Millions of Europe’s best men marched off to the “Great War” in 1914 ready to be home by Christmas — but four years later their graves would make World War I one of the most savage and brutal conflicts known to mankind.
A deadly combination of advanced weaponry (i.e. the machine gun, chemical weapons, field artillery, etc.) and antiquated battlefield tactics resulted in the wholesale slaughter of an entire generation of men in Europe.
Consider the Battle of the Somme: Nobody remembers or cares about the six miles of ground won by allied forces. No, the Somme Offensive, which began on July 1, 1916 and ended on November 18, 1916, is remembered primarily for its death toll: 420,000 British, 200,000 French, and 500,000 German soldiers.
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