This senseless slaughter began on July 1, 1916, and ended on November 18, 1916—after the Allies suffered 623,907 casualties and the Germans 465,000. This one battle should have been enough to convince all men in every nation to never, ever follow their governments into war again. What a tragic waste of life.
Interesting that Hitler (the real one) was wounded in this battle, but obviously not bad enough to not be able to convince men to fight for him later.
“Somme. The whole history of the world cannot contain a more ghastly word.” — A German officer
