Today marks 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme.The Battle of the Somme, 141 days o
Today marks 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme.The Battle of the Somme, 141 days of horror, is considered one of the bloodiest battles in WW1. The first day on the Somme was that in which the British went ‘over the top’. This meant largely untrained young soldiers left their trenches to run the stretch of no-mans-land, for many this was their first and last time on a battle field. This first day resulted in roughly 57,000 casualties, 19,240 of those died. The Battle of the Somme resulted in 1.3 million casualties, and for many people is the battle which symbolises the horror of warfare in WW1. -- source link