[DUMBGRUNT]

At the end of hostilities, five months later, the British had advanced just seven miles and failed to break the German defence

[DuncanWaring]

Related:

How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front.

[SkyDancer]

I remember reading where if all the Great War dead from Britain marched six abreast past the Trafalgar Square monument 24/7 it would take a week/month (don’t remember which) for all to pass.

[OttawaFreeper]

What one of my history professors referred to in class one day as “The Great F$ck Up”.

[LonePalm]

Although he was an American, my grandfather volunteered as a doctor in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He spent three years on the Somme as an officer and surgeon.

We have a commendation for his hospital signed by King George V.

This is the one part of his many travels and exploits he didn't like to talk about.

"Ceterum censeo Hillary esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Vermont Lt]

The Brits lost more men in the first day than we did in Korea or Vietnam.

Can you even begin to imagine the shock to our country if we lost 1/10th of that in a battle?

Industrial killing is a bad business.