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The Battle of the Somme
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    Posted: 20-Jan-2006 at 14:38
The successful battlefield of the British were the seas, but they didn't have a good land army. As somebody mentioned the officers were old and untalented. During the battle of Somme the British didn't have an effectuel heavy artilerry. The distance among the soldiers was very little, and attacked the German dug-out as a crowded mass with weighty equipment. In this war all of the offensives caused a lot of loss of blood for the attacker but this formation was more than vulnerable. So it was one of the biggest massacres of the war.

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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08-Feb-2006 at 00:25
Originally posted by Khawars Kickin' Klan

i believe that the battle of the somme was one of the most brutal and mindless battle ever fought. it was lions led by donkeys, the generals were the donkeys. do you agree?


Couple of thoughts on the Battle.

Haig acted to save the French Army, he was ordered to do so.

29 Divisions took part, 29x20,000men in each div= 58,000 men on the British side in the first assualt.  20,000 died,

That is One in every 29

on D Day at Omaha  One in every 10 died

75 % of soldiers who took part in the Somme on the British side survived the war without injury.

Lindendoff after the war said it was the Somme that broke the spirit of the German Army.

After thewar Pershing said it was Field Marshall Haig that won the war.

Casualty rates in Haig's Army were 1 in 12 died

The Casualty rate in the German Army and the French was 1 in 6 died

All wars are a waste of life, but at least in Haigs you had a higher than average chance.
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