Battle of the Somme_Andrew_Nguyen by Andrew Nguyen https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3 Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2019-03-14 16:46:07 UTC 2019-03-19 21:47:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Who was the generals during the war? andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341429633 General Rees commander of 94th Infantry Brigade at the Somme.  His army was described to be going in one by one and being killed one after another, but the army was very determined to die for their nation and weren't obligated to retreat.

Douglas Haig was a top British military leader during World War l. He was known for his strategy of attrition, which his offensives resulted in large numbers of deaths ,but able to wear down the German army. He was seen as stupid for his cause of so many deaths for his reckless strategy.]]> 2019-03-14 16:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341429633 What was the Battle of Somme? andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341455953 It was one of the largest battles of the first world war. It was known to be very bloody battles of so much casualities between all the nations.]]> 2019-03-14 17:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341455953 andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341458285 2019-03-14 17:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341458285 andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341458992 2019-03-14 17:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341458992 When did it began and when did it end? andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341459686 July 1st 1916 to November 1916]]> 2019-03-14 17:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341459686 Where did the war take place? andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341461250 It was fought near the Somme River in France.]]> 2019-03-14 17:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341461250 andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341463786 2019-03-14 17:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341463786 Why did the Battle occur andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341464815 he aims of the battle were to relieve the French Army fighting at Verdun and to weaken the German Army.]]> 2019-03-14 17:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341464815 How did the Battle go andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341467005 The British army went on to a defensive tactic by attacking divisions of the North and South of the Somme. The equal deaths smashing into each other led the France to attack in rushes and capture the German ground. This weakened the Germans and made them retreat ending the battle.]]> 2019-03-14 17:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341467005 andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341472675 2019-03-14 18:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341472675 Stage 1:The battle of Somme started with week long artillery bombardment on the German line. On the first day resulted in 57,470 British casualties. andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341478247 2019-03-14 18:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/341478247 Stage 2 andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/342995448 The British army attacked north of the Somme with fourteen infantry divisions, while the French attacked astride and south of the Somme with five divisions.]]> 2019-03-19 17:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/342995448 Stage 3 andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/342998045 In the battle of Attrition the German started to lose artillery power while the French had enough power to attack the rushes and capture the German trenches.]]> 2019-03-19 17:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/342998045 Stage 4 andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/343004296 a long stalemate settled in, with the German army digging defenses faster than Allied attacks could take place. The German could make strong defenses while the Allied had strong attack.]]> 2019-03-19 17:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/343004296 Stage 5 andnguye462 https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/343005584 The attack of France eventually overwhelmed the German defenses and the German army was weakened and retreated to new, and shorter, defensive lines.





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-"They hung there in grotesque postures. Some looked as though they were praying; they had died on their knees and the wire had prevented their fall".
-"If the opposing forces are approximately equal in numbers, in courage, in moral and in equipment, there is no way of avoiding payment of the price or of eliminating this phase of the struggle".]]> 2019-03-19 18:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/andnguye462/sjewwvbstkl3/wish/343025179