bloodiest
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It was a key chapter in the road to independence in 1963, and the British response was one of the bloodiest episodes in its colonial history.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
Although ultimately defeated, it was one of the British army’s bloodiest post-World War II conflicts and was a step toward Kenya’s independence, which it secured in 1963.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
This is his Pynchoniad, a zigzagging epic of America and the world through our bloodiest, most shameful hundred years.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
One of the bloodiest incidents was the Battle of the Braes on Skye in 1882.
From BBC • May 22, 2025
Marines had captured the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in some of the bloodiest fighting in the history of the American military.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
