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Life in the UK Test Practice Question · Ho & Duck: Key Facts — History II

Approximately how many British casualties occurred on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in July 1916?

Correct answer: 60,000

On the very first day of the Battle of the Somme in July 1916, British forces suffered about 60,000 casualties, marking it as one of the most devastating single days of armed conflict in history.

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