First World War by Jukes Geoffrey

Author:Jukes, Geoffrey [Jukes, Geoffrey]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: The First World War
ISBN: 9781782008798
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

5,000

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Tons of ammunition being delivered each day for British guns during the offensive.

19,240

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The number of British Army soldiers killed on the first day of the battle. It remains the army's highest death toll for a single day's combat. Out of the 120,000 that launched the attack, almost half became casualties.

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME ON FILM

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While the fighting was still taking place, an hourlong film called The Battle of the Somme, showing scenes of the actual battle (with several staged sequences), was released in British cinemas. Over the first two months of its run, an estimated 20 million tickets were sold.

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