In 15 hours more than one-third of each army was killed - over 100,000 soldiers in all.
The 5,200 member regiment lost over 125 soldiers during nearly four years of combat now well into its fourth tour in Iraq.
The medical services were large operations, with over 600,000 soldiers, and ten enlisted men for every nurse.
Overall, during the entire campaign, they lost over 17,000 soldiers.
That command included over 12,000 soldiers and 7,000 civilian employees.
The Russian Army lost over 26,000 soldiers in the failed attack.
By 1972, their campaign was of considerable intensity, killing over 100 British soldiers in that year alone.
The operations took place in pre-dawn hours and involved over 200 soldiers.
In the course of the battle, over 2000 soldiers were killed or wounded.
The base hospital had a staff of about 300 nurses who treated over 55,000 soldiers.
