How many people died on the first day of the battle of the somme?

Answer 1

There were 1 million British soldiers engaged in the Battle of Somme. Of those million, the British alone suffered 420,000 casualties. If both French and German casualties are entered into the equation, there were more than a million casualties.

Answer 2

An exact total may be impossible. Its often said that the British had 60,000 casualties on that first day, July 1, 1916, but that would include wounded, missing and prisoners, as well as men killed outright. The British Fourth Army casualties for that day are available. This was the field Army to which all 13 of the attacking British divisions that day belonged. On July 1 the Fourth Army reported 57,470 casualties, of whom 19,240 were killed. To the south of the Fourth Army the French Sixth Army also attacked with 5 divisions, and reported 1,590 casualties, of whom probably one-thrid were killed. Losses in the German Second Army, which received the attack, are estimated at 10,000 to 12,000, and again, probably one-third of those were killed. This can be only an estimate derived from German reports for the time period including that day, as numbers for that day alone were not separately reported. Additional men almost certainly died in the air services of all three nations, and probably among troops in the artillery behind the lines, not all of which were assigned to the respective field armies, and so those casualties would not have been included in the reports mentioned above. Its probably close to the actual total to say that around 25,000 men died that day, among all the armies involved.

Answer 3

I dont know! but there were 57,000 casualties!

The British suffered 19,240 dead, 35,493 wounded, 2,152 missing and 585 prisoners for a total loss of 57,470

Answer 4

During the Battle of the Somme, the British Empire and the French lost 623,907 men. The German Empire lost between 237,000 and 500,000 men.

Answer 5

Killed & wounded about 58 000 on the first day.

Answer 6

19, 240 Killed, 35, 493 Wounded, 2, 152 Missing, 585 Captured. Oh, and that's just for the British. French & German losses were comparitively light.

Answer 7

In the Battle of Somme there were 1,000,000 casualties altogether on both sides; 60,000 Britons on the first day.

Answer 8

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