CASUALTY RECORD // January 1, 1813
German campaign of 1813
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
2 sides catalogued · combined 820,000 estimated
Russia
360,000
Medium-confidence figure
France
460,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The German campaign of 1813 was the central military contest of the War of the Sixth Coalition, pitting Napoleon and his marshals, supported by the Confederation of the Rhine states, against a coalition that included Prussia, Austria, Russia, and Sweden. Fought across a series of engagements on German soil, the campaign ended French imperial dominance over the German states. The defeat of Napoleon's forces and the collapse of the Confederation of the Rhine alliance broke the structure through which France had exercised control over much of continental Europe. Combined casualties across both sides totaled over 820,000, reflecting the scale and intensity of the sustained fighting that decided the campaign's outcome.
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