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- Take cover they are firing shells
- The Battle of Somme started on the 1 July 1916 with a week long artillery bombardment of the German lines. 1,738,000 shells were fired at the Germans. The logic behind this was so that the artillery guns would destroy the German trenches and barbed wire placed in front of the trenches. They also wanted to destroy the German machine guns and their men with the shells so that they could break through the defences.
- The logic behind this was so that the shells would destroy the German trenches and barbed wire placed in front of the trenches. They also wanted to destroy the German machine guns and their men with the shells so that they could break through the defences.
- The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and the British forces suffered 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 fatalities. The first day was a failure as a third of the shells didn't explode making them not able to break through the strong German defences.
- The people that came up with this plan were
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