Thanks for this informative tour. The second Canadian site well worth a visit is at Vimy Ridge with its spectacular memorial to their missing and a smaller site of restored trenches which show the proximity of the 2 sides.

I'm a vet but never had to fight because of these chaps that fought, and so many others. But my Grampa was there in Ypres and the Somme. It's great that you are reminded of the past and are sharing it, hopefully to many in your generation. It reminds us, as we look out over the devastation, of the lives forever lost which are the true cost of war. Lives, loves, hopes and dreams never to be realized, all the creativity vigor and bravado of youth, because war is not for old men. It only consumes the youth of a nation. Thank you. Lest we forget what the true cost of war really is.

Thank you for taking us on this journey..

Beaumont-Hamel, that was the held by the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, they were not Canadians. Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation in 1949. Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's is named after their sacrifice.

Wow😲& thanks for sharing!👍🇺🇸

Thanks for sharing 👍

That's more men who died in this battle than the American Revolution the Battle of New Orleans 1814, the American Civil War, World War II Korea and Vietnam put together. May the soldiers rest in peace.

@HanginInSF

2 ай бұрын

Actually no

@hirqx6570

28 күн бұрын

Yeah no. WW2 had an estimated 20Million Military Casualties. None the less the amount of death over such a relatively small area of land is hear breaking

The top three contenders for the worst battle of all time are probably the Somme, Verdun, and Stalingrad.

Really enjoyed this video and thank you so much for sharing! Coralienya

@martinsurridge

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! It's an important topic for my students to learn about

On one day in the Battle of the Somme, the Brits and French fired 1,700,000 artillery shells and mortars. 30% of those did not detonate when they landed. I would advise against any digging there.

@francisebbecke2727

4 ай бұрын

Don't die in a war that was over with over 100 years ago!

The RoyalNewfoundland Regiment suffered enormous casualties on July 1, 1916 at Beaumont Hamel

The danger zone does not look grown up, so it must get mowed. How do they do that considering visitors are warned to keep out?

And we definitely mustn't forget the Aussies and Kiwi's who were there as well. They suffered horenduos losses along with the British and Canadians. 🤯😒😢 Lest we forget.

Thank you backalley for giving us Newfoundlanders our due. It is mistakes like this that pervert the course of history. Would you as easily give the English the due that actually belonged to the Scots or Irish?

The Kaiser ended up with nice apartment in holland instead of being hanged

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Over 400000 casualties, c125000 dead.

@jonathanlewis453

12 күн бұрын

As a very rough rule of thumb, Britain incurred 1 million dead in the Great War, France 2 million and Germany 3 million. Germany had been engaging Russia on the Eastern Front. To these figures must be added the wounded. At the time, figures were given as to killed wounded and missing. It was not uncommon for someone’s son to go missing in July 1916, hopes faded as he failed to return on release as a POW and indications of his fate not being released until the early 1920s. The Thiepval memorial lists vast numbers of men with no known grave.

"I didn't expect everybody to get this upset." said G. Princept or he should have said it.

British casualties

For God sake they were not Canadians. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment was part of the British army. They were one Battalion of the 29th Division. They attacked from the reserve trenches about where the car park is, as part of the second wave. Most of them did not make it to the trench lines you show. The Battalion suffered over 75% casualties and was out of action for six months. Newfoundland was then not part of Canada. In fact the Canadians refused to help transport the battalion to Britain at the beginning of the war. The men paid for their own passage. Although the Canadians fly their flag over Newfoundland Park the men who fell here would not have recognised it.

@martinsurridge

10 күн бұрын

Thanks for the clarification. I make these videos for a younger audience, and my classroom students are just learning a lot of the basic facts about the war. I appreciate the corrections.

@ijm1963

10 күн бұрын

@@martinsurridge If you check the news there is an unknown soldier of the Newfoundland Regiment being returned home, I think this weekend. A story to add to any visit you make.