Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
Roughly how many British casualties were there on the first day of the British attack at the Somme in July 1916?
- AAbout 60,000Right answer
- BAbout 6,000
- CAbout 2 million
- DAbout 300,000
Answer: About 60,000
On the opening day of the Somme attack alone, Britain had around 60,000 casualties. Over the whole war, British casualties passed 2 million.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "The 20th century". Practice question 211 of 651, written in our own words.