"Must-Know Facts about the Somme" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Nov 2019 12:34 p.m. PST |
"In the century since it happened, the Somme has become a byword for mechanised slaughter. Yet, at the time, the British expected it to be a relatively easy assault. In the official words of one senior officer at the time, "You will be able to go over with a walking stick, you will not need rifles". That's because, in the week leading up to the assault, the Germans were hit by a bombardment of Biblical proportions…."
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