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151. In the desert British tanks bearing names like Pincher, Sir Archibald, and War Baby had room to maneuver and to use the speed of their engines to the fullest.
152. In the first eight days of the Somme, roughly 1.7 million rounds of artillery were fired at the German lines, at Messines one year later 3.2 million shells entered the ongoing apocalypse.
153. In the initial battle for Fort Vaux - the French casualties were roughly 100 men whereas the Germans lost 2600 soldiers. However, when the French lost the fort their counter attacks proved equally costly.
154. In the Middle East, the rebels of the Arab Revolt and their Ottoman adversaries relied on the speed and endurance of their horses and camels.
155. In total, some 40 million shells were fired over the course of the entire battle of Verdun.
156. Irish troops served not only on the Western Front, but even fought Bulgarians in the Balkans.
157. Ironically, when the fighting moved out of the trenches and into open ground in 1918 it was far deadlier than during previous trench warfare. It was now obvious that the trenches had saved lives.
158. It was rare for soldiers to be at the frontline more than five days. Those five days could still be hell.
159. Italy developed the MAS - the anti-submarine motorboat. Made of plywood and only useful in calm water, they were still faster than any other warship and carried depth charges, torpedoes, and mines.
160. J. R. R. Tolkien took part in the battle of the Somme. It is a subject of debate whether or not his experiences of No Man's Land and the hell of the battlefields influenced his writing on the Lord of the Rings.