For their endeavors they received close to 6 miles of land, but in turn they had 400,000 casualties, and the French had over 200,000. The Germans ended the battle with close to 650,000 casualties in their own effort. These staggering numbers have never been experienced before in war. The estimated 1.27 million casualties was unfeasible in any other war, and it goes to show to the great extent in which the plan failed and the power of the weapons being used. To this day, the British forever remember the Somme, as the worst military mistake and loss of life in their
For their endeavors they received close to 6 miles of land, but in turn they had 400,000 casualties, and the French had over 200,000. The Germans ended the battle with close to 650,000 casualties in their own effort. These staggering numbers have never been experienced before in war. The estimated 1.27 million casualties was unfeasible in any other war, and it goes to show to the great extent in which the plan failed and the power of the weapons being used. To this day, the British forever remember the Somme, as the worst military mistake and loss of life in their