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Battle of the Somme (What was it? (Proving grounds for industrial warfare,…
Battle of the Somme
What was it?
Proving grounds for industrial warfare
Poison mustard gas
Mark I British tank
airplanes like German Fokker
Vickers machine gun
Synonymous with trench warfare
Famous battle in World War I
Known for high # of casualties
750,000
Who?
Germans
Allies
Australians
Units called Anzacs
South Africans
British
PALS battalions
French
Where?
France in northern Europe
Battles fought in Mametz Wood and Devils Wood
When?
June to November of 1916
Why?
To save French who were getting beaten badly at Verdun
Goal was distract Germans