The Somme - It is one of the bloodiest military operations ever recorded with more than 1.5 million casualties suffered by all the Forces involved, as well as Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders and Irishmen who were fighting with the British forces. More than 19,000 British soldiers died on the very first day of the battle. (source)
German soldiers passing a broken down British tank in Verdun.
U.S. soldiers using gas equipment and receiving telephone instructions during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, Varennes-en-Argonne, France, 1918. Source.
