Why was the Battle of the Somme Regarded as a Military Tragedy?
In this following essay I will be telling you why the Battle of the Somme is regarded as a military tragedy.
The events that took place at the Somme were regarded as a tragedy. The battle of the Somme Took place on the first of July 1916 it was where the allies aimed to break through the German lines of defence along the river Somme this was also meant relive pressure off the French who were at Verdun. The man behind this war was General Douglas Haig,
He was This man had a simple but horrific tactic which was attrition this is basically loosing less people than the Germans so if the British lost 20,000 people and the Germans lost 20,001 Haig would consider that a victory.
There are few more reasons why Haig’s efforts made this war a devastating environment.
One was the patchy information Where Haig said “the wire has never been so well cut” this Is not true and the soldiers were sent across walking because Haig was so sure that the bombardment had killed all of the Germans, which he was wrong about because the Germans had a very deep Bunker(up to 9 meters) which protected them from the bombardment and as a result The British troops Were slaughtered in there hundreds as they expected the germans to be all dead, 20,000 British Soldiers died on the first day alone as well as 35,000 being wounded and although some British captured the german points they were quickly retaken. Despite . . . read more.
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