Talk:Battle of the Somme

Infobox question
"315,000 in 10​ $1/2$" (divisions) ? 31,500 men per division? Seems a bit dodgy. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 09:43, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

30,000 in a division, so ten of them is 300,000, then a half divison adds another 15,000. (10.5 X 30,000 = 315,000)77Mike77 (talk) 19:16, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Infobox (result)
The outcome of the battle as stated in the infobox is quite misleading considering the lack of consensus about it. Deeming most of the Entente objectives in the battle to have been achieved is surprising. It does neither reflect the content, nor the sources linked in the article. (Jules Agathias (talk) 14:41, 1 July 2021 (UTC))


 * Good. Nice to see that piece of nonsense has been fixed.Paulturtle (talk) 20:51, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Simkins 2003
G'day, Duncan, hope you are well. Reference your |edit here, potentially Simkins 2003 might be:  Unfortunately, I don't know for sure, though. Can anyone else assist? Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:09, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I went further back through the article history, found it was added by an IP which had also edited Operation Alberich at the same time, and found the same sentence, referenced to the work you mention, there. Have now added it here. This is a common problem with harv/sfn references. DuncanHill (talk) 14:39, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
 * G'day, Duncan, thanks for following it up. Hope you are having a safe and happy Christmas. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 02:05, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

German casualties in the infobox
Since it seems to be a point of contention recently, does anyone know where the higher German casualties come from? The 10 day loss reports and other data from the Reichsarchiv support the 420,000 number, I can only find suppositional accounts from British authors supporting 600,000. An exception is Alexander Watson's "Ring of Steel" which is a British book but goes through the 10 day reports for the relevant German armies and also arrives at around a ~420,000 figure. It seems odd to have official British and French losses represented in the infobox alongside more speculative losses for the German side, although the high German figure seems appropriate for the casualties section. If my understanding is correct the Edmonds view that all German losses have to be increased by 30%, if thats where this orignates, has been contested by both the German archives and by Churchill in his book. Thx Roddy the roadkill (talk) 03:03, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Long and short term consequences of the Battle of the Somme
What were the long and short term consequences of the Battle of the Somme? 131.242.7.31 (talk) 04:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)