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Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti
Things are even worse in land battles where enemy losses are often several times lower than claimed. I have seen several instances for example in Normandy in 1944 where one side claimed to have destroyed several enemy batallions, claiming hundred of enemy killed. Reports from the opposing sides show only some tens of KIA/MIA.
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That reminds me of a tale I heard on another blog I infest: the subject was the American Civil War and a post recalled how there was an engagement between a Union and a Confed brigade. Looking at the official historical documents: both sides claimed to have inflicted hundreds of casualties on the other while on suffering a handful of dead and wounded, after an intense exchange of rifle fire.