What was the worst battle of World War One?

Question

What do you think was the worst battle of world war one? A navy one? Battle of Jutland? Or The battle of the Somme?
What are your reasons?

Answer 1

It would have to be the battle of the Somme....July 1, 1916 was the day the British suffered 58, 000 casulties and is record that still stands today for one day military casulties, that wiped out complete towns and regiments whose men had joined up under the 'pal' program. I had an uncle with the King's Rifles who lost his leg that day and an uncle with Australian forces who was also wounded that very same day...they were brothers.

From July 1 - November 15th 146,000 British, French and Canadian soldiers were killed. There was a regiment from Newfoundland Canada that lost 783 out of 801 men. German casulties were 164,000 and was known to them as 'das blutbad'...the bloodbath. It was one of the most horrific battles of World War 1 The website below will help.

Another battle you maybe interested in, is the battle of Ypres, Belgium that took place from 1914-1917 and was another place of massive bloodhed and casulties.

2 books I would recommend are:

Battle of the Somme by Martin Gilbert

No Man's Land by Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump)
and is about the battle of Ypres salient and the Menin Road.

Hope this info helps!

Answer 2

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What was the worst battle of World War One?
What do you think was the worst battle of world war one? A navy one? Battle of Jutland? Or The battle of the Somme?
What are your reasons?

Answer 3

The whole damn war just about but for me it's a toss up between the Somme and Verdun.

The Somme saw many British soldiers chewed up by machine gun fire as they marched across no-man's land straight into the teeth of of german defense. Their artillery failed to really cause damage because the wrong type of shells were used. Then the British launched a delayed attacked with bells and such a-whistling letting the german gunners get ready.

Verdun as the above said was a long grinding battle that saw the use of flamethrowers and poisonous gas and over half-a-million casualties

Answer 4

If you include extended battles, I would say the Brusilov Offensive of 1916. With up to as many as 1,220,000 casualties, Somme was one of the bloodies battles of all time; but the Brusilov Offensive was even worse. One estimate lists the loss of life at 1,600,000 another says the Russians lost one million men, the Austrians at least that many and the Germans 350,000. Even though it was the greatest Russian WWI 'near' victory, brilliantly conceived and fought, the Russian people viewed it as one more military failure; this, no doubt, contributed to the revolution in 1917. Considering that to be true, the consequences of that battle on eastern Europe and the world was not even realized until many decades later. Whatever the actual number, the loss of human life makes one shudder.

Answer 5

The Battle of Verdun in 1916 has been called the worst battle in history. It lasted longer than Stalingrad's 5 months, higher proportion of casualties to troops than Somme, highest number dead per square mile of battlefield, highest combined casualties of at least 700,000 (possibly 1.25 million), including 420,000 dead (150,000 corpses later collected and buried in the huge Ossuaire) and body parts still being discovered today. 9 villages around Verdun vanished, inhabitants never returned, like Fleury and Douaumont and Cumieres and Ornes and Beaumont. Topsoil disappeared, nothing would grow; not until 1930 would fir trees grow on the slopes of Mort Homme, when nothing else would.

Answer 6

I would go along with Verdun as being "the worst battle of World War One." The Germans knew the French would defend it at all costs - and they did exactly that - they made France pay heavily for it.

Answer 7

There were so many disastrous battles.

One of the worst was Paschendale or the third battle of Ypres. One estimate says that the allies suffered half a million casualties and the Germans a quarter of a million.

Answer 8

Bloodiest Battle Of Ww1

Answer 9

Verdun has been called the worst battle in history, lasted longer than Stalingrad's 5 months, higher proportion of casualties to troops than Somme

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/ww1/verdun.html

Answer 10

The Somme was poor, bloody murder and a huge waste of effort, material lives and time.

Due to the British recruitment of the "pals" (putting people from the same neighbourhood or community together in units), it left entire cities devastated from the loss of their young men -- sons, husbands, brothers, fathers.