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Description
Mind Map by Oliver Moody, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Oliver Moody
over 9 years ago
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WWI The Battle of the Somme
- Where?
- A town just of
off the river
Somme.
- A town just of
off the river
Somme.
- Key Events
- 1916. 24 June: beginning of a week-long
shelling of German Positions
- 1917. •24 February: Germans withdraw from the area
- 1916 15 September , first use
of tanks by the British
- 1916. 24 June: beginning of a week-long
shelling of German Positions
- What tactics were used?
- In the Somme they
fired 1.6 million
shells. The troops
were then ordered
to walk slowly
towards the German
lines where once
seized, cavalry units
would pour in.
- In the Somme they
fired 1.6 million
shells. The troops
were then ordered
to walk slowly
towards the German
lines where once
seized, cavalry units
would pour in.
- Weapons
- Bayonets,
Flamethrower,
Grenades, Machine
Guns, Pistols, Poison
Gas, Rifles, Tanks
and Artillery
- Bayonets,
Flamethrower,
Grenades, Machine
Guns, Pistols, Poison
Gas, Rifles, Tanks
and Artillery
- Casualties
- Around 1,000,000
wounded or killed
- About 420,000 British
and Commonwealth
soliders
- Around 195,000
French Soliders
- About
650,000
German
soldiers,
- About 420,000 British
and Commonwealth
soliders
- Around 1,000,000
wounded or killed
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