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Interactive graphic shows WWI UK Commonwealth casualties for each day of war
Posted on 6/5/15 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 6/5/15 at 3:29 pm
Pay close attention to July 1, 1916. 18,771 Commonwealth soldiers (around 57,000 total Commonwealth casualties) were killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
The last Commonwealth soldier to die in the war was a Canadian who was killed 2 minutes before the armistice went into effect.
The last American soldier to be killed is considered the last death of the war, being killed 60 seconds before the armistice went into effect.
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The last Commonwealth soldier to die in the war was a Canadian who was killed 2 minutes before the armistice went into effect.
The last American soldier to be killed is considered the last death of the war, being killed 60 seconds before the armistice went into effect.
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Posted on 6/5/15 at 3:55 pm to GetCocky11
Very neat page.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 3:58 pm to GetCocky11
WW2 gets so much coverage, but people have no clue what hell on earth WW1 was. It is insane how unbelievably terrible the conditions were.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:02 pm to Fun Bunch
Yeah, WWI was hell on earth
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:05 pm to GetCocky11
Cool Site.
For those interested in WWI, check out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History series Blueprint for Armageddon He just released the sixth and final episode.
For those interested in WWI, check out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History series Blueprint for Armageddon He just released the sixth and final episode.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:06 pm to Fun Bunch
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WW2 gets so much coverage
I think this might have something to do with that
U.S. WWI casualties: 320,518
U.S. WWII casualties: 1,076,245
Edit: Not trying to diminish WWI at all. Just pointing out that WWII was much more significant to the United States
This post was edited on 6/5/15 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:08 pm to GetCocky11
Awesome graphic. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:09 pm to Palo Gaucho
Nice. Been waiting months for that. Hopefully will check it out tomorrow
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:09 pm to GetCocky11
Check out "The First World War From Above" on Netflix. Very interesting documentary.
I believe Michael Palin (from the Monty Python troupe) did a documentary on the British deaths at the end of the war (can't remember the name of it). Some British Generals were sending men over the top only minutes before the cease fire for absolutely no reason. Absolutely insane.
ETA: I believe the Palin doc is called "The Last Day of World War One". Looks like it's available on Youtube.
I believe Michael Palin (from the Monty Python troupe) did a documentary on the British deaths at the end of the war (can't remember the name of it). Some British Generals were sending men over the top only minutes before the cease fire for absolutely no reason. Absolutely insane.
ETA: I believe the Palin doc is called "The Last Day of World War One". Looks like it's available on Youtube.
This post was edited on 6/5/15 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:15 pm to GetCocky11
One of the dumbest wars of all time. And the wrong side won.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:18 pm to TN Bhoy
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And the wrong side won.
WTF? If that side had lost most of Europe and probably us by now would be speaking Deutsche.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:19 pm to TN Bhoy
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One of the dumbest wars of all time.
Agreed
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And the wrong side won.
Why?
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Sketty, Wales
Oh.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:19 pm to TN Bhoy
The only winners in WWI were the US and Japan. We became THE world leader during the war as all of the money flowed out of Europe right into Uncle Sams pocket. 
This post was edited on 6/5/15 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:23 pm to Palo Gaucho
WWI was so bad it turned the French, one of the world's historical military powers, into the simpering wine loving pacifists they are today. They didn't want anymore to do with that shite.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:25 pm to Palo Gaucho
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For those interested in WWI, check out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History series Blueprint for Armageddon He just released the sixth and final episode.
Yep! It's the last one and I only have an hour left.
This post was edited on 6/5/15 at 4:26 pm
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:27 pm to Pax Regis
Well they did lose almost an entire generation of men, so it kinda makes sense
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:29 pm to HeadChange
Yes. Yes it does.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:31 pm to HeadChange
Not to mention large swathes of your country being reduced to this.
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:33 pm to upgrayedd
And some places, like Verdun, had their landscape overhauled from the shelling and is still like that today. shite must've been absolutely crazy
Posted on 6/5/15 at 4:37 pm to upgrayedd
I've seen estimates of 1.5 billion shells fired during WWI. It's a wonder anybody survived.
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