An der Westfront des Ersten Weltkriegs lagen im Juli 1916 in der Nähe der belgischen Grenze in den Schützengräben der Schlacht von Fromelles in Frankreich die Leichen britischer Soldaten, die von der deutschen Armee getötet und getötet wurden.

　　On the Western Front of World War I, British soldiers were killed and their bodies scattered in the trenches by German troops during the Battle of Fromelles in France near the Belgian border in July 1916. The attack on Fromelles on July 19, 1916, was a large-scale and brutal battle fought by British and Australian troops on the Western Front. On July 1st, the Allied forces prevented the German army from reinforcing their troops in the Somme area, where they were planning a major offensive, but it was a disaster.

　　In the evening of July 19th, 1916, the British and Australian forces aimed to capture the front line at Sugar Loaf. The British artillery bombardment, which began on July 16th, alerted the German army to the invasion. The British troops moved into position on July 19, but were observed by the Germans at close range. The Germans fired heavy artillery at the British and Australian troops' assembly point and communication trenches, causing hundreds of casualties.

　　The other Australian troops attacked the uninhabited area on the other side of Sugar Loaf. The Germans, who had defended against the British artillery fire, attacked with machine guns and annihilated the attacking Australian troops. The British troops who attacked the south side of Sugarloaf were similarly annihilated. The Australian troops launched another attack after the operation was delayed, and suffered a similarly disastrous annihilation.

　　On the morning of July 20th, the Australian troops, who had broken through the German lines, were forced to retreat back to their original positions. The Australian troops suffered 5,533 casualties in one night, making it the worst 24 hours in history. Many of them fell victim to German machine gun fire. The number of Australian casualties at the Battle of Fromelles was equivalent to the total number of Australian casualties in the Boer War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The Battle of Fromelles was a staggering disaster with no tactical justification.