the 400,000 British dead and wounded at the Somme were double that suffered by the French.
In "Lawrence in Arabia," Scott Anderson examines the complexities of World War I and its impact on the modern Middle East. He highlights the staggering human cost of the war, particularly with the Battle of the Somme, where Britain suffered immense casualties. This battle alone accounted for about 400,000 British dead and wounded, a toll that was, remarkably, twice as high as that endured by the French forces. This statistic underscores...