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The Battle Of the Somme. Brian C., Scott M., Andrew C., Andrew T., Mike O., Adam B. THE BATTLE SO FAR. (for dummies) [ and minorities ]. The Battle of the Somme. Initiation of Conflict: July 1, 1916 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Brian C., Scott M., Andrew C., Andrew T., Mike O., Adam B.
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(for dummies)[and minorities]
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Initiation of Conflict: July 1, 1916 Combatants: The British Empire (UK, Australia,
Canada, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa), France versus the German Empire
Commanding Officers: Douglas Haig (British Empire), Ferdinand Foch (France) versus Max von Gallwitz, Fritz von Below (Germany)
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The battle was an attempt to prevent casualties at the battle of Verdun by staging diversionary offensives across the Somme river area.
The Allies
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Douglas Haig
Henry Rawlinson
Ferdinand Foch
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Fritz von Below
Max von Gallwitz
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Understand that the “Battle of the Somme” is a military campaign rather than an isolated event.
It is comprised of a series of isolated conflicts along a 95 mile front.
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Allied artillery bombarded German defenses along the river for ten days.
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The soil in the area lent itself to the construction of minefields.
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The Allies wanted to create an opening that could be exploited by cavalry forces moving North towards Arras.
A main attack was to be carried out by forces under Gen. Rawlinson. A diversionary attack followed by cavalry charged would be handled by other British divisions.
French forces would act independently of the British forces, supporting and shoring up holes in the lines.
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Date: July 1, 1916 Location: Somme, Picardy, France Official Name: The Battle of Albert Combatants: The British Empire (United
Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, India), France versus the German Empire
Commanding Officers: Douglas Haig (British Empire), Henry Rawlinson (British Empire), Ferdinand Foch (France) versus Fritz von Below (German Empire)
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The Battle began on July 1st 1916 It didn’t end until today, November 18th
1916. That’s a whopping four and a half
months.
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The Somme looks to be one of the bloodiest battles in human history. By “avoiding casualties” at Verdun, the allied brass doomed more than 600,000 allied soldiers.
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The most ground taken by the Allies was a mere 5 miles (8 kilometers) from their original position.
There were roughly 2 Allied casualties per inch of ground taken. (That’s just the Allies. German casualties pushes this figure up to 3½ per inch)
If you’re talking about just deaths, there were 0.942/inch.
In every 1½ minutes of the battle’s 4½ month duration, 1.52 people died.
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