In a commentary on the debate about Somme casualties, Philpott used Miles's figures of casualties and the French official figures of Army losses and Army casualties. Philpott described German losses as "disputed", with estimates ranging from The high Allied casualties of July 1916 are not representative of the way attrition turned in the Allies' favour in September, although this was not sustained as the weather deteriorated. Philpott quoted Robin Prior (in Churchill's World Crisis As History [1983]) that the "blood test" is 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, which the Allies won despite "losing" the purely quantitative test.
In a commentary on the debate about Somme casualties, Philpott used Miles's figures of casualties and the French official figures of Army losses and Army casualties. Philpott described German losses as "disputed" with estimates ranging from The high Allied casualties of July 1916 are not representative of the way attrition turned in the Allies' favour in September, although this was not sustained as the weather deteriorated. Philpott quoted Robin Prior (in Churchill's World Crisis As History [1983]) that the "blood test" is 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, which the Allies won despite "losing" the purely quantitative test.