La bataille de la Somme

« Laura.Scherier Floriane.Lucas Noa.Wadoux Chloé.Normand La bataille de la Somme Task one: More than 3 million men clashed between July and November 1916 in the Battle of the Somme, the deadliest in the First World War: nearly 1.2 million soldiers were killed, missing or injured. This offensive, between the French and the English against the German army, was decided in late 1915 by French commanders-in-chief Joseph Joffre and British Sir Douglas Haig to use the enemy and try to break the front, paralyzed since two years.

But Verdun changed things.

The French have only one goal left: to reduce the pressure on the Meuse city.

Moreover, the English army want to show their patriotism through poster with Lord Kitchener and thanks to this poster many men became volunteers to the war and became members of the Kitchener’s volunteer’s army. The first day of the Battle of the Somme was disastrous for the British Army and a shock to all the Allies.

Despite the limited Allied gains, German forces also suffered horribly.

The British continued the attacks for months, until the fall.

When the battle ended, each side had suffered more than 600,000 casualties. The Battle of the Somme was a costly dead end that was harshly criticized as the Allied commanders, particularly Haig.

This battle determined the Germans to avoid similar losses by modifying their defensive systems.

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