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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
Poision Mustard gas
German Fokker the airplane
Mark I British Tank
Vickers machine gun
Synonymous with trench warfare
Famous battle in WWI
Known for high number of casualties
750,000
Who?
Allies
Australians
Units called the Anzacs
French
British
PALS battalion
South Africans
Germans
Why?
Goal was to distract Germans
To save French who were getting beaten
Where?
France in northern European
Fought in Mametz Wood and Devils Wood
When?
June to November of 1916