Battle Of The Somme

The date of the Somme started in July 1, 1916 and lasted until November 1916 between France and Germany. History considers this mesh as the bloodiest of all battles in World War I. In the expression The Battle of the Somme, the historical perspective of the Battle is outlined. This battle traces its origins from the many gross(a) losses that the French had been experiencing at Verdun to the east of Paris.The British consort High Command, taking sympathy with the French losses, decided to attack the Germans to the newton of Verdun thereby driving the Germans away from the Verdun battlefield.The battle at the Somme started with a weeklong artillery bombardment of the German lines where an estimated 1. 7 gazillion shells were fired. By November 1916, when the battle ended, the British had lose 420,000, the French lost around 200,000 men and the Germans 500,000. (The Battle of Somme) Many historians agree that the neither the French and British nor the Germans won in this costl iest battle to date. For many years, those who led the British draw have received a lot of criticism for the way the Battle of Somme was fought especially Douglas Haig.(The Battle of the Somme). This criticism was based on the many lives that were lost in the battle and the insignificant gains that either parties got in exchange for those commodious losses. The British and French captured only a little more than fiver miles (8 km) at the deepest point of penetrationwell short of their original objectives. The British themselves had gained approximately only two miles and lost about 420,000 soldiers in the process, import that a centimeter cost about two men.(Battle of Somme) What does this speciate us? There are no victors in wars, only losers. This point bears tremendous implications not only on Western civilization solely on all civilizations that wage wars against one another. BIBLIOGRAPHY Battle of the Somme. Wikipedia. 2000. (http//en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Battle_of_the_S omme) Sheffield, Gary. The Somme, Cassell, 2003. The Battle of the Somme. 2000. (http//www. historylearningsite. co. uk/somme. htm)