by Felix Richter, Statista.com
— this post authored by Niall McCarthy
98 years ago last month, the guns of the Great War fell silent after four years of unimaginable suffering and destruction.
The Battle of the Somme was the largest battle on the Western Front during World War 1 with more than a million men killed or wounded. Today is Armistice Day and our infographic below looks at at the estimated casualties of World War 1’s most horrific battle.
This chart shows the estimated casualties by country at the Battle of the Somme.
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