Story Of The Battle Of The Somme
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- I MJUST THINK OF A WAY TO STOP THIS ATTROCITY!
- Germany had been attacking Britain and all its allies for quite some time now. These countries, in order to stop Germany getting into their lands, abd to weaken German forces, hatched a plan for the Battle of The Somme. More than 3 million men agreed to fight in this, full of bravery and excitement.
- Sir Douglas Haig, the leader of the British Army at the time, planned to fire 1,732,873 highly explosive shells onto a 30 km strech of German trenches ovwer a period of 10 days, so as to destory all the German defences. However, something they did not think of was the fact that no attack had ever been able to destroy the German wired fences before.
- The first day of this attack ,the 1st of July 1916, was one of the deadliest in the British Military. There were more than 57,470 British casualities and 19,240 men had been killed. Evidently, the plan wasn't working so far. Britain had made less than a mile of progress, and no German defences had been broken.
- It doesn't matter - the lives that were lost all went towards a good cause - Britain will now defionitely win this war!
- Soldiers were very proud and brave of what they were doing, and they were very excited to do it. Their families would only receive their letters if the soldiers died. They were very naive - unaware of the dangers. The British army were confident that they would succeed, even though they hadn't advanced that far in most of the ten-day period.
- Nearing towards the end of the ten-day period nearly a million soldiers, French, British and German, had lost their lives. Many had been severly wounded, left with scars that could ruin their lives. This was definitely showing the weakness of their leaders. With better and braver leaders, who actually stepped out into the war these warriors could have been winning the war.
- Nearing towards the end of the ten-day period nearly a million soldiers, French, British and German, had lost their lives. Many had been severly wounded, left with scars that could ruin their lives. This was definitely showing the weakness of their leaders. With better and braver leaders, who actually stepped out into the war these warriors could have been winning the war.
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