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British casualties on the first day were the worst in the history of the British Army, with 57,470 casualties, 19,240 of whom were killed. [52] [53] British survivors of the battle had gained experience and the BEF learned how to conduct the mass industrial warfare which the continental armies had been fighting since 1914. [51]
Viking activity in the British Isles: 9,000 Battle of Brenta: 899 Hungarian invasions of Europe: 14,000+ Battle of Lechfeld: 955 Hungarian invasions of Europe: 15,000 Battle of Arcadiopolis: 970 Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria: 27,000 Battle of the Gates of Trajan: 986 Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: 27,000 Battle of Kleidion: 1014 Byzantine ...
In 2009, William Philpott wrote that the post-war French Official History gave five pages to 1 July, with one paragraph on the British attack and that the German official history Der Weltkrieg covered the day in 62 pages. The British Official History described the day in 177 pages, with one page on the French success. In Joffre's memoirs the ...
The bloodiest day in British military history ends with 19,240 dead and 37,000 wounded, devastating communities like Salford but this was just the beginning of a battle that would last for four months.
The Great War at Sea: A Naval History of the First World War. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107036901. - Total pages: 407 ; Trouillard, Stéphanie (August 22, 2014). "August 22, 1914: The bloodiest day in French military history". France 24; Veterans Affairs Canada (2017). "Canada - April 9, 1917".
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.
Battle of the Somme – The biggest battle of World War I opened with the Battle of Albert, with British forces capturing the French communes of Gommecourt, Mountauban and Mametz on the same day. [1] [2] [3] The opening offense was the British Army's bloodiest day, with 57,470 British casualties
The St. Brice's Day massacre was the ... During the bloodiest ... as the deadliest mass murder in modern British history. 19 August 1987 ...