On 1 July 1916, the British forces suffered 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 fatalities. They gained just three square miles of territory. British and German troops faced each other's trenches ...

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most devastating battles in history, with over one million casualties in just five ...

Surviving soldiers and civilians would describe horrifying bloodshed, and staggering numbers of people killed and wounded. As American forces won territory ever nearer to Japan, military planners ...