THE FIRST WORLD WAR as reported in the daily news

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It was also... besides being a strategic success... a bloodbath. It was a form of nationalistic insanity. Just contemplating the numbers is hard for me to get my mind around.

In a commentary on the debate about Somme casualties, Philpott used Miles's figures of 419,654 British casualties and the French official figures of 154,446 Sixth Army losses and 48,131 Tenth Army casualties. German losses were described as "disputed", ranging from 400,000–680,000. Churchill's claims were a "snapshot" of July 1916 and not representative of the rest of the battle. Philpott called the "blood test" a crude measure compared to manpower reserves, industrial capacity, farm productivity and financial resources and that intangible factors were more influential on the course of the war. The German army was exhausted by the end of 1916, with loss of morale and the cumulative effects of attrition and frequent defeats causing it to collapse in 1918, a process which began on the Somme, echoing Churchill that the German soldiery was never the same again.[3]

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The Allies aren't having any of Germany's peace talk and Wilson's suggestion they talk about ending the war falls on deaf ears. They plan on continuing until Germany is willing to accept total defeat and terms dictated by the winners. Meanwhile the bean counters tell the US population this bit of news.

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All the comforts of home. After a day in the mud what better than to drop back behind the lines a couple hundred yards and have a leisurely bath....thanks to the kind folks back home who paid for them.

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The Kaiser tells the people that the peace offer has come to nothing and it's the other side's fault.

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The worm begins to turn.
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German high seas raider captures and sinks a number of Allies ships. But unlike in later wars, the crews are collected and released on selected captured ships when there is a boatload of captives. .

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During WWI the submarines, at least to this date in 1917, went out of their way to prevent loss of life among merchant seamen.

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Wilson addresses the Senate to talk about his peace proposals and his thinking about how future peace could be maintained. He is whistling in the dark at the start about possible future negotiations. Then he talks about what he is afraid might be the war outcome with victor and vanquished. Lastly he hints strongly at what he would eventually call a league of nations.

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They kept records of the how many aircraft were shot down it seems. Doesn't say how many died in the crash. Seems that flying was safer than being a soldier in the trenches. Of course these are Germany's figures in the headline. They could have been gilding the lily on their own losses...or not. Looks like the Western front was where all the airplane action was according to the Germans. The French numbers for German losses were a lot higher as seen in the last sentence. .

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