The Somme Quotes

“This is what is called dying for your country, but it is actually selling your soul to a few profiteers for a shilling, and being massacred to satisfy their selfish purposes. And they call it WAR--and a legitimate thing at that.

-Private Arthur Wrench, Headquarters, 154th Brigade, 51st Division”
― Peter Hart, The Somme

“The casualties were beyond comprehension with 57,470 British casualties on the first day alone. Of these a staggering 19,240 were killed.”
― Peter Hart, The Somme

“THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME will always be controversial.”
― Peter Hart, The Somme

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― Peter Hart, The Somme