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Casualties

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1917Date range
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Chronological records

1917

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st30 April 1917

London · Warfare / World War, 1st

During April the BEF loses 120,070, the heaviest since July 1917

Names involved

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st

Provenance

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