Armistice Day
There were over a million casualties at the Somme
98 years ago today, the guns of the Great War fell silent after four years of unimaginable suffering and destruction. The Battle of the Somme was the largest battle on the Western Front during World War 1 with more than a million men killed or wounded. Today is Armistice Day and our infographic below looks at at the estimated casualties of World War 1's most horrific battle.
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This chart shows the estimated casualties by country at the Battle of the Somme.
Number of casualties during the first day of fighting in the Battle of the Somme in 1916
Number of casualties and fatalities during the Battle of the Somme in 1916
Number of British military deaths in the Somme department, France during the First World War 1915-1918
Number of British military deaths per day in the Somme department, France during various stages of the First World War 1915-1918
Number of Royal Flying Corp airmen and observers involved in the First Battle of the Somme in 1916
Number of identified and unidentified British military graves in the Somme department, France for those who died during the First World War 1915-1918
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