Battle of Burrard (Napoleon's World)

The Battle of Burrard is the name given to a violent seven-day battle between the United States' Army of Oregon against the Alaskan Empire's Army of the Pacific during the Alaskan War (Napoleon's World), occuring at the Burrard Peninsula in the delta of the Fraser River in the Fraser Territory (modern-day US state of Pacifica) from August 13th to August 20th, 1884.

It is regarded as the greatest military disaster in United States history and is the single greatest loss of life in United States history, with 35,742 killed in battle, at least 23,000 wounded and thousands more dying of starvation, injury or sickness in the following weeks. The 85,000 strong contingent of the Army of Oregon was scattered across the region, its top commanders all killed in the fighting and American morale irreprably damaged. The battle is regarded as being directly responsible for the elecotral loss of the incumbent US President, Gregory Dunn, four months later, and is one of the single most significant episodes in American and world military history.

In Alaska, the battle elevated its top commanders to hero status, most notably future Premier Boris Anasenko, and is regarded as the high-water mark of Alaskan military prowess and to be the moment that inspired the nation and galvanized the slow mobilization for the war effort. Historians have passionately debated the political, cultural and historical impact of the batle, as well as the reasons for the surprising and total defeat of the Americans, who were better equipped and better trained than the Alaskans and had only a slightly smaller force. Burrard is the second-bloodiest battle in the 19th century behind the Battle of Petrograd.