90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Canada had 24,000 casualties.

[Swede]

This was just one battle.

The Battle of the Somme began early on the morning of July 1, 1916, near the towns of Beaumont and Hamel.In four and a half months, the front line had only advanced six miles into German-held territory—and the Allies were still three miles short of their initial goal. Total Allied casualties numbered roughly 620,000 (of which approximately 24,000 were Canadian).


http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=feature/bh_somme2006/bhsomme_info#canrem

[HuffleClaw]

1. there was a documentary about this on tv the other day

and another about ypres. both were quite moving. our local war memorial is just down the street and i always say a thank you as i pass it.