Essays Tagged: "Somme"
Discuss the extent to which the Somme Offensive was a failure.
To most, the Somme Offensive was one of the biggest failures of World War I. By discussing the purposes, leadersh ... ilures of World War I. By discussing the purposes, leadership, conditions, morale and events of the Somme Offensive we can determine to what degree it was a failure. Each of these individual factors i ... al factors is essential in deciding to what extent it was a failure. The purposes for beginning the Somme Offensive and the ineffective leadership that made the decisions are both critical factors eff ...
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Poetry Review on "Dulce et Decorum est" by Wilfred Owen.
d in 1914 and within the first few months many people from both sides died. On the first day of the Somme alone sixty thousand people died. Fortunately the war ended on the eleventh hour of the eleven ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Why did Germany lose the First World War in 1918? An essay answering the question of why Germany lost and why they lost when they did.
ive that Germany was limited to; allowing their offensive to be far more effective than a repeat of Somme or Passchendaele where the various technologies were not properly coordinated.Germany losing t ...
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The Battle of the Somme: Key Factual Material
The Somme was one of the key battles of the war. The date of the war actually started on July 1st 1916. ... destroyed. This is the theory the British commanders had in mind.In some respects the Battle of the Somme was a failure for the British. Some say it was Sir Douglas Haig's tactics. Haig's plan called ... the duration of the barrage, quite safe from the artillery.Another reason on why the Battle of the Somme was a failure for the British was that Haig could have waited for more tanks at the Somme, whi ...
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Age of Anxiety, a few small errors
soldiers, lucky enough to still be alive returned home, it was to a land which knew nothing of the Somme or Verdun. "A land fit for heroes"? Perhaps.Never such innocence,Never before or since,As chan ...
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Were the British soldiers lions led by donkeys?
g debate since the end of the war. A war which is dominated by images of bloody battles such as the Somme and Passchendaele - futile frontal attacks against the machine guns.There is a lot of evidence ... up their lungs, or to even rot alive!The soldiers also suffered great deals in Battles such as the Somme, and Ypres etc. Events where they drowned in mud, were mowed down by German machine guns, and ...
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World war one and its aftermath
fforts, and eagerly read every detail of battles in their local newspapers. Until the battle of the Somme, many soldiers were excited at the prospect of war. They saw it as an opportunity for adventur ... home front were unaware of the horrors and dreads the soldiers were facing. After the battle of the Somme in July 1916, where there were one million casualties, support for the war reduced, as the cas ...
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Conditions at the frontlines were destructive for soldiers in WW1 discuss
t that there would be an attempt to gain more territory in the next few days. (In the battle of the Somme for instance; the Germans realised this and rushed all their men forward so that they would be ... any thousands of the soldiers were slaughtered or mown down by enemy gun fire. In the battle of the Somme for instance the men thought that there would not be any Germans left, but when they all start ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History
Explain how the schlieffen plan was meant to work
C) Study sources D and E. these two sources are not about Haig and the battle of the Somme. How far do you agree that they have no use for the historian studying Haig and the battle of ... or this. We can also take into consideration when this was published, 1917, after the Battle of the Somme had finished but still when the war was going on. Therefore this will have been the thought of ... own Haig, making him out to be ruthless and calling his strategies 'slaughter' and saying that 'the Somme was a criminal negligence.' All the comments in this source however are purely what the author ...
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Battle of the Somme
The second battle of 1916 was the Battle of the Somme. In this the British and French armies tried to break through the German defences in the valle ... the British and French armies tried to break through the German defences in the valley of the river Somme. The battle started on the first day of July 1916 as huge guns bombarded the German trenches. ... stream by Fricourt, east to the Bois de Maricourt. Two miles to the south lay the left bank of the Somme. Opposite both Rawlinson's and Fayolle's armies lay the second army of General Fritz von Below ...
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World War 1 poems by Wilfred Owen - a comparison
or Doomed Youth.The poem Exposure is what came out of Wilfred Owen's experience from serving in the Somme Sector in the bitter winter of 1916-1917. From the way the poem is structured and from the wor ... ings about combat. He became very against a propaganda poet called Jessie Pope after serving in the Somme Sector whose poems were very much like his first. He found her to be a "typical unfeeling civi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Analysis on WWI source - the play "Journey's End" by R.C. Sherriff.
in a British trench, and is set in St. Quentin, which was an area key to the German defence of the Somme line. The excerpt I have chosen has characters discussing raids about to be made on the German ...
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How were British soldiers were affected by the conditions and the nature of warfare on the Western Front (1914-18)?
around at the beginning of the war; he had not yet experienced such tragedies, as the battle of the Somme witch was a year later. He may never have experienced the effects of poison gas, as it was fir ... ce tells us that not only he is in a battlefield, but also that he is actually in the battle of The Somme, a month after it began. By this time most people were getting pessimistic about the outcome o ...
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World war 1 notes on the reasons for stalemate on the western front
lent to half a company of riflemen. Thus, sides were able to repel the enemy with relative ease.The Somme illuminates the verity of the artilleries misjudgements. A massive 8-day bombardment of the Ge ... tanks, gas and aerial support all served the purpose of shortening the war. Both the Battle of the Somme and Verdun represent the respective mass pushes to topple the enemy. However the Somme was lef ...
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Haig and the Somme, GCSE coursework questions.
Coursework: Haig and the Sommea). Study Sources A and B:How far does Source A prove that Haig did not care about the lives of ... ear concerned over the prospect of such appalling casualties that were evident in the Battle of the Somme during 1916. The extract shows that Haig did not take responsibility for the fate of his men, ... e extent to which to which Haig is falsely informed about the progress made on the first day of the Somme shows that he was clearly ignorant of the feelings and circumstances concerning his men.Source ...
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The Deadliest Battles Of WW1.
s, there were two deadliest wars which happened during 1916 in Europe. They were the battles of the Somme and Verdun which made a bunch of troops and people died. But, what made these wars were the de ... a victory but it makes people died.But weapons were not the only thing that makes the battle of the Somme and Verdun was the most deadly wars. The unlimited desire of each leader could be a factor too ...
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First-Person Impressions Of "The Battle Of The Somme"
"The Battle of The Somme" is known to most historians as the bloodiest battle in history. The following are first-hand ... . The following are first-hand accounts from people who were somehow affected by "The Battle of The Somme".(1) After the war, Sir William Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, attempted to e ... ertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, attempted to explain the strategy at the Battle of the Somme.Remembering the dissatisfaction displayed by ministers at the end of 1915 because the operatio ...
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Battle of the somme
armies. Even the survivors lost most of there enthusiasm after loosing so many soldiers. Before the Somme battle the British army had to switch from all volunteers to all draftees. The British army le ... ttack in Flanders in the north. General Joffre suggested that that the British army attack that the Somme river.In February the Germans forced a change in the original plans by attacking the French at ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Info on ww1
ting up posters advertising the last push. This last push was going to take place at a place called Somme. This again made people want to join the battle and claim their moment of glory. The amount of ...
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How far was the Battle of Verdun and Somme turning points on the western front in 1915
7th October 2013 James Palles-Clark 4AHow far was the Battle of Verdun and Somme turning points on the western front in 1915-1918.Over many years, many different historians ha ... ont in 1915-1918.Over many years, many different historians have debated over whether The Battle of Somme and Verdun were actually turning points in the long, and gruesome First World War. Many histor ... I will provide both sides to the debate and also state my view at the end, that I believe that The Somme and Verdun were turning points in the First World War.Fighting on the Western front between 19 ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History