The British Army lost three times as many men on the first day of the Somme in 1916 than the British Army & Navy combined lost in the entire Napoleonic Wars (including the War of 1812) between 1793 & 1815.
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By 1916, though, I believe the UK had implemented total mobilization, which they never did in the Napoleonic Wars.
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Yes, and Britain drew heavily on the Empire, which they didn't so nearly as much in the Napoleonic Wars.
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Shhhhh, let Dan have his moment.
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20th century wars, as awful as they were, are not as deadly as the wars in pre-literate tribal societies.https://m.alibris.com/War-Before-Civilization-Lawrence-H-Keeley/book/7118751?matches=31 …
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That's on my to-read list.
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