In the longest battle of the war, the German plan to wear down the French army and break civilian spirit failed. Casualties were huge: 355,000 German and 400,000 French.
Russian General Alexei Brusilov attacked the southern Austrian defences, advancing the front more than 60 miles and inflicting a million casualties.
The battle of Somme-Total casualties: 1,088,907 (both sides)
, the Germans were ready for the attack at Chemin des Dames and inflicted 100,000 casualties on the first day.
Just a few of the casulties, where did anybody ever get the people to fight WWII?