call General Haig the ‘Butcher of the Somme’ The Battle of the Somme was important and crucial to the development of the First World War; and earmarked the final result of the War. Both the Allies and the Germans were extremely eager to make some achievement in order to boost the morale of the armed forces and the confidence of their own countrymen after a long period of stalemate in the various battle fronts. They were both prepared to exhaust all means to win over the other. General Haig was
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July 1st‚ 1916‚ artillery flew everywhere‚ machine guns rang in the distance‚ millions dead. 57‚000 British‚ 8‚000 French and Germans already dead in the first 24 hours. This is the Battle of the Somme‚ held on the River Somme in France. 1.2 million casualties. It started with British General Douglas Haig coming up with an idea of a “great push” through German lines. It was a trench warfare‚ massive artillery bombardments‚ thousand of soldiers going “over the top” into No Mans Land‚ and already many
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The battle of the Somme started on July 1st 1916 and ended around November 18th. The battle was in Picardy. The Battle of the Somme was part of the ‘War of Attrition’ phase of World War One. On the 3rd of August‚ 1914‚ Germany invaded Belgium. The next day Britain declared war‚ and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) went to France. For the first two months the armies fought aggressively against each other. These first meetings were called the ‘War of movement’. The Germany armies managed
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and 2 that the Battle of the Somme had achieved worthwhile objectives? Having analysed all 3 sources‚ it can be said that source 3 significantly challenges sources 1 and 2 giving an entirely different perspective on the battle of the Somme. Source 1 is an extract from Sir Douglas Haig’s final dispatch‚ published in March 1919. This source begins to describe the Battle of the Somme as a tremendous victory. Haig claims that “The three main objectives… had been achieved.” Haig also then begins
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The battle of the Somme began in the summer of 1916. The British saw their opportunity to look good and be the saviour of the moment. However‚ this did not occur. A four hundred and fifty mile trench network‚ stretching from the Swiss border up and into Belgium‚ was opened up and the battle had truly started. The battle soon deteriorated into trench warfare causing no progress to either side. The Generals decided to forge an all-out offensive on the weaker points of the German lines and started
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through virtually unmolested. That did not happen‚ and because Haig had no effective intelligence capability‚ the first to learn that truth were attacking troops who died by the thousands on the wire. The Germans suffered massive losses at the Somme as well‚ but as defenders the resulting stalemate operated in their favour. In the old game of warfare‚ time was on their side. In the 19th century mindset‚ and especially after Verdun and the Somme‚ it was reasonable for Germany to assume that eventually
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does General Haig deserve to be known as ‘The Butcher of the Somme’? The Battle of the Somme was the most costly battle in terms of casualties every in the history of British Military. A decisive breakthrough was needed by the allies after 2 years of stalemate on the Western Front however after the first day of fighting at the Somme‚ it became very clear that the artillery bombardment had fail to smash German defences and barbed wire and so there were 60000 casualties on the 1/7/1916. General Haig
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Interview of Maxus‚ a true roman gladiator Hello and welcome to the interview show joining us today is a roman gladiator who has just survived the coliseum and earned his freedom. Here he is right now maximus the gladiator (audience cheers) Dave: So then maximus before we get to know about your life in the arena I would like to know about your background and why you were chosen for the arena instead of labour? Maximus: When I was young i use to watch my father‚ neighbours and family
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british and french forces claim to have won the battle‚ both sides suffered from a large amount of losses. However neither side really did win. The British and french‚ who started the battle‚ won some ground‚ but it was not relative to the high casualty rate. \ In July‚ 1916. A british newspaper article was released from the american newspaper worker and one of the country’s leading war correspondent‚ Percival Phillips. He wrote about the Battle of Somme with an optimistic tone. For example he said
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General Douglas Haig General Haig was born in Edinburgh‚ Scotland on June 19‚ 1861. He was the 11th child; his dad was a whiskey distiller. He graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. When he first joined the war efforts‚ he started off as an officer. Then he worked his way up and successfully became the commander of the British 1st Army by 1918. He retired in 1921‚ and then he died of a heart attack in London on Jan. 28‚ 1928. Despite his amazing reputation‚ he was human. During
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