What happened at the battle of the Somme. Explain in great detail and the amount of casualties during the battle.

For example, The Battle of Somme started July 1, 1916 and lasted from November 18,1916 at the Western Front. During this time it was an operation between the British and French forces which intended to achieve a decisive victory over the Germans on the Western Front after 18 months of trench deadlock. After this the British plan of attack was primarily down to two commanders.

Explanation: The Allies won and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

On the first day, the brits lost 57,470 people, and 19,240 of them died. The frenchies lost 1590 people and the Germans lost 10 - 12 thousand. Over 1.5 million people died, got wounded, or went missing. For 5 days straight, the British fired shells at the German trenches to destroy them. At 7:30 am on the 1st of July, the Brits attacked the Germans, but enough machine guns survived the bombings so that the Germans mowed down the Brits. The Germans used poisonous gas. The prince of Wales served on the Somme.