why were there so many deaths after(not during) the battle of the somme had ended??

Question

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Answer 1

Because of the diseases the soliders caught ther.
Then they took it hiome to their familys.
They were very many deaths caused by it.

Answer 2

Generally as a result of wounds sustained in battle. Wounded soldiers were sometimes left lying in water filled craters (often with remains that had lain there for months) before rescue, it's no wonder many men succumbed to septis (Septicemia).
Also, stomach wounds can be especially deadly if the bowel or colon are damaged and, in a pre antibiotic era again a source of septis

Answer 3

The Germans had a superior weapon for its time.....The machine gun. Or MG08 I think it was called. This gun could shoot 500 rounds a minute and these shells could easily travel 4000 yards! Wow! The shell was actually a little bigger than your middle finger. The Germans mowed people down with these guns. I think the British lost 58,000 soldiers in one day at the Battle of Somme.

In reality, infection and desease from the wounded ended a majority of lives from being shot up from the machine guns.

My Great Uncle Charles F. Scott, lost his life in WWI in the Battle of the Hindenburg line. He was on the American side fighting along side the Australians. And you guessed it they came across the German machine guns in fortified cement bunkers. He was mortally wounded but the Germans were defeated thanks to my Uncle's and others bravery to assault the Germans. In other words it was a suicide mission but our men were gallantly brave and paved the way for others to live on....the younger GI's..
RD

Answer 4

Septis.

Battle Fatigue.

After the battle, men died of infections in their wounds, and also the suicide rate was high. All the dead animals & unburied human bodies polluted any available drinking water.

1917 poem by Lt. Sassoon
"I knew a simple soldier boy
who grinned at life in empty joy,
slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.

In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
with crumps* and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
who cheer when soldiers lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
the hell where youth and laughter go."

*a 'crump' is the sound exploding shells make on muddy ground during an artillery barrage.

Answer 5

About 2000 casualties every day on the Western front even at the quietest times.

Answer 6

Infections from wounds and amputations. Plus the usual diseases. Remember, no antibiotics.