Battle of the Somme... 100 year Anniversary

[britbox]

One of the most horrible, bloodiest battles in history...

Soldiers used as cannon fodder by incompetent generals.

 

[britbox]

57,000 British casualties on the first day.

 

[calitennis127]

I remember reading John Keegan's history of the first world war a few years back and being blown away by the mass fatalities of World War I.

 

[Billie]

And as if the first disaster wasn't enough, the 2nd one came only 21 years later.