Largest Battles in History

Can you name the largest battles in history by estimated casualties?
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Battle of...
Casualties
1942-43
Stalingrad
1.8 million
1945
Berlin
1.3 million
1916
Somme
1.2 million
1944
Normandy
795,000
1916
Verdun
750,000
260BCE
Changping
750,000
1941
Kiev
740,000
1938
Wuhan
540,000
612CE
Salsu
300,000
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Level 65
Jun 23, 2019
Kursk (1943) had around 350,000 casualties.
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Level 76
Jun 29, 2019
Good point. However, it was not in the source so for now I'll not add it.

Edit: I'm guessing the source does not consider the full count as the Orel operation and "after Kursk" is generally added to reach that number.

Also, if we are to believe Erich von Manstein, commander of Wehrmacht/field marshal at the time, the casualty total from both sides is around ~106,000 and the rest is propaganda.