropped down
- fallen soldiersTroops killed in warfare
- deadNo longer alive
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