The 36th Infantry Division fought in Italy and France, enduring heavy casualties during the crossing of the Rapido River near Cassino, Italy.

Similarly, Kirchbach was willing to endure excessive casualties at Wörth without waiting for reinforcements.

The campaign proved to be difficult and the Athenians had to endure heavy casualties before Samos was defeated.

"A military solution would have required substantial commitment and the willingness to endure casualties," said Mr. Kramer, who is also a research fellow at Brown University's Center for Foreign Policy Development.

The 21st, arriving in Virginia, saw its first major combat in late 1862 during the Battle of Fredericksburg, endured heavy casualties at Drewry's Bluff in 1863, and participated in Grant's drive on Richmond in mid- to late 1864.

Mongol casualties are unknown; a perfect execution of their standard tactics would have minimised losses, but the Mongols endured sufficient casualties to dissuade them from attacking the Bohemian army.

C Company endured catastrophic casualties, but succeeded in driving the enemy from the area and inflicting hundreds of casualties to an NVA regiment.

Despite the Taliban's efforts otherwise, NATO has endured relatively high casualties (higher than many nations anticipated), and despite this, none of these nations have retreated in the face of it.

One mile was gained after two days, after which the 109th dug in and endured casualties.

Although Iran suffered somewhere in the region of six to eight times the casualties felt by Iraq, Iran did not endure particularly high casualties in the context of the war.