The Battle Of somme
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  • Who was involved and where it took place
  • Tactics Used
  • How long it lasted and casualties
  • Life and living conditions in the trenches
  • Foods available and activities
  • Soldiers reflection
  • Video
  • Bibliography

Tactics  and weapons used?

  • British planned an attack on a 24 km front between Serre, north of Ancre, and Curlu north of Somme. The initial tactic was to bombard german trenches a week before the attack. Over 1.6 million shells were used
  • Weapons Used:
  •   Bayonets 
  • Chiefly used as a psychological weapon 
  • Flamethrowers 
  • Grenades 
  • Mills Bombs and Jam Pots: both forms of grenades 
  • Machine Guns 
  • Pistols The officer's weapon 
  • Poison Gas 
  • Rifles 
  • Tanks 
  • Trench Mortars 
  • Light and Heavy Artillery

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