100 years ago, today

[dragoon500ly]

A moment of silence for our cousins in the U.K.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Somme Offensive, the bloodiest single day in the history of the British Army

We will always remember.

[Louied]

A well thought out and moving tribute today in the U.K.

https://becausewearehere.co.uk/wearehere/

[swaghauler]

I'll add the UK and France to my moment of silence for the fallen. Today ALSO marks the bloodiest battle in American history... The first day of the Battle of Gettysburg. 28,000 Confederate and 23,049 Union soldiers lost their lives between July 1st and July 3rd, 1863. It was the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War (Antietam was the bloodiest SINGLE DAY OF BATTLE of the American Civil War).

[Cdnwolf]

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/first-world-war/articles/beaumont-hamel-en.php

Before they joined Canada as a Province they took part in the Battle of the Somme.

The attack was a devastating failure. In a single morning, almost 20,000 British troops died, and another 37,000 were wounded. The Newfoundland Regiment had been almost wiped out. When roll call was taken, only 68 men answered their names - 324 were killed, or missing and presumed dead, and 386 were wounded.