Battle of the Somme

show the other side of the war, so that today we can recognize that not only did the courage to go to war bring us to where we are to today, but so did the extreme pain and suffering that they endured during those four years. The second painting, Battle of Courcelette by Louis Alexander Weirter (Figure 2), offers an even more realistic depiction of the war than the first painting. In this one, we can see fiery explosions accompanied by clouds of smoke, along with hundreds of soldiers…

The Battle of Passchendaele—also known as the Third Battle of Ypres—was fought at the Belgian city of Ypres. The majority of the battle was fought on the eastern ridge of Ypres, in an area known as Passchendaele on the Western Front. It was so close that it was only an 8 kilometer walk from Ypres! The exact co-ordinates for the Battle of Passchendaele were from 50° 54′ 1″ N, 3° 1′ 16″ E (DMS) and 50.900278, 3.021111 (Decimal). The Battle of Passchendaele was fought from the 31st of July to the…

Introduction Wilfred Owen is one of the most well known poets of the First World War; he was born in England in 1893 and joined the military when he was 22 years old. He wanted to be a poet since a very young age and wrote his earlier poems when he was around 17 years old. In 1915, during the First World War, he enlisted in the British army and his first active service was at Serre and St.Quentin in 1917. He continued writing during his time as a soldier but was in active duty only for a few…

World War One: Battle of Somme’s Influence of further developments in Weaponry and Tactics Contents: Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Weapons Used in The Battle of the Somme.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Strategies used in the Battle of the Somme………………….………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 How the Battle of the Somme influenced World War 2………………………………………………………………………………………… 4…

war one of the most important of these events was the Battle of Somme. The Battle of Somme began on July 1, 1916 and lasted until November 19, 1916 (BBC, IWonder: The Battle of Somme). The Battle of Somme was an offensive battle that was known mostly for the fact that it is known as “the bloodiest battle in history” (BBC, IWonder: The Battle of Somme). The Battle of Somme was a significant point in World War I, especially for the British. Somme was significant because the British lost an…

Significance The battle that Canada was most acknowledged for was Vimy Ridge. This battle established Canada’s role as a superior force. On the other hand, the battle of the Somme was not momentous for the Canadian Corps as they were not directly engaged in the combat. The battle at Vimy Ridge proved Canada’s importance as an inventive, courageous, and efficient military. However, the battle of the Somme was not a momentous battle for the Canadians. The main connection Canadian had to this…

A battle that impacted the outcome of the war was the battle of Verdun. The battle of Verdun was fought between the German and the French armies and caused the English to get involved and subsequently attack through the Somme. The battle of Verdun was the longest battle in World War 1 and over the span of 10 months, the battle caused 378,000 French casualties and 337,000 German casualties. (Australian war memorial, 2006) The battle of Verdun was significant because “The casualties from Verdun…

each other, and even fight. Two battles- Waterloo and the Somme- can adequately illustrate the difference caused by this period of increased industrialization. Although Waterloo was an emotionally traumatizing experience for soldiers, it contained one thing that industrialization destroyed for the soldiers of WW1- hope. The machine gun, created in the time of industrialization, allowed rates of survival to plummet during the battle of the Somme comparative to the battle of Waterloo. At…

In this essay I will why gallipoli is more significant than the somme. I believe that Australia's involvement in any war does not and will never receive comparable recognition. I believe this because Gallipoli is the most recognized war from Australia's history and most well know and many people would not know about the other battles that Australia participate in, in World War 1. Australia did not contribute as much to the Somme war. The war was more about the british improving their warfare…

question Haig’s idea of wanting to still move forward. People claim that Haig should have learned from the statistics and adjusted his tactics, and argue that the cost in terms of human casualties was too high for a for a 5 mile gain at the end of the battle. The 5 mile gain was nothing compared to the cost of human casualties, and Haig seemed like he didn’t care about the deaths and in the end the soldiers who died, died for nothing, because of Haig. The British were unprepared for war; Haig…