0 276 Share Haunting photographs of battlefields as they look today Related Posts Travel & Holidays The best boutique hotels in Lisbon Mar 27, 2024 Travel & Holidays An expert guide to ski holidays in Cortina d’Ampezzo Mar 8, 2024 Prev Next 1 of 53 - Advertisement - scroll to continue - To mark Remembrance Day, take a tour of the world’s most famous battlefields as they look today. — The Battle of the Somme (July 1 – November 18, 1916). Almost 20,000 British troops were killed on the first day, and over the course of the five-month conflict there were a staggering 794,238 Allied casualties and 537,918 German. The Battle of the Somme, as it happened on July 1, 1916 The town that lost 303 men in one day Visit our friends at telegraph.co.uk