If you stood on a street corner at 9am and watched the spirits of the dead British World War 1 soldiers march by four abreast, the column would stretch 97 miles and would take 20 hours (or until 5am the next morning) to pass you.

The French dead would take an additional 51 hours and the German dead 59 hours.

Considering all the dead on the Western Front, this parade would last from 9am Thursday until 4pm Tuesday and would stretch over 386 miles.

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