Battle of the Somme was one of the largest man slaughters of all time

[Jason Voorhees]

I've been casually reading about it and watched a few videos describing the battle of the Somme after @registerfasterusing made this thread

Which WW1 battle should i make a thread about

It will be from a french perspective

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His was exploring the French perspective while I chose to look into British accounts of officers and soldiers and the loses were insane. Literally thousands of people died in minutes. What is beyond me is how the generals found it acceptable to sacrifice so many soldiers for a few feet of mud. Sending waves after waves for soldiers to get mowed down by artillery and machine guns. 60,000 died on the first day. 60,000 in a single day is so surreal. That's like the population of a decent sized town all gone. What were these generals thinking?

Major General Ivon Maxse a count

In one hour, thousands of men were mown down in front of our lines. The ground was covered with the dead. It was impossible to imagine the horror unless one saw it."

On that single day, the British suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, including 20,000 killed, many in the first hour of the attack

Men went over the top with faces pale, knowing what awaited. Machine guns cut down company after company. We could hear the screams, see the bodies fall in rows like wheat in the fields

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@Magnus Ironblood @psychomandible @imontheloose

 

[imontheloose]

@Magnus Ironblood @psychomandible @imontheloose

War is cruel.

 

[adriano]

brutal

 

[Imaloser7754]

And what did they all die for?

 

[Jason Voorhees]

And what did they all die for?

Few dozen feet of mud that's it.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

War is cruel.

WW1 generals were low iq

 

[TyroneΩ]

And what did they all die for?

For their anti german government.

 

[TyroneΩ]

WW1 generals were low iq

The Germans had good Generals.

 

[Duke Archer]

Anglos won

 

[Jason Voorhees]

They did the same thing you've seen all quiet on the western front?

The Germans had good Generals.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Anglos won

Only because of Russians. It's the Russians that always take the hit

Slav armies are insane

slav armies are always crazy with their suicidal tactics. they just charge forward no matter how much fire they take like in world war 1 with that attack of the dead men. germans had 7000 troops facing off against russias 900 they unleashed this super lethal clorine gas that killed all the...

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[Duke Archer]

For their anti german government.

Germans and their delusions are the reason

For the current state of mainland europe

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Only because of Russians. It's the Russians that always take the hit

Slav armies are insane

slav armies are always crazy with their suicidal tactics. they just charge forward no matter how much fire they take like in world war 1 with that attack of the dead men. germans had 7000 troops facing off against russias 900 they unleashed this super lethal clorine gas that killed all the...

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@Gargantuan

 

[FlotPSL]

And what did they all die for?

FOR SERBIAAAAA
FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!

 

[TyroneΩ]

They did the same thing you've seen all quiet on the western front?

I wouldn’t take an anti war movie as a source. Of course mass waves were utilized by both sides but German high command (Oberste Heeresleitung or OHL) during ww1 was just superior to any allied command and no this is not just my bias, although I am biased. The OHL Greatness is visible in the german trench doctrine on the western front (they dug superior cleaner trenches because they knew they would stay there long) and their victories against the russians.
The Schlieffenplan sucked though and thus the war was lost the second it started.

 

[FlotPSL]

@Jason Voorhees @Duke Archer
Do you guys think germany fucked europe up?

 

[imontheloose]

WW1 generals were low iq

They didn’t wear helmets in WW1 until artillery became effective.

 

[TyroneΩ]

I wouldn’t take an anti war movie as a source. Of course mass waves were utilized by both sides but German high command (Oberste Heeresleitung or OHL) during ww1 was just superior to any allied command and no this is not just my bias, although I am biased. The OHL Greatness is visible in the german trench doctrine on the western front (they dug superior cleaner trenches because they knew they would stay there long) and their victories against the russians.
The Schlieffenplan sucked though and thus the war was lost the second it started.

If you look at the casualties of the “big battles” (somme, verdun and so on) you notice that even if the germans were attacking, most of the time the allies had more casualties.

 

[TyroneΩ]

They didn’t wear helmets in WW1 until artillery became effective.

It always was effective. They just realized it continues being effective, even in static warfare

 

[imontheloose]

It always was effective. They just realized it continues being effective, even in static warfare

Pedantic.

 

[TyroneΩ]

Pedantic.

I know

 

[TyroneΩ]

Pedantic.

It’s important though. Artillery is the queen of battle, since 600 years.

God is on the side with the best artillery.
-Napoleon Bonaparte

 

[Duke Archer]

@Jason Voorhees @Duke Archer
Do you guys think germany fucked europe up?

Yes obviously

Although anglos have adapted well and are still doing okay

They have the best average lives with the most nt people

Mainland europe is autistic and soulless

While east europe is poverty tier

 

[Gargantuan]

@Gargantuan

Slavs embody raw anti-entropy because history hammered it into them: their whole character is a sheer refusal to break.
That’s why the East still breathes with harsh vitality, while the West drowns in its own comfort and softness.

 

[imontheloose]

It’s important though. Artillery is the queen of battle, since 600 years.

God is on the side with the best artillery.
-Napoleon Bonaparte

Artillery has historically always been effective, but my point was they didn’t hype up the war as a muh artillery battle; rather expected foot soldiers to be a greater casualty-cause for one another.

 

[TyroneΩ]

Artillery has historically always been effective, but my point was they didn’t hype up the war as a muh artillery battle; rather expected foot soldiers to be a greater casualty-cause for one another.

Yes that is true

 

[Duke Archer]

That’s why the East still breathes with harsh vitality

The harsh vitality of living in a cinder block

 

[Cicciosudmaxxer]

Still unbelievable how we’ve been having brother wars for the last 2000 years
Sad how many good Europeans died

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Shared white identity is a foreign concept in Europe. No one cares about it. It's mostly an American thing. Nationality and regional loyalty is more common

Still unbelievable how we’ve been having brother wars for the last 2000 years
Sad how many good Europeans died

 

[Cicciosudmaxxer]

Shared white identity is a foreign concept in Europe. No one cares about it. It's mostly an American thing. Nationality and regional loyalty is more common

I’m Italian
War between European nations should’ve ended the moment we started seeing foreign powers rise, WW1 and WW2 only served to put us in debt and beyond in development, also to put us in debt w the Jews
We could afford fighting amongst us when the rest of the world was throwing sticks and stones, now we still suffer the consequences of those who preceded us

 

[Tusseleif]

Meanwhile the women at home were giving out white feathers to men for cowardice, pressuring them to go to the slaughterhouse on the front or to suicide, even men who had been at the front were handed out white feathers

White Feather Campaign - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Cicciosudmaxxer]

Meanwhile the women at home were giving out white feathers to men for cowardice, pressuring them to go to the slaughterhouse on the front or to suicide, even men who had been at the front were handed out white feathers

they have always been the problem

 

[FlotPSL]

I’m Italian
War between European nations should’ve ended the moment we started seeing foreign powers rise, WW1 and WW2 only served to put us in debt and beyond in development, also to put us in debt w the Jews
We could afford fighting amongst us when the rest of the world was throwing sticks and stones, now we still suffer the consequences of those who preceded us

Arent italians mixed?

 

[the_machinist_786]

I've played Somme probably like 200 times on this Roblox game called Entrenched and I can guess why

 

[FlotPSL]

The harsh vitality of living in a cinder block

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Yeah im in Serbia and it looks a little better but still shit
Still we have higher T so cope

 

[Cicciosudmaxxer]

Arent italians mixed?

Some are
Italian identity in it of itself is weird and confusing
My dna test had 70% central and southern Italy, I guess Roman ancestry

 

[Duke Archer]

Meanwhile the women at home were giving out white feathers to men for cowardice, pressuring them to go to the slaughterhouse on the front or to suicide, even men who had been at the front were handed out white feathers

White Feather Campaign - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The campaign was effective though

 

[Duke Archer]

Arent italians mixed?

Yes italy is basically brazil

Non mixed italians look like al pacino

 

[Cicciosudmaxxer]

Yes italy is basically brazil

jfl
Italy is not Sicily

 

[Tusseleif]

The campaign was effective though

And? Still doesn't grant women the right to shame men into a death sentence on the front.

 

[Duke Archer]

Yeah im in Serbia and it looks a little better but still shit
Still we have higher T so cope

Anglos are high t though lol

Just smarter than slavs as well

We conquered the world

And the whites who get pussy today

Are anglo american frat boys, uk lads, and aussies

All other whites are either autistic introverts or just brutes

 

[Magnus Ironblood]

It was the single bloodiest day for the British Army in all its history. I think 20,000 British soldiers died on the first afternoon. Unbelievable slaughter. I have a few ancestors who died in WW1. I want to visit the Somme battlefield one day.

 

[FlotPSL]

Anglos are high t though lol

Just smarter than slavs as well

We conquered the world

And the whites who get pussy today

Are anglo american frat boys, uk lads, and aussies

All other whites are either autistic introverts or just brutes

If you are high t why are you getting invaded by blacks?

 

[Duke Archer]

If you are high t why are you getting invaded by blacks?

Where

England is 4 percent black

And 1 percent arab

 

[FlotPSL]

Where

England is 4 percent black

And 1 percent arab

And london?

 

[Duke Archer]

And london?

London is the new york of europe

But still only around 13% black

And 1% arab

 

[DR. NICKGA]

Where

England is 4 percent black

And 1 percent arab

“Pleaasee saaar!! Uk top #1 testosterone #masculinity #lion”

Uk is getting invaded by muslims & indians

 

[FlotPSL]

13% black

Hmm what about other ethnics?

 

[FlotPSL]

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“Pleaasee saaar!! Uk top #1 testosterone #masculinity #lion”

Uk is getting invaded by muslims & indians

Where are you from btw?